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Sunday 17 May 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Whitworth wins Coca-Cola Classic
Ridgewood CC, Paramus, N.J. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May 1981 · Kathy Whitworth’s win no. 81 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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- Alice Ritzman USA · 211second, 211 (-8) 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)
, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Coca-Cola Classic
Ridgewood CC, Ridgewood CC, Paramus, N.J.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Kathy Whitworth
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Whitworth | 69 · 72 · 70 | 211 | −8 |
| 2 | Alice Ritzman | 71 · 67 · 73 | 211 | −8 |
| 3 | Dot Germain | 70 · 73 · 70 | 213 | −6 |
| 4 | Beth Daniel | 70 · 72 · 72 | 214 | −5 |
| 5 | Pat Bradley | 74 · 71 · 70 | 215 | −4 |
| 6 | Jane Blalock | 73 · 69 · 74 | 216 | −3 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 74 · 71 · 72 | 217 | −2 |
| T7 | Janet Coles | 69 · 72 · 76 | 217 | −2 |
| T9 | Shelley Hamlin | 69 · 74 · 75 | 218 | −1 |
| T9 | Pat Meyers | 73 · 65 · 80 | 218 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1939-09-27, Monahans, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1958; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 81.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet