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Sunday 6 February 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Elizabeth Arden Classic
Turnberry Isle CC, Miami, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 February 1983 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 26 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
10 h 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- JoAnne Carner USA · 286finished second (tied) on 286, as printed by the chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-fetched)
- Betsy King USA · 286finished second (tied) on 286, as printed by the chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-fetched)
- Stephanie Farwig USA · 286finished second (tied) on 286, as printed by the chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-fetched)
- Pat Bradley USA · 286finished second (tied) on 286, as printed by the chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-fetched)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Elizabeth Arden Classic
Turnberry Isle CC, Turnberry Isle CC, Miami, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 71 · 70 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T2 | JoAnne Carner | 72 · 70 · 73 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T2 | Betsy King | 75 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T2 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 74 · 69 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T2 | Stephanie Farwig | 74 · 73 · 66 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Kathy Whitworth | 77 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Janet Coles | 70 · 68 · 73 · 76 | 287 | −1 |
| T8 | Donna Caponi | 73 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Jan Stephenson | 75 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Sandra Spuzich | 73 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 26.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet