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Sunday 14 October 1984LPGA TourYear in Review
Whitworth wins Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open
Clandeboye G&CC, Northern Ireland (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 October 1984 · Kathy Whitworth’s win no. 87 on the LPGA Tour · purse $150,000 USD · Smirnoff
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 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 26° 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
- Becky Pearson USA · 287tied second (287, -1 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
- Pat Bradley USA · 287tied second (287, -1 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open
Clandeboye G&CC, Clandeboye G&CC, Northern Ireland
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 | 70 · 74 · 69 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T2 | Becky Pearson | 70 · 73 · 72 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T2 | Pat Bradley | 69 · 71 · 74 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T4 | Vicki Tabor | 74 · 73 · 73 · 68 | 288 | E |
| T4 | Donna Caponi | 71 · 72 · 71 · 74 | 288 | E |
| 6 | Robin Walton | 73 · 71 · 75 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T7 | Beverly Klass | 71 · 73 · 75 · 71 | 290 | +2 |
| T7 | Laurie Rinker | 75 · 70 · 73 · 72 | 290 | +2 |
| T9 | Jan Stephenson | 72 · 76 · 76 · 67 | 291 | +3 |
| T9 | Betsy King | 73 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 291 | +3 |
| T9 | Jackie Bertsch | 73 · 70 · 74 · 74 | 291 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1939-09-27, Monahans, Texas, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1958; age 45 that week; tour wins to date: 87.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet