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Sunday 5 April 1981LPGA TourYear in Review

Lopez wins Colgate-Dinah Shore

Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 1981 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 22 on the LPGA Tour · purse $250,000 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 30 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R117°/11°C · wind 17 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R221°/12°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R326°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R428°/17°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
  2. Colgate-Dinah Shore
  3. Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
  4. Nabisco Dinah Shore
  5. Nabisco Championship
  6. Kraft Nabisco Championship
  7. ANA Inspiration
  8. Chevron Championship

1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.

The ones it got away from

, 66 made it

Same week

Women's tour event

Colgate-Dinah Shore

Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Nancy Lopez

277Total
−11To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up: Carolyn Hill

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Nancy Lopez-Melton71 · 73 · 69 · 64277−11
2Carolyn Hill70 · 70 · 70 · 69279−9
3Jane Blalock71 · 70 · 70 · 69280−8
4Beth Daniel73 · 73 · 70 · 65281−7
T5Gail Toushin75 · 69 · 73 · 65282−6
T5Amy Alcott73 · 71 · 70 · 68282−6
T5Sandra Palmer70 · 72 · 71 · 69282−6
T8Susie McAllister74 · 71 · 69 · 70284−4
T8Jan Stephenson69 · 72 · 73 · 70284−4
T10Vicki Fergon71 · 74 · 71 · 69285−3
T10Penny Pulz69 · 74 · 72 · 70285−3
The golfer

born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 22.

Nancy Lopez’s player card · Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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