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Sunday 30 March 1997LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 March 1997 · Betsy King’s win no. 31 on the LPGA Tour · purse $900,000 USD · Nabisco
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 17 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/14°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/14°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/16°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Kris Tschetter USA · 278Shared the first-round lead with a 66 and closed with a 70 to finish two behind King; third-round co-leader Kelly Robbins fell away with bogeys at 12 and 13 and a double bogey at 15 (GOLFonline) King captures Nabisco Dinah Shore for third time as Robbins falters - GOLFonline, March 30 1997 (Wayback copy)
· cut +5, 74 made it
Same week
Women's major
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Kris Tschetter
From the papers
King captures Nabisco Dinah Shore for third time as Robbins falters - GOLFonline, March 30 1997 (Wayback copy)
30 March 1997
Everytime you are in contention, it is such an awful feeling. I think, 'Why am I doing this to myself?' But when you win, you forget about that.
King captures Nabisco Dinah Shore for third time as Robbins falters - GOLFonline, March 30 1997 (Wayback copy)
30 March 1997
The key for me was to go the whole tournament without a three-putt green. I've never done that in a major championship.
Tschetter knows a different Ben Hogan - GOLFonline, March 27 1997 (Wayback copy)
27 March 1997
Most people don't really understand Mr. Hogan. What a sense of humor he has, and what a great heart.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 71 · 67 · 67 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Kris Tschetter | 66 · 76 · 66 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Kelly Robbins | 70 · 67 · 68 · 74 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Amy Fruhwirth | 69 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Nanci Bowen | 70 · 74 · 70 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T5 | Lisa Hackney | 70 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| 7 | Tina Barrett | 70 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T8 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 72 · 68 · 74 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 75 · 74 · 72 · 63 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 72 · 69 · 71 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1977; age 41 that week; tour wins to date: 31; majors to date: 6.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet