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Sunday 26 April 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Solomon wins Birmingham Classic
Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Ala. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 24 to Sunday 26 April 1981 · Beth Solomon’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 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
13 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a last-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
- Jane Blalock USA · 206second, 206 (-10) 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)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Birmingham Classic
Green Valley CC, Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Ala.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Beth Solomon
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beth Solomon | 67 · 71 · 68 | 206 | −10 |
| 2 | Jane Blalock | 70 · 68 · 68 | 206 | −10 |
| 3 | Alice Miller | 71 · 69 · 67 | 207 | −9 |
| 4 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 70 · 69 | 210 | −6 |
| T5 | Patty Hayes | 71 · 72 · 68 | 211 | −5 |
| T5 | Nancy Lopez | 74 · 68 · 69 | 211 | −5 |
| T7 | Rosey Bartlett | 77 · 70 · 65 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Kathy Martin | 73 · 71 · 68 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Elaine Hand | 71 · 72 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Marga Stubblefield | 70 · 72 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
| T7 | Janet Anderson | 74 · 68 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1952-10-29; USA; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet