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Sunday 2 May 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Daniel wins Birmingham Classic
Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May 1982 · Beth Daniel’s win no. 10 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
13 h 40 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° 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
- Patty Sheehan USA · 207second, 207 (-9) per chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-verified against the capture: Internet Archive unreachable 2026-11-01 16:31-16:33)
, 101 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Birmingham Classic
Green Valley CC, Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Beth Daniel
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beth Daniel | 64 · 70 · 69 | 203 | −13 |
| 2 | Patty Sheehan | 69 · 67 · 71 | 207 | −9 |
| T3 | Sandra Haynie | 71 · 68 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| T3 | Bonnie Lauer | 68 · 69 · 72 | 209 | −7 |
| 5 | Penny Pulz | 73 · 67 · 70 | 210 | −6 |
| T6 | Jeanette Kerr | 72 · 70 · 69 | 211 | −5 |
| T6 | Cindy Hill | 73 · 66 · 72 | 211 | −5 |
| T6 | Carole Jo Whitted | 69 · 70 · 72 | 211 | −5 |
| 9 | Janet Anderson | 70 · 72 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
| 10 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 70 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1956-10-14, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1978; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 10.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet