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Sunday 15 May 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Muraoka wins United Virginia Bank Classic
Sleepy Hole GC, Portsmouth, Virginia (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 May 1983 · Lenore Muraoka’s win no. 1 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 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Stephanie Farwig USA · 215tied second (215, -1 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
- Debbie Massey USA · 215tied second (215, -1 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
- Alice Miller USA · 215tied second (215, -1 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
United Virginia Bank Classic
Sleepy Hole GC, Sleepy Hole GC, Portsmouth, Virginia
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Lenore Muraoka
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenore Muraoka | 70 · 73 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T2 | Debbie Massey | 73 · 69 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
| T2 | Alice Miller | 68 · 74 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
| T2 | Stephanie Farwig | 73 · 68 · 74 | 215 | −1 |
| T5 | Sarah McGuire | 74 · 74 · 68 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Janet Coles | 70 · 76 · 70 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Catherine Duggan | 73 · 72 · 71 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Silvia Bertolaccini | 71 · 73 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Betsy King | 70 · 73 · 73 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Dot Germain | 73 · 64 · 79 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1955-12-12, Honolulu, Hawaii; USA; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet