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Sunday 22 March 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Caponi wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am
Desert Inn & CC/Las Vegas CC, Las Vegas, Nevada (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 1981 · Donna Caponi’s win no. 20 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Pat Bradley USA · 289second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am
Desert Inn & CC/Las Vegas CC, Desert Inn & CC/Las Vegas CC, Las Vegas, Nevada
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Donna Caponi
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna Caponi | 74 · 75 · 69 · 68 | 286 | −3 |
| 2 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 76 · 70 · 71 | 289 | E |
| 3 | Jane Blalock | 70 · 75 · 73 · 72 | 290 | +1 |
| T4 | Judy Rankin | 69 · 72 · 79 · 72 | 292 | +3 |
| T4 | Cathy Reynolds | 70 · 74 · 75 · 73 | 292 | +3 |
| T4 | Nancy Lopez | 67 · 72 · 77 · 76 | 292 | +3 |
| T7 | Shelley Hamlin | 71 · 77 · 73 · 72 | 293 | +4 |
| T7 | Beth Daniel | 69 · 76 · 75 · 73 | 293 | +4 |
| T7 | Carolyn Hill | 74 · 76 · 71 · 72 | 293 | +4 |
| T7 | Kathy Postlewait | 77 · 74 · 69 · 73 | 293 | +4 |
| T7 | Vicki Tabor | 76 · 73 · 71 · 73 | 293 | +4 |
| T7 | Jo Ann Washam | 68 · 74 · 76 · 75 | 293 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1965; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 20.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet