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Monday 7 September 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Jones wins Rail Charity Classic
Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Saturday 5 to Monday 7 September 1987 · Rosie Jones’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (startDate 1987-09-05, endDate 1987-09-07); chronology prints September 5-7; Wikipedia 1987 season table and Rosie Jones wins table date Sep 7
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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Nancy Lopez USA · 209 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
140 started, 75 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Rail Charity Classic
Rail GC, Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Rosie Jones
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosie Jones | 69 · 69 · 70 | 208 | −8 |
| 2 | Nancy Lopez | 68 · 71 · 70 | 209 | −7 |
| T3 | Betsy King | 70 · 74 · 66 | 210 | −6 |
| T3 | Shirley Furlong | 70 · 73 · 67 | 210 | −6 |
| 5 | Nancy Ramsbottom | 70 · 71 · 70 | 211 | −5 |
| T6 | Allison Finney | 72 · 74 · 67 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Cathy Gerring | 71 · 73 · 69 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Beth Daniel | 74 · 69 · 70 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Marta Figueras-Dotti | 74 · 69 · 70 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Donna Caponi | 70 · 72 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Myra Blackwelder | 70 · 70 · 73 | 213 | −3 |
| T6 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 67 · 72 · 74 | 213 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1959-11-13, Santa Ana, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1982; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet