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Sunday 20 March 1983LPGA TourYear in Review
Whitworth wins Women's Kemper Open
Royal Kaanapali North, Lahaina, Hawaii (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 March 1983 · Kathy Whitworth’s win no. 84 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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
11 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 68° 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
- Dale Eggeling USA · 289finished second on 289, as printed by the chronology LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk, not re-fetched)
, 61 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Women's Kemper Open
Royal Kaanapali North, Royal Kaanapali North, Lahaina, Hawaii
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Kathy Whitworth
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Whitworth | 72 · 77 · 70 · 69 | 288 | −4 |
| 2 | Dale Eggeling | 73 · 72 · 75 · 69 | 289 | −3 |
| T3 | Stephanie Farwig | 74 · 72 · 74 · 71 | 291 | −1 |
| T3 | Donna Caponi | 76 · 73 · 70 · 72 | 291 | −1 |
| T5 | Jan Stephenson | 74 · 74 · 75 · 69 | 292 | E |
| T5 | JoAnne Carner | 73 · 76 · 72 · 71 | 292 | E |
| T5 | Yuko Moriguchi | 70 · 76 · 71 · 75 | 292 | E |
| T8 | Lauren Howe | 73 · 72 · 76 · 72 | 293 | +1 |
| T8 | Cathy Morse | 71 · 74 · 75 · 73 | 293 | +1 |
| T8 | Lynn Adams | 70 · 74 · 72 · 77 | 293 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1939-09-27, Monahans, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1958; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 84.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet