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Sunday 28 February 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins Arizona Copper Classic
Randolph North GC, Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 1982 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $125,000 USD · LPGA.com Feb 25-28; LPGA Chronology heads it February 22-28
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 14 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Sally Little · 281lost playoff to a birdie on the second extra hole (Wikipedia) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Arizona Copper Classic
Randolph North GC, Randolph North GC, Tucson, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 70 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Sally Little | 73 · 70 · 72 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Amy Alcott | 71 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Lynn Adams | 72 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Patti Rizzo | 71 · 65 · 73 · 76 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Joan Joyce | 74 · 74 · 67 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Becky Pearson | 73 · 70 · 72 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Janet Coles | 70 · 70 · 73 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Sydney Cunningham | 74 · 69 · 71 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Terri Hancock | 72 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet