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Sunday 1 March 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Little wins Olympia Gold Classic
Industry Hills GC, City of Industry, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 February to Sunday 1 March 1981 · Sally Little’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $150,000 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
11 h 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Kathy Whitworth USA · 143tied second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
- Lori Garbacz USA · 143tied second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Olympia Gold Classic
Industry Hills GC, Industry Hills GC, City of Industry, California
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 · 71 | 142 | −4 |
| T2 | Kathy Whitworth | 72 · 71 | 143 | −3 |
| T2 | Lori Garbacz | 74 · 69 | 143 | −3 |
| 4 | Nancy Lopez | 72 · 72 | 144 | −2 |
| 5 | Beth Daniel | 73 · 72 | 145 | −1 |
| T6 | Jeanette Kerr | 73 · 73 | 146 | E |
| T6 | Janet Anderson | 74 · 72 | 146 | E |
| T6 | Sandra Haynie | 74 · 72 | 146 | E |
| T6 | Sandra Palmer | 70 · 76 | 146 | E |
| T6 | Amy Alcott | 72 · 74 | 146 | E |
| T6 | Marlene Floyd | 70 · 76 | 146 | E |
The golfer
born 1951-10-12, Cape Town, South Africa; RSA; turned pro 1971; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 9.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet