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Sunday 30 May 1993LPGA TourYear in Review
Robbins wins LPGA Corning Classic
Corning Country Club, Corning, New York (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May 1993 · Kelly Robbins’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $500,000 USD · Corning
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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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- 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
- Alison Nicholas GBR · 277closed with 65 to tie on 277, then lost at the first play-off hole Sporting Digest: Golf (The Independent, 31 May 1993)
129 started, 70 made it
Same week
LPGA event
LPGA Corning Classic
Corning Country Club, Corning Country Club, Corning, New York
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Kelly Robbins
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Robbins | 70 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Alison Nicholas | 71 · 70 · 71 · 65 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Jane Crafter | 73 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 70 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 71 · 68 · 73 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Tina Barrett | 75 · 67 · 72 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Tammie Green | 72 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Jenny Lidback | 74 · 69 · 71 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
| T7 | Cindy Rarick | 73 · 73 · 71 · 68 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Trish Johnson | 74 · 69 · 75 · 68 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Rosie Jones | 75 · 68 · 71 · 72 | 286 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-29, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1992; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet