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Sunday 24 May 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Geddes wins Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 May 1987 · Jane Geddes’s win no. 5 on the LPGA Tour · purse $350,000 USD · Mazda
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 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Betsy King USA · 276one stroke behind (Wikipedia; chronology '2nd Betsy King 276 (-12)') 1987 LPGA Championship (Wikipedia)
· cut +1, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy King
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane Geddes | 72 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 275 | −13 |
| 2 | Betsy King | 72 · 68 · 69 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Rosie Jones | 70 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Ayako Okamoto | 69 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Laurie Rinker | 69 · 67 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −10 |
| 6 | Cathy Morse | 70 · 69 · 67 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 68 · 70 · 74 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T7 | Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 70 · 72 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Amy Alcott | 73 · 70 · 69 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Jody Rosenthal | 72 · 68 · 72 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Lori Garbacz | 72 · 66 · 70 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Juli Inkster | 72 · 71 · 72 · 66 | 281 | −7 |
| T9 | Kathy Postlewait | 72 · 69 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1960-02-05, Huntington, New York, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1983; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 5; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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From the papers
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