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Sunday 9 November 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Tu wins Mazda Japan Classic
Lions CC, Hyogo, Japan (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 7 to Sunday 9 November 1986 · purse $300,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON; chronology dates agree; Wikipedia 1986 season table date = end; Tu Ai-yu wins table dates it 8 Nov (conflict)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 15 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Mary Beth Zimmerman USA · 213lost four-player sudden-death playoff (Wikipedia Tu Ai-yu playoff record; chronology tie at 213) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
- Becky Pearson USA · 213lost four-player sudden-death playoff (Wikipedia Tu Ai-yu playoff record; chronology tie at 213) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
- Cathy Kratzert USA · 213lost four-player sudden-death playoff (Wikipedia Tu Ai-yu playoff record; chronology tie at 213) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
, 73 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
LPGA event
Mazda Japan Classic
Lions CC, Lions CC, Hyogo, Japan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ai-Yu Tu
To par, margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ai-Yu Tu | 68 · 69 · 76 | 213 | −3 |
| T2 | Becky Pearson | 71 · 72 · 70 | 213 | −3 |
| T2 | Cathy Kratzert | 68 · 74 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| T2 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 74 · 71 · 68 | 213 | −3 |
| T5 | Jane Geddes | 72 · 73 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Chako Higuchi | 71 · 74 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Debbie Massey | 72 · 72 · 70 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Sandra Palmer | 69 · 71 · 74 | 214 | −2 |
| T9 | Kathy Baker | 72 · 73 · 70 | 215 | −1 |
| T9 | Ok Hee Ku | 73 · 71 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T9 | Bie-Shyun Huang | 68 · 74 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1954-09-29, Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan; TPE; turned pro 1974; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet