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Sunday 18 July 1993LPGA TourYear in Review
Kobayashi wins JAL Big Apple Classic
Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 1993 · Hiromi Kobayashi’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $600,000 USD · JAL
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a new 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
- Rosie Jones USA · 282second alone on 282 behind Kobayashi's 278 (leading final scores) Sporting Digest: Golf (The Independent, 19 July 1993)
144 started, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
JAL Big Apple Classic
Wykagyl Country Club, Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, New York
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Hiromi Kobayashi
Margin and runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 69 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| 2 | Rosie Jones | 72 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| 3 | Betsy King | 71 · 69 · 68 · 75 | 283 | −1 |
| T4 | Jan Stephenson | 72 · 72 · 68 · 73 | 285 | +1 |
| T4 | Danielle Ammaccapane | 72 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| 6 | Helen Alfredsson | 74 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 287 | +3 |
| T7 | Julie Piers | 73 · 68 · 75 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
| T7 | Kristi Albers | 72 · 67 · 77 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
| T7 | Barb Bunkowsky | 73 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Nancy Lopez | 72 · 73 · 70 · 74 | 289 | +5 |
| T10 | Tammie Green | 69 · 73 · 73 · 74 | 289 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1963-01-08, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan; JPN; turned pro 1985; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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