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Sunday 24 August 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins Atlantic City LPGA Classic
Marriott Seaview CC & Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 22 to Sunday 24 August 1986 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $225,000 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
13 h 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° 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
- Patti Rizzo USA · 212second, three strokes behind (SI roundup; Juli Inkster wins table; chronology) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89; Juli Inkster (Wikipedia) wins table
, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Atlantic City LPGA Classic
Marriott Seaview CC & Resort, Marriott Seaview CC & Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Juli Inkster
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 67 · 71 · 71 | 209 | −4 |
| 2 | Patti Rizzo | 70 · 68 · 74 | 212 | −1 |
| 3 | Judy Dickinson | 69 · 72 · 72 | 213 | E |
| 4 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | 73 · 69 · 72 | 214 | +1 |
| 5 | Beth Daniel | 70 · 71 · 74 | 215 | +2 |
| 6 | Beth Solomon | 72 · 73 · 71 | 216 | +3 |
| T7 | Penny Pulz | 69 · 78 · 70 | 217 | +4 |
| T7 | Laurie Rinker | 71 · 69 · 77 | 217 | +4 |
| T9 | Alice Ritzman | 72 · 75 · 71 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Sally Little | 71 · 76 · 71 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Nancy Scranton | 77 · 69 · 72 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Kathy Postlewait | 74 · 71 · 73 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Dawn Coe | 75 · 70 · 73 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Amy Alcott | 76 · 68 · 74 | 218 | +5 |
| T9 | Val Skinner | 70 · 73 · 75 | 218 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet