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Sunday 6 November 1988LPGA TourYear in Review
Sheehan wins Mazda Japan Classic
Musashigaoka GC, Saitama, Japan (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 4 to Sunday 6 November 1988 · Patty Sheehan’s win no. 19 on the LPGA Tour · purse $450,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (1988-11-04 to 1988-11-06); end matches Wikipedia 1988 season table (Nov 6); chronology prints November 4-6; Patty Sheehan wins table prints Nov 2, 1988 (conflict logged)
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 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 37° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Liselotte Neumann SWE · 206playoff LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
84 started, 71 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Mazda Japan Classic
Musashigaoka GC, Musashigaoka GC, Saitama, Japan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Patty Sheehan
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 67 · 67 | 206 | −10 |
| 2 | Liselotte Neumann | 70 · 66 · 70 | 206 | −10 |
| T3 | Jody Rosenthal | 70 · 73 · 67 | 210 | −6 |
| T3 | Yuko Moriguchi | 67 · 72 · 71 | 210 | −6 |
| T5 | Robin Walton | 69 · 74 · 68 | 211 | −5 |
| T5 | Ayako Okamoto | 73 · 68 · 70 | 211 | −5 |
| T5 | Sally Little | 70 · 70 · 71 | 211 | −5 |
| T8 | Mitsuko Hamada | 72 · 74 · 67 | 213 | −3 |
| T8 | Tammie Green | 71 · 74 · 68 | 213 | −3 |
| T10 | Betsy King | 75 · 70 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T10 | Martha Nause | 74 · 71 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T10 | Amy Benz | 72 · 69 · 73 | 214 | −2 |
| T10 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 70 · 73 | 214 | −2 |
| T10 | Tatsuko Ohsako | 68 · 73 · 73 | 214 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1956-10-27, Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1980; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 19.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet