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Sunday 7 August 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Rizzo wins Boston Five Classic
Radisson Ferncroft Hotel & CC, Danvers, Massachusetts (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 August 1983 · Patti Rizzo’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $175,000 USD · start from the chronology date range and LPGA.com startDate; end = season-table date
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 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Jane Lock USA · 279finished second, two strokes behind (SI) Sports Illustrated roundup Aug 1-7 1983 (Wayback)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Boston Five Classic
Radisson Ferncroft Hotel & CC, Radisson Ferncroft Hotel & CC, Danvers, Massachusetts
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Patti Rizzo
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patti Rizzo | 66 · 70 · 73 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Jane Lock | 71 · 67 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Pat Bradley | 71 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Vicki Tabor | 70 · 69 · 70 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Pam Gietzen | 69 · 70 · 72 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Sue Ertl | 71 · 66 · 73 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Stephanie Farwig | 72 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Sandra Palmer | 74 · 71 · 69 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 75 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Becky Pearson | 74 · 66 · 73 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-19, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.; USA; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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