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Sunday 3 February 1991LPGA TourYear in Review
Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Classic
Wycliffe Golf & Country Club, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 31 January to Sunday 3 February 1991 · Meg Mallon’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $400,000 USD · dates Jan 31-Feb 3 per LPGA.com results, the LPGA chronology ('January 31-February 3') and the Wikipedia season table (Feb 3); Mallon's Wikipedia wins table dates it Feb 4 (conflict logged); Sports Illustrated (18 Mar 1991) states Sunday's play was cancelled for rain, the final round postponed to the next day, and Mallon finished on Monday, Feb. 4 (conflict logged; end not changed)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° 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
- Dana Lofland USA · 278second, two strokes behind Meg Mallon - Wikipedia
, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Oldsmobile LPGA Classic
Wycliffe Golf & Country Club, Wycliffe Golf & Country Club, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Meg Mallon
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Sports Illustrated (Sonja Steptoe, SI Vault, 18 March 1991 issue; dead page read on Wayback)
18 March 1991
WHAT DOES THE MIND DO TO make a person's body shake so much?
Sports Illustrated (Sonja Steptoe, SI Vault, 18 March 1991 issue; dead page read on Wayback)
18 March 1991
I like to hear you say, 'That's O.K.' when I hit a bad shot,
Sports Illustrated (Sonja Steptoe, SI Vault, 18 March 1991 issue; dead page read on Wayback)
18 March 1991
I don't think it does any good to get too down on myself out here.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meg Mallon | 66 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Dana Lofland | 70 · 73 · 65 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Tammie Green | 71 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Laurel Kean | 72 · 71 · 65 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Dottie Mochrie | 65 · 71 · 72 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Pat Bradley | 71 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Amy Alcott | 69 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Kate Rogerson | 68 · 71 · 69 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Betsy King | 71 · 67 · 69 · 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Susan Sanders | 66 · 74 · 70 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T10 | Lenore Rittenhouse | 72 · 68 · 69 · 73 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1963-04-14, Natick, Massachusetts; USA; turned pro 1987; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet