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Sunday 4 April 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Little wins Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 April 1982 · Sally Little’s win no. 12 on the LPGA Tour
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R115°/9°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 85 · 18.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/7°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/11°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/12°C · wind 16 km/h W, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Hollis Stacy USA · 281tied second, three strokes behind (Wikipedia: margin 3 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
- Sandra Haynie USA · 281tied second, three strokes behind (Wikipedia: margin 3 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 74 made it
Same week
Women's tour event
Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sandra Haynie, Hollis Stacy
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
To tell you the truth I didn't know what I was shooting,
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
"I'm so motivated to play here that I want to practice and get ready," she said. "I don't feel that way every week."
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
I kept seeing her ass all day, bending over to pick her bailout of the hole.
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
"It's a lot," she said that evening, "but you never know."
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
I'm so motivated to play here that I want to practice and get ready. I don't feel that way every week.
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
It's a lot, but you never know.
Sports Illustrated
12 April 1982 · p. 32 From the print archive
Money.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Little | 76 · 67 · 71 · 64 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Sandra Haynie | 73 · 69 · 74 · 65 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Hollis Stacy | 73 · 65 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Amy Alcott | 74 · 74 · 69 · 67 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Kathy Whitworth | 75 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| 6 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 69 · 74 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Beth Daniel | 72 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | Nancy Lopez-Melton | 77 · 71 · 67 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | JoAnne Carner | 73 · 71 · 69 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Kathy Postlewait | 78 · 75 · 68 · 67 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Patty Sheehan | 76 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 76 · 69 · 68 · 75 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1951-10-12, Cape Town, South Africa; turned pro 1971; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 12.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet