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Sunday 26 February 1989LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Women's Kemper Open
Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 24 to Sunday 26 February 1989 · Betsy King’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $400,000 USD · rain-shortened (SI); holes played unclear (SI prints '52-hole total', LPGA.com lists three rounds)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 31 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Jane Geddes USA · 204beaten by two strokes (SI) Sports Illustrated Vault, 'A Roundup of the Week Feb. 20-26' (Wayback capture; no metered/isAccessibleForFree flags)
, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Women's Kemper Open
Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville Makai Golf Course, Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Betsy King
To par and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 63 · 72 · 67 | 202 | |
| 2 | Jane Geddes | 65 · 69 · 70 | 204 | |
| T3 | Beth Daniel | 67 · 68 · 70 | 205 | |
| T3 | Nancy Lopez | 65 · 70 · 70 | 205 | |
| T5 | Cathy Morse | 66 · 70 · 71 | 207 | |
| T5 | Jenny Lidback | 64 · 72 · 71 | 207 | |
| T5 | Hollis Stacy | 64 · 72 · 71 | 207 | |
| T8 | Jill Briles-Hinton | 66 · 74 · 68 | 208 | |
| T8 | Susan Sanders | 69 · 70 · 69 | 208 | |
| T8 | Carolyn Hill | 64 · 75 · 69 | 208 | |
| T8 | Lori Garbacz | 67 · 71 · 70 | 208 | |
| T8 | Patty Sheehan | 65 · 71 · 72 | 208 | |
| T8 | Colleen Walker | 64 · 69 · 75 | 208 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1977; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet