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Sunday 22 April 1979LPGA TourYear in Review
Blalock wins Florida Lady Citrus
Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 April 1979 · Jane Blalock’s win no. 22 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 USD · start from the Chronology's 'April 18-22' (a five-day span as printed; reason not read); end confirmed by Wikipedia season table (Apr 22)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- 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
- JoAnne Carner USAsecond (LPGA Chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
Same week
LPGA event
Florida Lady Citrus
Rio Pinar CC, Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Jane Blalock
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Blalock | 74 · 68 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −6 |
| 2 | JoAnne Carner |
The golfer
born 1945-09-19, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; USA; turned pro 1969; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 22.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet