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Sunday 7 September 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
Columbia-Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 5 to Sunday 7 September 1986 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON; chronology dates agree; Wikipedia 1986 season table date = end
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Colleen Walker USA · 213finished six strokes behind Okamoto (SI roundup; Wikipedia Okamoto wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
- Nancy Lopez USA · 213finished six strokes behind Okamoto (SI roundup; Wikipedia Okamoto wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
Columbia-Edgewater CC, Columbia-Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 70 · 71 · 66 | 207 | −9 |
| T2 | Colleen Walker | 72 · 68 · 73 | 213 | −3 |
| T2 | Nancy Lopez | 70 · 70 · 73 | 213 | −3 |
| T4 | Jane Crafter | 74 · 71 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T4 | Dale Eggeling | 71 · 71 · 72 | 214 | −2 |
| T6 | Mary Murphy | 74 · 70 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T6 | M. J. Smith | 66 · 73 · 76 | 215 | −1 |
| T8 | Hollis Stacy | 75 · 69 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T8 | Becky Pearson | 69 · 74 · 73 | 216 | E |
| T8 | Jan Stephenson | 70 · 72 · 74 | 216 | E |
| T8 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | 70 · 72 · 74 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 7.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet