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Sunday 18 May 1980LPGA TourYear in Review
White wins Coca-Cola Classic
Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, N.J. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 16 to Sunday 18 May 1980 · Donna Horton White’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $125,000 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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° 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
- Debbie Massey USA · 217second, 217 (-2) per chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk at _work/sched/chron80/chron80.txt, not re-verified against the capture this run)
, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Coca-Cola Classic
Upper Montclair CC, Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, N.J.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Donna Horton White
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna White | 75 · 70 · 72 | 217 | −2 |
| 2 | Debbie Massey | 72 · 72 · 73 | 217 | −2 |
| 3 | Pat Bradley | 69 · 70 · 79 | 218 | −1 |
| T4 | Jo Ann Washam | 70 · 80 · 69 | 219 | E |
| T4 | Beth Daniel | 71 · 73 · 75 | 219 | E |
| T4 | Amelia Rorer | 75 · 69 · 75 | 219 | E |
| T7 | Louise Parks | 74 · 72 · 74 | 220 | +1 |
| T7 | Sandra Post | 73 · 73 · 74 | 220 | +1 |
| T7 | Carolyn Hill | 72 · 72 · 76 | 220 | +1 |
| 10 | Laura Baugh | 68 · 75 · 78 | 221 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1954-04-07, Kinston, North Carolina, U.S.; USA; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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