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Sunday 30 May 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Spuzich wins Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May 1982 · Sandra Spuzich’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $125,000 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
14 h 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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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
- Patty Sheehan USA · 280tied 280 (-8, as printed by the chronology), lost playoff (chronology SD1; LPGA.com playoff block ELM) 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)
, 88 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning CC, Corning, New York
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sandra Spuzich
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Spuzich | 69 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Patty Sheehan | 67 · 75 · 69 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Sandra Haynie | 70 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T3 | Amy Alcott | 72 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| 5 | Cindy Hill | 72 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Shelley Hamlin | 71 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Cathy Morse | 72 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 283 | −5 |
| T6 | Kathy Hite-James | 70 · 67 · 71 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| 9 | Jo Ann Washam | 74 · 69 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Christa Johnson | 72 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Sandra Palmer | 73 · 68 · 73 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 73 · 69 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1937-04-03, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1962; age 45 that week; tour wins to date: 6.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet