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Sunday 8 November 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Moriguchi wins Mazda Japan Classic
Musashigaoka GC, Saitama, Japan (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 1987 · purse $350,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (startDate 1987-11-06, endDate 1987-11-08); chronology prints November 6-8; Wikipedia 1987 season table date Nov 8
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 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning 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
- Ayako Okamoto JPN · 209 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
81 started, 70 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
LPGA event
Mazda Japan Classic
Musashigaoka GC, Musashigaoka GC, Saitama, Japan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Yuko Moriguchi
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuko Moriguchi | 68 · 66 · 72 | 206 | −10 |
| 2 | Ayako Okamoto | 68 · 71 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| 3 | Atsuko Hikage | 70 · 69 · 75 | 214 | −2 |
| 4 | Betsy King | 73 · 71 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T5 | Rosie Jones | 76 · 70 · 70 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Patty Sheehan | 73 · 73 · 70 | 216 | E |
| T5 | Juli Inkster | 73 · 71 · 72 | 216 | E |
| T8 | Patti Rizzo | 76 · 69 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
| T8 | Debbie Massey | 71 · 73 · 73 | 217 | +1 |
| T8 | Shirley Furlong | 74 · 69 · 74 | 217 | +1 |
| T8 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 72 · 70 · 75 | 217 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1955-04-13, Toyama, Toyama, Japan; JPN; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet