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Sunday 22 March 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Circle K Tucson Open
Randolph North Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 March 1987 · Betsy King’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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
12 h 00 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a last-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
- Jan Stephenson AUS · 2832nd at 283 (-5), two strokes behind (Chronology; winner's Wikipedia wins table: margin 2 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
144 started, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Circle K Tucson Open
Randolph North Golf Course, Randolph North Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Betsy King
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 70 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 281 | −7 |
| 2 | Jan Stephenson | 67 · 70 · 71 · 75 | 283 | −5 |
| 3 | Sandra Palmer | 70 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| 4 | Sally Quinlan | 71 · 68 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| 5 | Amy Alcott | 70 · 73 · 73 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T6 | Val Skinner | 73 · 73 · 72 · 69 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Hollis Stacy | 73 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Debbie Massey | 73 · 76 · 66 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Lauri Merten | 69 · 72 · 73 · 73 | 287 | −1 |
| T10 | Chris Johnson | 71 · 72 · 73 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Kathy Postlewait | 71 · 73 · 71 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Shelley Hamlin | 70 · 71 · 73 · 74 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1977; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet