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Sunday 3 April 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Alcott wins Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 31 March to Sunday 3 April 1983 · Amy Alcott’s win no. 17 on the LPGA Tour · purse $400,000 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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/16°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/16°C · wind 9 km/h ENE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/13°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/14°C · wind 17 km/h W, gusts 59 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Beth Daniel USA · 284led after each of the first three rounds; closed with 76, tied second 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore (Wikipedia)
- Kathy Whitworth USA · 284tied second, two strokes behind 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore (Wikipedia)
· cut +11, 73 made it
Same week
Women's major
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Beth Daniel, Kathy Whitworth
From the papers
Sports Illustrated
11 April 1983 From the print archive
I'm going to put a down payment on my own bakery,
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback capture; no metered/isAccessibleForFree flags in capture)
11 April 1983 From the print archive
Sometimes you have to wait for the wheels to come off,
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback capture; no metered/isAccessibleForFree flags in capture)
11 April 1983 From the print archive
He knows he's as good as anybody. He struts his stuff.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback capture; no metered/isAccessibleForFree flags in capture)
11 April 1983
If it wasn't the end, it was close to it,
Sports Illustrated
11 April 1983 · p. 34 From the print archive
If it wasn't the end, it was close to it,
Sports Illustrated
11 April 1983 · p. 34 From the print archive
He knows he's as good as anybody," she says. "He struts his stuff.
Sports Illustrated
11 April 1983 · p. 34 From the print archive
Sometimes I feel 75 and sometimes I feel 25,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Alcott | 70 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Kathy Whitworth | 73 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Beth Daniel | 69 · 69 · 70 · 76 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | JoAnne Carner | 73 · 72 · 77 · 69 | 291 | +3 |
| T4 | Janet Coles | 73 · 70 · 72 · 76 | 291 | +3 |
| T6 | Judy Clark | 73 · 75 · 69 · 75 | 292 | +4 |
| T6 | Nancy Lopez | 74 · 71 · 71 · 76 | 292 | +4 |
| 8 | Vicki Fergon | 73 · 75 · 70 · 75 | 293 | +5 |
| T9 | Alice Ritzman | 73 · 76 · 75 · 70 | 294 | +6 |
| T9 | Carole Charbonnier | 77 · 70 · 75 · 72 | 294 | +6 |
| T9 | Barbara Moxness | 73 · 68 · 78 · 75 | 294 | +6 |
| T9 | Jo Ann Washam | 72 · 73 · 73 · 76 | 294 | +6 |
The golfer
born 1956-02-22, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1975; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet