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Sunday 8 February 1987LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Sarasota Classic
Bent Tree Country Club, Sarasota, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 February 1987 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 35 on the LPGA Tour · purse $200,000 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
10 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 46° up at noon, and that night a waxing 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
- Anne Marie Palli FRA · 284tied 2nd at 284 (-4), three strokes behind (Chronology; winner's Wikipedia wins table: margin 3 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
- Kathy Baker USA · 284tied 2nd at 284 (-4), three strokes behind (Chronology; winner's Wikipedia wins table: margin 3 strokes) LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (dead lpga.com PDF, Wayback capture)
144 started, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Sarasota Classic
Bent Tree Country Club, Bent Tree Country Club, Sarasota, Florida
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Nancy Lopez
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 73 · 66 · 68 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Anne Marie Palli | 73 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T2 | Kathy Baker | 72 · 68 · 72 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T4 | Heather Farr | 72 · 72 · 71 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T4 | Chris Johnson | 67 · 72 · 74 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| 6 | Jody Rosenthal | 73 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 287 | −1 |
| T7 | Mindy Moore | 76 · 70 · 73 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T7 | Ok-Hee Ku | 73 · 70 · 73 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T7 | Juli Inkster | 75 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Shirley Furlong | 74 · 71 · 71 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Julie Cole | 72 · 70 · 74 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Terry-Jo Myers | 74 · 67 · 75 · 73 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Hollis Stacy | 72 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 71 · 73 · 71 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California; USA; turned pro 1977; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 35.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet