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Sunday 11 October 1998LPGA TourYear in Review
Robbins wins Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions
Grand National (Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail), Opelika, Alabama · Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 October 1998 · Kelly Robbins’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $750,000 USD · Lifetime / AFLAC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 18 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/14°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 5.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/10°C · wind 12 km/h N, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/10°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/11°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 20 · 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
- Juli Inkster USA · 280Fumed after a bogey at the 9th, then made four back-nine birdies including the 18th for a 69 to pass Steinhauer for second, four behind Robbins wins Tournament of Champions (AP, John Zenor) - GOLFonline, Wayback Machine copy
42 started, 42 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National, Grand National (Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail), Opelika, Alabama
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Kelly Robbins
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Associated Press (GOLFonline)
11 October 1998
To have it be a win is just a huge, huge bonus. I thought going into (Sunday) I had already won. I had already accomplished more this week than I had expected.
Associated Press (GOLFonline)
11 October 1998
It got hard to show up and go through the motions again. It just seemed like I wasn't getting anywhere. I'd wake up and say, 'Oh boy, I don't want to go do this again.'
Associated Press (GOLFonline)
11 October 1998
She's by far the best American player we've got. She's played so much, maybe she lost her desire.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Robbins | 66 · 73 · 67 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Juli Inkster | 67 · 73 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| 3 | Sherri Steinhauer | 70 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| 4 | Annika Sorenstam | 69 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 283 | −5 |
| 5 | Cindy Figg-Currier | 71 · 74 · 70 · 69 | 284 | −4 |
| T6 | Chris Johnson | 70 · 70 · 75 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| T6 | Alison Nicholas | 70 · 73 · 68 · 74 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 73 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Brandie Burton | 75 · 71 · 69 · 71 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Karrie Webb | 72 · 73 · 73 · 70 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Se Ri Pak | 68 · 69 · 79 · 72 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Meg Mallon | 73 · 69 · 73 · 73 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Michelle McGann | 75 · 75 · 71 · 67 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1969-09-29, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1992; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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