Sara Lee Classic 1990: Ayako Okamoto wins

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Sunday 6 May 1990LPGA TourYear in Review

Okamoto wins Sara Lee Classic

Hermitage Golf Course, Old Hickory, Tennessee (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 4 to Sunday 6 May 1990 · Ayako Okamoto’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $425,000 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

13 h 37 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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

Betsy King USA · 211 LPGA.com 1990 results
Colleen Walker USA · 211 LPGA.com 1990 results
JoAnne Carner USA · 211 LPGA.com 1990 results
Dawn Coe-Jones CAN · 211 LPGA.com 1990 results
Pat Bradley USA · 211 LPGA.com 1990 results

145 started, 86 made it

Same week

GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicPayne Stewart

LPGA event

Sara Lee Classic

Hermitage Golf Course, Hermitage Golf Course, Old Hickory, Tennessee

3 of 5 researched

Winner

Ayako Okamoto

210Total

−6To par

1 strokeMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

Top 10

Pos	Player	Rounds	Total	To par
1	Ayako Okamoto	71 · 71 · 68	210	−6
T2	Betsy King	72 · 71 · 68	211	−5
T2	Colleen Walker	71 · 70 · 70	211	−5
T2	JoAnne Carner	73 · 67 · 71	211	−5
T2	Dawn Coe-Jones	70 · 69 · 72	211	−5
T2	Pat Bradley	70 · 68 · 73	211	−5
7	Carolyn Hill	74 · 68 · 70	212	−4
T8	Cathy Johnston-Forbes	73 · 73 · 67	213	−3
T8	Nancy Lopez	72 · 72 · 69	213	−3
T8	Tammie Green	72 · 71 · 70	213	−3
T8	Patti Rizzo	67 · 76 · 70	213	−3
T8	Nancy Scranton	70 · 72 · 71	213	−3
T8	Rosie Jones	75 · 65 · 73	213	−3

The golfer

born 1951-04-02, Akitsu, Hiroshima; JPN; turned pro 1975; age 39 that week; tour wins to date: 16.

Source

What’s in the bag

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From the papers

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