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Sunday 1 February 1981LPGA TourYear in Review

Palmer wins Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek

Deer Creek CC, Deerfield Beach, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 January to Sunday 1 February 1981 · Sandra Palmer’s win no. 17 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

10 h 42 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

, 71 made it

Same week

LPGA event

Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek

Deer Creek CC, Deer Creek CC, Deerfield Beach, Florida

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Sandra Palmer

284Total
−8To par
two strokes (SI roundup)Margin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Sandra Palmer66 · 69 · 74 · 75284−8
2Amy Alcott73 · 72 · 71 · 70286−6
T3Patty Hayes73 · 70 · 72 · 72287−5
T3Bonnie Lauer71 · 73 · 71 · 72287−5
T3Kathy Whitworth69 · 75 · 71 · 72287−5
T3Janet Coles68 · 70 · 75 · 74287−5
T7Connie Chillemi74 · 72 · 70 · 72288−4
T7Hollis Stacy71 · 69 · 73 · 75288−4
T9Nancy Lopez74 · 73 · 71 · 71289−3
T9Martha Nause72 · 74 · 72 · 71289−3
T9Julie Pyne Van Hoosen74 · 72 · 71 · 72289−3
T9JoAnne Carner67 · 72 · 76 · 74289−3
T9Vivian Brownlee73 · 71 · 71 · 74289−3
The golfer

born 1943-03-10, Fort Worth, Texas; USA; turned pro 1964; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 17.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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