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Sunday 5 April 1987LPGA TourYear in Review

King wins Nabisco Dinah Shore

Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 April 1987 · Betsy King’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $500,000 USD · Nabisco

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 30 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R130°/13°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 39 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R218°/11°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 64 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R319°/10°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R425°/10°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
  2. Colgate-Dinah Shore
  3. Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
  4. Nabisco Dinah Shore
  5. Nabisco Championship
  6. Kraft Nabisco Championship
  7. ANA Inspiration
  8. Chevron Championship

1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.

The ones it got away from

· cut +10

Same week

Women's major

Nabisco Dinah Shore

Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Betsy King

283Total
−5To par
playoff: sudden death; 2 holes; beat Patty Sheehan; No. 16 (par 4), 2nd extra holeMargin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Patty Sheehan

From the papers

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

You had to make birdies to keep up with everybody else.

Betsy King, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

I missed and I lost

Patty Sheehan, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

Let's pop these suckers.

Patty Sheehan, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

My teacher [Ed Oldfield] told me that I have a better chance of doing well under pressure because my mechanics are so good," she said. "I remembered that on Sunday.

Betsy King, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

I've never gotten that excited on a golf course,

Betsy King, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)

13 April 1987

If I can play as solidly as I have and stay in control of myself," she said, "I should have no problem tomorrow.

Pat Bradley, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault), 13 April 1987. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Betsy King68 · 75 · 72 · 68283−5
2Patty Sheehan77 · 73 · 68 · 65283−5
3Pat Bradley72 · 74 · 69 · 69284−4
4Rosie Jones72 · 73 · 72 · 68285−3
T5Chris Johnson72 · 79 · 66 · 70287−1
T5Ayako Okamoto71 · 76 · 71 · 69287−1
T5Colleen Walker72 · 74 · 73 · 68287−1
T8Jane Geddes73 · 77 · 67 · 71288E
T8Cathy Gerring72 · 75 · 71 · 70288E
10Jody Rosenthal72 · 72 · 75 · 70289+1
The golfer

born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1.

Betsy King’s player card · Source

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