Konica San Jose Classic 1987: Jan Stephenson wins

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Sunday 27 September 1987LPGA TourYear in Review

Stephenson wins Konica San Jose Classic

Almaden Golf & CC, San Jose, California (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September 1987 · Jan Stephenson’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $300,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (startDate 1987-09-25, endDate 1987-09-27); chronology prints September 25-27; Wikipedia 1987 season table and Stephenson wins table date Sep 27

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 51° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

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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 · 210 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)

144 started, 85 made it

Same week

LPGA event

Konica San Jose Classic

Almaden Golf & CC, Almaden Golf & CC, San Jose, California

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Jan Stephenson

205Total

−11To par

5 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10

Pos	Player	Rounds	Total	To par
1	Jan Stephenson	69 · 71 · 65	205	−11
2	Amy Alcott	70 · 70 · 70	210	−6
3	Shelley Hamlin	70 · 72 · 69	211	−5
T4	Chris Johnson	70 · 73 · 69	212	−4
T4	Ayako Okamoto	69 · 72 · 71	212	−4
T4	Juli Inkster	71 · 67 · 74	212	−4
T7	Sue Ertl	74 · 71 · 68	213	−3
T7	Jody Rosenthal	74 · 70 · 69	213	−3
T7	Patti Rizzo	69 · 74 · 70	213	−3
T7	Jane Geddes	72 · 69 · 72	213	−3
T7	Sherri Steinhauer	71 · 70 · 72	213	−3
T7	Patty Sheehan	69 · 71 · 73	213	−3

The golfer

born 1951-12-22, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1973; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 16.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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