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Sunday 1 February 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Postlewait wins Mazda Classic
Stonebridge Golf & Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 29 January to Sunday 1 February 1987 · Kathy Postlewait’s win no. 2 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
10 h 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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 · 286lost playoff to a par on the first extra hole (Kathy Postlewait and Betsy King Wikipedia playoff records; Chronology 'SD1') LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
144 started, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Mazda Classic
Stonebridge Golf & Country Club, Stonebridge Golf & Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Kathy Postlewait
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Postlewait | 73 · 72 · 72 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| 2 | Betsy King | 70 · 72 · 71 · 73 | 286 | −2 |
| T3 | Lauri Merten | 70 · 72 · 75 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T3 | Pat Bradley | 72 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 287 | −1 |
| T3 | Rosie Jones | 72 · 68 · 75 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T6 | Ayako Okamoto | 74 · 70 · 76 · 69 | 289 | +1 |
| T6 | Heather Farr | 73 · 68 · 73 · 75 | 289 | +1 |
| T8 | Lori Garbacz | 72 · 76 · 72 · 70 | 290 | +2 |
| T8 | Sandra Palmer | 73 · 71 · 75 · 71 | 290 | +2 |
| T8 | Becky Pearson | 68 · 72 · 77 · 73 | 290 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1949-11-11, Norfolk, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1972; age 37 that week; tour wins to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet