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Sunday 10 May 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Alcott wins Lady Michelob
Brookfield West Golf & Country Club, Roswell, Ga. (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 8 to Sunday 10 May 1981 · Amy Alcott’s win no. 15 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
13 h 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° 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
- Sally Little RSA · 210second, 210 (-7) 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)
, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Lady Michelob
Brookfield West Golf & Country Club, Brookfield West Golf & Country Club, Roswell, Ga.
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Amy Alcott
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Alcott | 69 · 74 · 66 | 209 | −7 |
| 2 | Sally Little | 71 · 69 · 70 | 210 | −6 |
| 3 | Dale Eggeling | 72 · 68 · 71 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Pat Bradley | 73 · 70 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T4 | Dot Germain | 70 · 70 · 72 | 212 | −4 |
| 6 | Hollis Stacy | 67 · 71 · 75 | 213 | −3 |
| 7 | JoAnne Carner | 72 · 68 · 74 | 214 | −2 |
| T8 | Gail Hirata-Chaffin | 74 · 73 · 68 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Pam Higgins | 70 · 74 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T10 | Myra Blackwelder | 74 · 72 · 70 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Beth Daniel | 73 · 72 · 71 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Janet Coles | 71 · 73 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Kathy Whitworth | 72 · 71 · 73 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 73 · 69 · 74 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Cathy Reynolds | 72 · 70 · 74 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1956-02-22, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1975; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 15.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet