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Sunday 29 March 1981LPGA TourYear in Review
Bradley wins Women's Kemper Open
Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 March 1981 · Pat Bradley’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $175,000 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 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° 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
- Debbie Massey USA · 289second LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Women's Kemper Open
Mesa Verde CC, Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Pat Bradley
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Bradley | 71 · 75 · 68 · 70 | 284 | E |
| 2 | Debbie Massey | 79 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 289 | +5 |
| T3 | JoAnne Carner | 75 · 71 · 74 · 71 | 291 | +7 |
| T3 | Jane Blalock | 75 · 73 · 71 · 72 | 291 | +7 |
| T3 | Joyce Kazmierski | 72 · 75 · 71 · 73 | 291 | +7 |
| T6 | Dale Eggeling | 79 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 292 | +8 |
| T6 | Jo Ann Washam | 79 · 71 · 71 · 71 | 292 | +8 |
| T8 | Sally Little | 82 · 75 · 70 · 66 | 293 | +9 |
| T8 | Nancy Lopez | 75 · 72 · 77 · 69 | 293 | +9 |
| T8 | Kathy Postlewait | 79 · 74 · 72 · 68 | 293 | +9 |
| T8 | Cathy Reynolds | 82 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 293 | +9 |
| T8 | Shelley Hamlin | 78 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 293 | +9 |
The golfer
born 1951-03-24, Westford, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1974; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet