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Sunday 24 June 1990LPGA TourYear in Review

Sheehan wins Rochester International

Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 June 1990 · Patty Sheehan’s win no. 23 on the LPGA Tour · purse $400,000 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

15 h 05 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R1Not yet researched
  2. R2Not yet researched
  3. R3Not yet researched
  4. 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

  • Amy Alcott USA · 275second, four strokes behind (Wikipedia wins table; closed with 73 per LPGA.com rounds) Patty Sheehan (Wikipedia)

, 75 made it

Same week

LPGA event

Rochester International

Locust Hill Country Club, Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Patty Sheehan

271Total
−17To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Patty Sheehan72 · 64 · 68 · 67271−17
2Amy Alcott69 · 65 · 68 · 73275−13
3Nancy Lopez68 · 70 · 70 · 68276−12
4Tammie Green76 · 67 · 68 · 69280−8
5Kathy Postlewait68 · 68 · 68 · 77281−7
6Jane Geddes72 · 72 · 67 · 71282−6
7Missie McGeorge73 · 66 · 71 · 73283−5
T8Joan Pitcock69 · 73 · 75 · 67284−4
T8Shirley Furlong72 · 72 · 70 · 70284−4
T10Martha Faulconer72 · 70 · 74 · 69285−3
T10Pamela Wright73 · 70 · 72 · 70285−3
T10Caroline Keggi70 · 71 · 72 · 72285−3
T10Alice Ritzman73 · 68 · 67 · 77285−3
The golfer

born 1956-10-27, Middlebury, Vermont; USA; turned pro 1980; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 23; majors to date: 2.

Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

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