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Sunday 9 March 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins Women's Kemper Open
Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville, Hawaii (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 March 1986 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $300,000 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
11 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Amy Alcott USA · 2772nd at 277 (-11), one stroke behind (Chronology; winner's Wikipedia wins table: margin 1 stroke) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
143 started, 64 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Women's Kemper Open
Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville, Hawaii
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Juli Inkster
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 72 · 64 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Amy Alcott | 70 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Chris Johnson | 69 · 66 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Marci Bozarth | 67 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | JoAnne Carner | 70 · 70 · 73 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| 6 | Betsy King | 70 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 71 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Sherrin Smyers | 73 · 70 · 68 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T7 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Myra Blackwelder | 71 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T10 | Kathy Postlewait | 68 · 70 · 75 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet