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Sunday 23 March 1980LPGA TourYear in Review
Young wins LPGA National Pro-Am
Desert Inn & CC/Paradise Valley CC, Nevada (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March 1980 · Donna Caponi Young’s win no. 15 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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
12 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Nancy Lopez-Melton USA · 287second, one stroke behind (SI roundup; LPGA Chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA National Pro-Am
Desert Inn & CC/Paradise Valley CC, Desert Inn & CC/Paradise Valley CC, Nevada
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Donna Caponi Young
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 74 · 71 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| 2 | Nancy Lopez | 73 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T3 | Jo Ann Washam | 68 · 76 · 76 · 68 | 288 | E |
| T3 | Hollis Stacy | 70 · 72 · 74 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T5 | Amy Alcott | 79 · 72 · 68 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T5 | Judy Rankin | 72 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T7 | Beth Daniel | 80 · 74 · 70 · 67 | 291 | +3 |
| T7 | JoAnne Carner | 76 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 291 | +3 |
| 9 | Jan Stephenson | 74 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 292 | +4 |
| T10 | Alice Ritzman | 76 · 71 · 76 · 70 | 293 | +5 |
| T10 | Cindy Hill | 78 · 73 · 73 · 69 | 293 | +5 |
| T10 | Pat Meyers | 74 · 73 · 74 · 72 | 293 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1965; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 15.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet