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Sunday 3 March 1985LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Samaritan Turquoise Classic
Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, Phoenix, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 February to Sunday 3 March 1985 · Betsy King’s win no. 4 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
11 h 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Patty Sheehan USA · 280tied at 280 (-8), lost sudden-death playoff (Chronology 'SD1') LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture; read from the on-disk decoded text of this capture, not re-fetched)
, 77 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Samaritan Turquoise Classic
Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, Phoenix, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Betsy King
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 69 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Patty Sheehan | 65 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Debbie Massey | 72 · 69 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T3 | Donna White | 70 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Jo Ann Washam | 72 · 74 · 70 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Kathy Whitworth | 74 · 69 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Alice Miller | 69 · 72 · 70 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Bonnie Lauer | 71 · 71 · 73 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Anne Marie Palli | 69 · 73 · 69 · 75 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Kathy Guadagnino | 69 · 73 · 76 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Barb Bunkowsky | 74 · 69 · 74 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Janet Anderson | 72 · 74 · 69 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Barb Moxness | 73 · 71 · 71 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Rosie Jones | 71 · 69 · 75 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Judy Dickinson | 72 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 287 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet