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Sunday 26 August 1979LPGA TourYear in Review

Daniel wins Patty Berg Classic

Keller GC, St. Paul, Minnesota (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 August 1979 · Beth Daniel’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 USD · start/end from the chronology date range (August 23-26); end agrees with season table and winner's wins table

The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

13 h 21 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

Same week

LPGA event

Patty Berg Classic

Keller GC, Keller GC, St. Paul, Minnesota

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Beth Daniel

208Total
−11To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Beth Daniel68 · 69 · 71208−11
2Hollis Stacy
The golfer

born 1956-10-14, Charleston, South Carolina; USA; turned pro 1978; age 22 that week; tour wins to date: 1.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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