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Sunday 21 June 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins Lady Keystone Open
Hershey Country Club, Hershey, Pennsylvania (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 19 to Sunday 21 June 1987 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 10 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
14 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Laurie Rinker USA · 209second on 209, 1 stroke 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)
, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Lady Keystone Open
Hershey Country Club, Hershey Country Club, Hershey, Pennsylvania
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 70 · 74 · 64 | 208 | −8 |
| 2 | Laurie Rinker | 71 · 71 · 67 | 209 | −7 |
| 3 | Martha Nause | 71 · 68 · 71 | 210 | −6 |
| T4 | Cindy Hill | 72 · 68 · 71 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Cathy Gerring | 69 · 70 · 72 | 211 | −5 |
| T4 | Ok-Hee Ku | 67 · 69 · 75 | 211 | −5 |
| 7 | Val Skinner | 72 · 73 · 67 | 212 | −4 |
| T8 | Tammie Green | 72 · 70 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| T8 | Shirley Furlong | 71 · 70 · 72 | 213 | −3 |
| T8 | Margaret Ward | 72 · 67 · 74 | 213 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 10; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet