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Sunday 21 June 1998LPGA TourYear in Review
Fruhwirth wins Friendly's Classic
Crestview Country Club, Agawam, Massachusetts · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June 1998 · Amy Fruhwirth’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $600,000 USD · Friendly's · Two rain delays on Friday and two on Saturday; the third round was halted at 2 p.m. Saturday and completed the same day.
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 04 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 5.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/18°C · wind 6 km/h NNW, gusts 22 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/18°C · wind 10 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Kim Saiki USA · 282Played with Fruhwirth in the final group; got to six under, then left a 3-iron short on the 15th and chipped to 8 feet and missed for a bogey, closing with a 71 to tie for second two back. Fruhwirth Earns First LPGA Victory (AP, Jimmy Golen), GOLFonline, June 21, 1998
- Charlotta Sorenstam SWE · 282Closed with a 70 to tie for second, two strokes back; no one came within two of Fruhwirth all day. Fruhwirth Earns First LPGA Victory (AP, Jimmy Golen), GOLFonline, June 21, 1998
, 78 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Friendly's Classic
Crestview Country Club, Crestview Country Club, Agawam, Massachusetts
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Amy Fruhwirth
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline (third-round story)
20 June 1998
I don't ever watch the leaderboard; that makes me too nervous. I just try to play my own game.
AP via GOLFonline (third-round story)
20 June 1998
I'm putting pretty great right now; everything is going in. Putting is really the common denominator. You have to putt in order to score well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Fruhwirth | 69 · 71 · 68 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
| T2 | Kim Saiki | 72 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 282 | −6 |
| T2 | Charlotta Sorenstam | 69 · 70 · 73 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| 4 | Pamela Kometani | 73 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 283 | −5 |
| T5 | Lisa Kiggens | 72 · 72 · 68 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Nancy Scranton | 72 · 73 · 70 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Sherri Steinhauer | 76 · 67 · 72 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Heather Daly-Donofrio | 67 · 71 · 73 · 73 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Maria Hjorth | 70 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T5 | Rosie Jones | 72 · 71 · 70 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1968-07-23, Cypress, California; USA; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet