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Sunday 18 January 1998LPGA TourYear in Review
Robbins wins HealthSouth Inaugural
Grand Cypress Golf Club, Orlando, Florida (region; the course comes with research) · Friday 16 to Sunday 18 January 1998 · Kelly Robbins’s win no. 7 on the LPGA Tour · purse $600,000 USD · HealthSouth · 54-hole event (three rounds); season opener
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous 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
- Meg Mallon USA · 211made a hole-in-one at the 12th and a birdie at 16 to get within one, then three-putted the par-3 17th for bogey AP: Robbins shoots 66 to take season-opening HealthSouth Inaugural (GOLFonline, January 18, 1998; Wayback)
, 83 made it
Same week
LPGA event
HealthSouth Inaugural
Grand Cypress Golf Club, North and South Course, Grand Cypress Golf Club, Orlando, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kelly Robbins
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline
18 January 1998
But if they're not here and I can take advantage, more power to me. They can take all the time off they want.
AP via GOLFonline
18 January 1998
If someone got a hot putter going, who knows who could have come from behind. It happened to be me.
AP via GOLFonline
18 January 1998
I'm happy that my swing held up under pressure. I hope this is a good sign for the rest of the year.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Robbins | 76 · 67 · 66 | 209 | −7 |
| 2 | Meg Mallon | 71 · 71 · 69 | 211 | −5 |
| 3 | Patty Sheehan | 71 · 72 · 69 | 212 | −4 |
| T4 | Jane Crafter | 70 · 72 · 71 | 213 | −3 |
| T4 | Juli Inkster | 73 · 66 · 74 | 213 | −3 |
| T4 | Dana Dormann | 74 · 70 · 69 | 213 | −3 |
| T7 | Donna Andrews | 75 · 70 · 70 | 215 | −1 |
| T7 | Jenny Lidback | 69 · 73 · 73 | 215 | −1 |
| T7 | Michelle McGann | 76 · 69 · 70 | 215 | −1 |
| T10 | Kris Tschetter | 74 · 67 · 75 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Susie Redman | 76 · 69 · 71 | 216 | E |
| T10 | Brandie Burton | 73 · 74 · 69 | 216 | E |
The golfer
born 1969-09-29, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1992; age 28 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet