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Sunday 12 April 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Caponi wins American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
North Ridge CC, Raleigh, N.C. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 10 to Sunday 12 April 1981 · Donna Caponi’s win no. 21 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
12 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° 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
- Cathy Sherk CAN · 209second, 209 (-7) per chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-verified against the capture: Internet Archive 503/unreachable 2026-11-01 17:05-17:06)
, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic
North Ridge CC, North Ridge CC, Raleigh, N.C.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Donna Caponi
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 65 · 72 | 208 | −8 |
| 2 | Cathy Sherk | 71 · 68 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| 3 | Beth Daniel | 70 · 71 · 70 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Amy Alcott | 71 · 72 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T4 | Cathy Mant | 70 · 68 · 74 | 212 | −4 |
| 6 | Kathy Whitworth | 71 · 71 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| 7 | Sandra Post | 73 · 72 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T8 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 74 · 69 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Cindy Hill | 71 · 73 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Mary Dwyer | 70 · 73 · 72 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Sally Little | 70 · 72 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Janet Coles | 72 · 71 · 72 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Hollis Stacy | 73 · 69 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1965; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 21.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet