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Monday 5 September 1988LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Rail Charity Golf Classic
Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois (region; the course comes with research) · Saturday 3 to Monday 5 September 1988 · Betsy King’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $250,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (startDate 1988-09-03, endDate 1988-09-05); end matches Wikipedia 1988 season table (Sep 5) and Betsy King wins table (Sep 5, 1988); LPGA chronology prints September 3-5
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 41 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Margaret Ward USA · 209 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
126 started, 82 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Rail Charity Golf Classic
Rail GC, Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Betsy King
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 68 · 68 · 71 | 207 | −9 |
| 2 | Margaret Ward | 70 · 68 · 71 | 209 | −7 |
| T3 | Donna White | 66 · 75 · 70 | 211 | −5 |
| T3 | Sandra Palmer | 69 · 70 · 72 | 211 | −5 |
| T5 | Dale Eggeling | 71 · 74 · 69 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Cathy Marino | 70 · 73 · 71 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Vicki Fergon | 68 · 74 · 72 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Danielle Ammaccapane | 71 · 69 · 74 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Nancy Scranton | 68 · 70 · 76 | 214 | −2 |
| T10 | Sandra Haynie | 71 · 72 · 72 | 215 | −1 |
| T10 | Alice Miller | 70 · 70 · 75 | 215 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1977; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 13.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet