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Sunday 23 March 1997LPGA TourYear in Review
Davies wins Standard Register PING
Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 March 1997 · Laura Davies’s win no. 16 on the LPGA Tour · purse $850,000 USD · Standard Register
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 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a full 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
- Kelly Robbins USA · 277began the day tied for the lead and gave it away with a bogey at the 15th; birdied the 18th to force a playoff, then bogeyed the first extra hole after her approach blew over the green into a bunker GOLFonline — Davies tops Robbins in playoff for record 4th consecutive Standard Register Ping victory (March 23, 1997; Wayback)
144 started, 80 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Standard Register PING
Moon Valley Country Club, Moon Valley Country Club, Phoenix, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Laura Davies
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline
23 March 1997
To think of all the great champions and as long as the LPGA has been around, it's unbelievable that no one has ever won four in a row.
GOLFonline
23 March 1997
My record in the playoffs is not too swift. It's nice to put one in the win column.
GOLFonline
23 March 1997
I heard the wind coming and it almost blew me over after I hit the shot. I knew it was riding the wind but I was surprised it went that long.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 70 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −15 |
| 2 | Kelly Robbins | 67 · 68 · 73 · 69 | 277 | −15 |
| T3 | Laurie Brower | 69 · 72 · 70 · 70 | 281 | −11 |
| T3 | Barb Mucha | 65 · 70 · 73 · 73 | 281 | −11 |
| T5 | Karrie Webb | 71 · 68 · 70 · 74 | 283 | −9 |
| T5 | Becky Iverson | 72 · 73 · 67 · 71 | 283 | −9 |
| T7 | Cindy Figg-Currier | 70 · 69 · 74 · 71 | 284 | −8 |
| T7 | Karen Weiss | 68 · 69 · 75 · 72 | 284 | −8 |
| T7 | Kris Tschetter | 69 · 69 · 74 · 72 | 284 | −8 |
| 10 | Michele Redman | 68 · 70 · 73 · 74 | 285 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1963-10-05, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 16; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet