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Sunday 17 April 1983LPGA TourYear in Review

Adams wins Combanks Orlando Classic

Cypress Creek CC, Orlando, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 15 to Sunday 17 April 1983 · Lynn Adams’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $150,000 USD · dates from the LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wikipedia season table gives the end 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

12 h 44 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
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  4. 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

  • Janet Anderson USA · 210finished two shots back after a final-round 69 (UPI); tied second per chronology UPI Archives, 18 April 1983
  • JoAnne Carner USA · 210led after Adams' triple-bogey 8 on the first hole, bogeyed the par-5 12th as Adams eagled it, closed with a par 72 to tie second (UPI) UPI Archives, 18 April 1983

, 73 made it

Same week

LPGA event

Combanks Orlando Classic

Cypress Creek CC, Cypress Creek CC, Orlando, Florida

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Lynn Adams

208Total
−8To par
2 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Lynn Adams71 · 66 · 71208−8
T2Janet Anderson69 · 73 · 68210−6
T2JoAnne Carner70 · 68 · 72210−6
4Debbie Massey69 · 72 · 70211−5
T5Alice Miller70 · 74 · 68212−4
T5Patti Rizzo71 · 69 · 72212−4
T5Donna White70 · 70 · 72212−4
T8Patty Sheehan72 · 71 · 70213−3
T8Lori Garbacz71 · 71 · 71213−3
T8Jane Blalock70 · 70 · 73213−3
The golfer

born 1950-08-18, Kingsville, Texas, U.S.; USA; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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