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Sunday 9 June 1985LPGA TourYear in Review
Miller wins McDonald's Championship
White Manor CC, Malvern, Pennsylvania (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 June 1985 · Alice Miller’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $400,000 USD · McDonald's
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° 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
- Nancy Lopez USA · 280second, 8 strokes behind (winner's Wikipedia wins table margin; Chronology 280 (-8)) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
McDonald's Championship
White Manor CC, White Manor CC, Malvern, Pennsylvania
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Alice Miller
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Miller | 68 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Nancy Lopez | 69 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Beth Daniel | 68 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 74 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Patty Sheehan | 70 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Amy Alcott | 71 · 69 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Myra Blackwelder | 67 · 73 · 69 · 75 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | JoAnne Carner | 73 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Kathy Guadagnino | 71 · 68 · 74 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Anne Marie Palli | 70 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1956-05-15, Marysville, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1978; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet