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Sunday 19 April 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Stephenson wins Santa Barbara Open
La Purisima Golf Course, California (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 17 to Sunday 19 April 1987 · Jan Stephenson’s win no. 14 on the LPGA Tour · purse $300,000 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
13 h 06 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° 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
- Jane Geddes USA · 216second on 216, 1 stroke behind (LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
- Ayako Okamoto JPN · 216second on 216, 1 stroke behind (LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89; margin per winner's Wikipedia wins table) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback capture of dead lpga.com PDF)
, 83 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Santa Barbara Open
La Purisima Golf Course, La Purisima Golf Course, California
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Jan Stephenson
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Stephenson | 74 · 68 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
| T2 | Jane Geddes | 69 · 79 · 68 | 216 | E |
| T2 | Ayako Okamoto | 72 · 69 · 75 | 216 | E |
| T4 | Shelley Hamlin | 73 · 74 · 70 | 217 | +1 |
| T4 | Laura Hurlbut | 72 · 75 · 70 | 217 | +1 |
| T4 | Beth Daniel | 73 · 70 · 74 | 217 | +1 |
| T7 | Allison Finney | 75 · 75 · 68 | 218 | +2 |
| T7 | Juli Inkster | 75 · 73 · 70 | 218 | +2 |
| T7 | Val Skinner | 72 · 71 · 75 | 218 | +2 |
| T10 | Ok-Hee Ku | 76 · 72 · 71 | 219 | +3 |
| T10 | Marci Bozarth | 72 · 75 · 72 | 219 | +3 |
| T10 | Amy Benz | 72 · 74 · 73 | 219 | +3 |
| T10 | Amy Alcott | 73 · 70 · 76 | 219 | +3 |
| T10 | Alice Ritzman | 73 · 69 · 77 | 219 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1951-12-22, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1973; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 14; majors to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet