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Sunday 29 May 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Sheehan wins Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May 1983 · Patty Sheehan’s win no. 5 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
14 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° 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
- Cindy Hill USA · 280finished second (280, -8 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning CC, Corning, New York
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Patty Sheehan
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
6 June 1983 From the print archive
Posting a tournament-record 16-under-par 272, PATTY SHEEHAN won a $150,000 LPGA event in Corning, N.Y. by eight strokes over Cindy Hill.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 70 · 70 · 69 · 63 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Cindy Hill | 70 · 71 · 71 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Sandra Haynie | 77 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Kathryn Young-Robyn | 71 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Kathy Hite-James | 68 · 76 · 66 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| 6 | Jane Lock | 73 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | JoAnne Carner | 71 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T7 | Val Skinner | 73 · 68 · 74 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T9 | Jane Crafter | 72 · 75 · 72 · 68 | 287 | −1 |
| T9 | Lauren Howe | 70 · 72 · 71 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1956-10-27, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet