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Monday 7 September 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Carner wins Rail Charity Golf Classic
The Rail Golf Course, Springfield, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 4 to Monday 7 September 1981 · JoAnne Carner’s win no. 33 on the LPGA Tour · purse 125,000 USD · dates from LPGA.com (Sep 4 - 7); Wikipedia season table date Sep 7; 3 rounds listed
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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Kyle O'Brien USA · 207second, 2 strokes (Carner wins table; LPGA.com 70-67-70) JoAnne Carner - Wikipedia
101 started
Same week
LPGA event
Rail Charity Golf Classic
The Rail Golf Course, The Rail Golf Course, Springfield, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
JoAnne Carner
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JoAnne Carner | 70 · 69 · 66 | 205 | −11 |
| 2 | Kyle O'Brien | 70 · 67 · 70 | 207 | −9 |
| 3 | Patty Sheehan | 69 · 67 · 72 | 208 | −8 |
| 4 | Pat Bradley | 70 · 67 · 72 | 209 | −7 |
| T5 | Janet Anderson | 71 · 69 · 70 | 210 | −6 |
| T5 | Jan Stephenson | 70 · 70 · 70 | 210 | −6 |
| T7 | Sandra Haynie | 75 · 70 · 66 | 211 | −5 |
| T7 | Betsy King | 72 · 70 · 69 | 211 | −5 |
| T7 | Dale Eggeling | 69 · 68 · 74 | 211 | −5 |
| 10 | Hollis Stacy | 71 · 68 · 73 | 212 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1939-04-04, Kirkland, Washington; USA; turned pro 1970; age 42 that week; tour wins to date: 33.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet