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Sunday 8 March 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez-Melton wins Arizona Copper Classic
Randolph Park North GC, Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March 1981 · Nancy Lopez-Melton’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
11 h 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Pat Bradley USA · 282second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Arizona Copper Classic
Randolph Park North GC, Randolph Park North GC, Tucson, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez-Melton
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez-Melton | 70 · 72 · 68 · 68 | 278 | −14 |
| 2 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −10 |
| 3 | Myra Blackwelder | 74 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 286 | −6 |
| 4 | JoAnne Carner | 74 · 73 · 73 · 67 | 287 | −5 |
| 5 | Alice Miller | 74 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 288 | −4 |
| 6 | Patty Hayes | 73 · 71 · 73 · 72 | 289 | −3 |
| 7 | Alice Ritzman | 73 · 75 · 71 · 71 | 290 | −2 |
| T8 | Pam Higgins | 78 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 291 | −1 |
| T8 | Amy Alcott | 73 · 73 · 73 · 72 | 291 | −1 |
| T10 | Kathy Whitworth | 76 · 74 · 73 · 70 | 293 | +1 |
| T10 | Donna Caponi | 73 · 76 · 73 · 71 | 293 | +1 |
| T10 | Janet Coles | 76 · 72 · 73 · 72 | 293 | +1 |
| T10 | Janet Anderson | 75 · 70 · 75 · 73 | 293 | +1 |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 79 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 293 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California; USA; turned pro 1977; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 21.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet