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Sunday 8 June 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins McDonald's Championship
White Manor CC, Malvern, Pennsylvania (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 1986 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $450,000 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 49 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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 · 284second on 284, 3 strokes behind (Chronology; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
McDonald's Championship
White Manor CC, White Manor CC, Malvern, Pennsylvania
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Juli Inkster
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 68 · 67 · 69 · 77 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 70 · 69 · 73 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| 3 | Amy Alcott | 70 · 72 · 73 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Becky Pearson | 78 · 72 · 68 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T4 | Bonnie Lauer | 70 · 73 · 73 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T4 | Ok Hee Ku | 73 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 70 · 71 · 74 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T7 | Judy Dickinson | 72 · 74 · 68 · 74 | 288 | E |
| T9 | Ayako Okamoto | 73 · 71 · 73 · 72 | 289 | +1 |
| T9 | Jane Geddes | 72 · 70 · 74 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1983; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet