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Monday 15 March 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Little wins Olympia Gold Classic
Industry Hills CC, City of Industry, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Monday 15 March 1982 · Sally Little’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $150,000 USD · LPGA.com dates Mar 11-15 and the season table and Little's wins table give 15 March; the LPGA Chronology heads it March 11-14
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 50° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Donna White USA · 290second, two strokes behind (Wikipedia: 2 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; decoded text on disk)
, 68 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Olympia Gold Classic
Industry Hills CC, Industry Hills CC, City of Industry, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Sally Little
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sally Little | 75 · 74 · 69 · 70 | 288 | −4 |
| 2 | Donna White | 73 · 68 · 73 · 76 | 290 | −2 |
| T3 | Ayako Okamoto | 75 · 72 · 70 · 74 | 291 | −1 |
| T3 | Nancy Lopez | 78 · 73 · 72 · 68 | 291 | −1 |
| T5 | Vicki Tabor | 75 · 73 · 72 · 72 | 292 | E |
| T5 | Marlene Floyd | 71 · 76 · 74 · 71 | 292 | E |
| T7 | Amy Alcott | 75 · 70 · 74 · 74 | 293 | +1 |
| T7 | Cindy Hill | 76 · 72 · 74 · 71 | 293 | +1 |
| T7 | JoAnne Carner | 76 · 73 · 74 · 70 | 293 | +1 |
| T10 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 75 · 73 · 76 | 296 | +4 |
| T10 | Mardell Wilkins | 75 · 72 · 74 · 75 | 296 | +4 |
| T10 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 75 · 77 · 71 · 73 | 296 | +4 |
| T10 | Alex Reinhardt | 73 · 73 · 76 · 74 | 296 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1951-10-12, Cape Town, South Africa; turned pro 1971; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 11.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet