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Sunday 28 May 1989LPGA TourYear in Review
Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Classic
Corning Country Club, Corning, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 May 1989 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 15 on the LPGA Tour · purse $325,000 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
14 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Beth Daniel USA · 278finished six strokes back (SI roundup; Wikipedia) A Roundup of the Week May 22-29 — Sports Illustrated (June 5, 1989), Wayback capture
136 started, 72 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA Corning Classic
Corning Country Club, Corning Country Club, Corning, New York
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Ayako Okamoto
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayako Okamoto | 69 · 66 · 67 · 70 | 272 | −12 |
| 2 | Beth Daniel | 70 · 66 · 71 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| 3 | Dawn Coe | 67 · 72 · 72 · 70 | 281 | −3 |
| 4 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 283 | −1 |
| 5 | Betsy King | 71 · 71 · 72 · 70 | 284 | E |
| T6 | Amy Benz | 74 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Pamela Wright | 75 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Ok Hee Ku | 72 · 74 · 67 · 72 | 285 | +1 |
| 9 | Pat Bradley | 70 · 70 · 69 · 77 | 286 | +2 |
| 10 | Cindy Rarick | 71 · 70 · 75 · 71 | 287 | +3 |
The golfer
born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 15.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet