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Sunday 25 April 1982LPGA TourYear in Review
Sheehan wins Orlando Lady Classic
Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 23 to Sunday 25 April 1982 · Patty Sheehan’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $150,000 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
12 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° 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
- Kathy Postlewait USA · 209tied 209 (-7) per chronology, lost playoff (chronology SD4; 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)
, 123 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Orlando Lady Classic
Rio Pinar CC, Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Patty Sheehan
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 70 · 69 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| 2 | Kathy Postlewait | 66 · 71 · 72 | 209 | −7 |
| 3 | Dot Germain | 70 · 71 · 69 | 210 | −6 |
| 4 | Christa Johnson | 73 · 68 · 70 | 211 | −5 |
| T5 | Kathy Hite-James | 77 · 70 · 65 | 212 | −4 |
| T5 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 71 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
| T5 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 71 · 70 | 212 | −4 |
| T8 | Alice Ritzman | 75 · 68 · 70 | 213 | −3 |
| T8 | Janet Anderson | 72 · 69 · 72 | 213 | −3 |
| T8 | Janet Coles | 70 · 68 · 75 | 213 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1956-10-27, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet