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Sunday 18 September 1988LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins Safeco Classic
Meridian Valley CC, Washington (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 September 1988 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 11 on the LPGA Tour · purse $225,000 USD · start/end from LPGA.com results JSON (1988-09-15 to 1988-09-18); end matches Wikipedia 1988 season table (Sep 18); chronology prints September 15-18; Juli Inkster wins table prints Sep 15, 1988 (start date)
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 43° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter 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
- Ok-Hee Ku KOR · 281 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 (Wayback)
143 started, 79 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Safeco Classic
Meridian Valley CC, Meridian Valley CC, Washington
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Juli Inkster
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 76 · 70 · 65 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Ok-Hee Ku | 71 · 70 · 71 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| 3 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 72 · 67 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Sherri Turner | 73 · 75 · 67 · 68 | 283 | −5 |
| 5 | Danielle Ammaccapane | 73 · 70 · 68 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | JoAnne Carner | 70 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Beth Daniel | 71 · 69 · 71 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Jane Geddes | 74 · 73 · 72 · 67 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Nancy Lopez | 72 · 75 · 70 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Rosie Jones | 72 · 71 · 74 · 69 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1983; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 11.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet