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Sunday 3 November 1996LPGA TourYear in Review
Hirase wins Toray Japan Queens Cup
Tone Golf Club, Ibaraki, Japan (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 1 to Sunday 3 November 1996 · Mayumi Hirase’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $750,000 USD · Toray · 54-hole event (LPGA.com: 3 rounds)
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 38° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter 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
- Laura Davies ENG · 212closed with 68 to tie Hirase at 212, lost the playoff on the third extra hole (17th) with a bogey Golf: Langer comes in from the cold - The Independent, Nov 4, 1996
83 started, 73 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Toray Japan Queens Cup
Tone Golf Club, Tone Golf Club, Ibaraki, Japan
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Mayumi Hirase
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayumi Hirase | 70 · 70 · 72 | 212 | −4 |
| 2 | Laura Davies | 71 · 73 · 68 | 212 | −4 |
| 3 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 67 · 74 · 72 | 213 | −3 |
| 4 | Barb Whitehead | 70 · 74 · 70 | 214 | −2 |
| T5 | Susie Redman | 70 · 74 · 71 | 215 | −1 |
| T5 | Maggie Will | 69 · 71 · 75 | 215 | −1 |
| T7 | Marianne Morris | 74 · 72 · 70 | 216 | E |
| T7 | Liselotte Neumann | 74 · 71 · 71 | 216 | E |
| T7 | Jennifer Sevil | 74 · 74 · 68 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Penny Hammel | 71 · 74 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
| T10 | Sherri Steinhauer | 71 · 74 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
| T10 | Tina Barrett | 75 · 76 · 66 | 217 | +1 |
| T10 | Marnie McGuire | 72 · 73 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
| T10 | Young-Me Lee | 72 · 73 · 72 | 217 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1969-10-30, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan; JPN; age 27 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet