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Sunday 15 March 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Hayes wins Sun City Classic
Hillcrest G&CC, Sun City, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 March 1981 · Patty Hayes’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $100,000 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 45 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
- Sandra Palmer USA · 279second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Sun City Classic
Hillcrest G&CC, Hillcrest G&CC, Sun City, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Patty Hayes
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Hayes | 69 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| 2 | Sandra Palmer | 76 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 279 | −13 |
| 3 | Hollis Stacy | 72 · 72 · 65 · 72 | 281 | −11 |
| 4 | Ayako Okamoto | 70 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −10 |
| 5 | Karolyn Kertzman | 72 · 67 · 71 · 73 | 283 | −9 |
| T6 | Alex Reinhardt | 67 · 76 · 73 · 68 | 284 | −8 |
| T6 | Barb Moxness | 71 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −8 |
| T6 | Janet Anderson | 71 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −8 |
| T6 | Silvia Bertolaccini | 74 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 284 | −8 |
| 10 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 66 · 74 · 73 | 285 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1955-01-12; USA; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet