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Monday 2 September 1985LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Rail Charity Classic
Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Saturday 31 August to Monday 2 September 1985 · Betsy King’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $185,000 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 53 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- R2Not yet researched
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- 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
- Janet Anderson USA · 207finished second (207, -9 as printed by the chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of lpga.com PDF; decoded text on disk)
, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Rail Charity Classic
Rail GC, Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Betsy King
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 65 · 73 · 67 | 205 | −11 |
| 2 | Janet Anderson | 71 · 67 · 69 | 207 | −9 |
| T3 | Nancy Lopez | 73 · 68 · 67 | 208 | −8 |
| T3 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 71 · 67 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| T5 | Cathy Morse | 69 · 73 · 67 | 209 | −7 |
| T5 | Dale Eggeling | 69 · 71 · 69 | 209 | −7 |
| T5 | Martha Nause | 69 · 69 · 71 | 209 | −7 |
| T8 | Val Skinner | 72 · 72 · 66 | 210 | −6 |
| T8 | Christa Johnson | 65 · 72 · 73 | 210 | −6 |
| 10 | Jane Blalock | 75 · 70 · 66 | 211 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet