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Sunday 8 February 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Little wins Elizabeth Arden Classic
Turnberry Isle CC, Miami, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 1981 · Sally Little’s win no. 8 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
10 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° 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
- Judy Rankin USA · 283lost sudden-death playoff (Chronology: SD3) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
- JoAnne Carner USA · 283lost sudden-death playoff (Chronology: SD3) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Elizabeth Arden Classic
Turnberry Isle CC, Turnberry Isle CC, Miami, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sally Little
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Little | 71 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | Judy Rankin | 71 · 72 · 68 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T2 | JoAnne Carner | 70 · 68 · 73 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| 4 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 73 · 68 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| 5 | Pat Bradley | 70 · 69 · 74 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Dale Eggeling | 75 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T6 | Jan Stephenson | 73 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 288 | E |
| T6 | Nancy Lopez | 72 · 72 · 69 · 75 | 288 | E |
| 9 | Patty Sheehan | 74 · 74 · 71 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| 10 | Judy Dickinson | 73 · 73 · 73 · 71 | 290 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1951-10-12, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1971; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet