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Sunday 17 May 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Navesink Country Club, Middletown, New Jersey (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 15 to Sunday 17 May 1987 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $225,000 USD · Chrysler-Plymouth
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 17 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
- Jane Geddes USA · 217second on 217, 2 strokes behind (LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
- Colleen Walker USA · 217second on 217, 2 strokes behind (LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
Navesink Country Club, Navesink Country Club, Middletown, New Jersey
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 70 · 74 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T2 | Jane Geddes | 75 · 71 · 71 | 217 | +1 |
| T2 | Colleen Walker | 72 · 70 · 75 | 217 | +1 |
| 4 | Tammie Green | 71 · 73 · 74 | 218 | +2 |
| T5 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 75 · 72 · 72 | 219 | +3 |
| T5 | Ok-Hee Ku | 74 · 72 · 73 | 219 | +3 |
| T5 | Sherri Turner | 71 · 75 · 73 | 219 | +3 |
| T5 | Betsy Barrett | 72 · 73 · 74 | 219 | +3 |
| T9 | Barb Bunkowsky | 74 · 72 · 74 | 220 | +4 |
| T9 | Sally Quinlan | 75 · 71 · 74 | 220 | +4 |
| T9 | Margaret Ward | 72 · 72 · 76 | 220 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet