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Sunday 20 May 1979LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Coca-Cola Classic
Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, N.J. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 18 to Sunday 20 May 1979 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 23 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Mickey Wright2nd per chronology (playoff loser per winner's Wikipedia playoff record) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
- Hollis Stacy2nd per chronology (playoff loser per winner's Wikipedia playoff record) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
- Bonnie Bryant2nd per chronology (playoff loser per winner's Wikipedia playoff record) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
- Jo Ann Washam2nd per chronology (playoff loser per winner's Wikipedia playoff record) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron70/chron70.txt, not re-verified against the capture by this worker)
Same week
LPGA event
Coca-Cola Classic
Upper Montclair CC, Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, N.J.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 73 · 70 · 73 | 216 | −3 |
| T2 | Mickey Wright | |||
| T2 | Hollis Stacy | |||
| T2 | Bonnie Bryant | |||
| T2 | Jo Ann Washam |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 13.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet