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Sunday 25 May 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Rinker wins LPGA Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 May 1986 · Laurie Rinker’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $250,000 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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° 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
- Pat Bradley USA · 281tied second on 281, 3 strokes behind (Chronology; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
- Beth Daniel USA · 281tied second on 281, 3 strokes 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
LPGA Corning Classic
Corning CC, Corning CC, Corning, New York
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Laurie Rinker
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurie Rinker | 72 · 70 · 70 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| T2 | Pat Bradley | 70 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Beth Daniel | 67 · 70 · 70 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Linda Hunt | 76 · 72 · 69 · 65 | 282 | −6 |
| T4 | Lauren Howe | 72 · 71 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 72 · 74 · 68 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Ayako Okamoto | 72 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Cindy Hill | 73 · 65 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Denise Haigh | 71 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Sherrin Smyers | 70 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Robin Walton | 72 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Judy Dickinson | 71 · 68 · 73 · 73 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1962-09-28, Stuart, Florida, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1982; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet