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Sunday 18 May 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Pearson wins Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Fairmount CC, Chatham, New Jersey (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 16 to Sunday 18 May 1986 · Becky Pearson’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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
14 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° 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
- Deb Richard USA · 213tied second on 213, 1 stroke behind (Chronology; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
- Betsy King USA · 213tied second on 213, 1 stroke behind (Chronology; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Fairmount CC, Fairmount CC, Chatham, New Jersey
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Becky Pearson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becky Pearson | 71 · 70 · 71 | 212 | −7 |
| T2 | Deb Richard | 73 · 69 · 71 | 213 | −6 |
| T2 | Betsy King | 67 · 72 · 74 | 213 | −6 |
| T4 | Judy Dickinson | 73 · 71 · 70 | 214 | −5 |
| T4 | Dawn Coe | 70 · 70 · 74 | 214 | −5 |
| 6 | Cathy Morse | 69 · 74 · 72 | 215 | −4 |
| T7 | Sally Quinlan | 73 · 74 · 69 | 216 | −3 |
| T7 | Penny Hammel | 72 · 73 · 71 | 216 | −3 |
| T7 | Sandra Palmer | 71 · 74 · 71 | 216 | −3 |
| T7 | Janet Anderson | 69 · 73 · 74 | 216 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1956-01-22; USA; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet