Nestle World Championship 1989: Betsy King wins

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Sunday 27 August 1989LPGA TourYear in Review

King wins Nestle World Championship

Stouffer PineIsle Resort at Lake Lanier Islands, Buford, Georgia (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 August 1989 · Betsy King’s win no. 20 on the LPGA Tour · purse $265,000 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

12 h 50 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° 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

Pat Bradley USA · 278finished tied second, one stroke behind (Betsy King wins table) Betsy King (Wikipedia)
Patty Sheehan USA · 278finished tied second, one stroke behind (Betsy King wins table) Betsy King (Wikipedia)

, 16 made it

Same week

LPGA event

Nestle World Championship

Stouffer PineIsle Resort at Lake Lanier Islands, Stouffer PineIsle Resort at Lake Lanier Islands, Buford, Georgia

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Betsy King

275Total

−13To par

1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10

Pos	Player	Rounds	Total	To par
1	Betsy King	66 · 71 · 70 · 68	275	−13
T2	Pat Bradley	74 · 66 · 68 · 70	278	−10
T2	Patty Sheehan	70 · 66 · 72 · 70	278	−10
T4	Laura Davies	70 · 72 · 68 · 69	279	−9
T4	Beth Daniel	70 · 69 · 71 · 69	279	−9
6	Rosie Jones	66 · 72 · 74 · 70	282	−6
7	Jane Geddes	71 · 67 · 76 · 69	283	−5
T8	Sherri Turner	73 · 73 · 69 · 69	284	−4
T8	Patti Rizzo	70 · 71 · 69 · 74	284	−4
T10	Colleen Walker	70 · 72 · 73 · 71	286	−2
T10	Hiromi Kobayashi	71 · 71 · 72 · 72	286	−2

The golfer

born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1977; tour wins to date: 20.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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