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Sunday 12 April 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Bernardo Heights Country Club, San Diego, California (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 April 1987 · Ayako Okamoto’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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 61° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Betsy King USA · 2762nd at 276 (-12), one stroke behind (Chronology; winner's Wikipedia wins table: margin 1 stroke) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
144 started, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
Bernardo Heights Country Club, Bernardo Heights Country Club, San Diego, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 66 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Betsy King | 70 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 3 | Patty Sheehan | 70 · 68 · 71 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Penny Hammel | 68 · 70 · 72 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Laurie Rinker | 71 · 71 · 75 · 67 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Sally Quinlan | 72 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Amy Alcott | 71 · 67 · 74 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Pat Bradley | 69 · 68 · 71 · 76 | 284 | −4 |
| T9 | Tammy Fredrickson | 67 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T9 | Dale Eggeling | 71 · 73 · 66 · 75 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 8.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet