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Sunday 15 February 1998LPGA TourYear in Review
Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Championship
Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, California · Friday 13 to Sunday 15 February 1998 · Dale Eggeling’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $650,000 USD · weather: shortened from 54 to 36 holes after heavy rain on Saturday washed out the scheduled second round
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 36° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R13°/1°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R22°/-4°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R36°/-4°C · wind 12 km/h E, gusts 22 · 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
- Hiromi Kobayashi JPN · 141led by three after an opening 67, bogeyed four back-nine holes, forced a playoff with a 15-foot birdie on 18, then failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker on the first extra hole AP: Eggeling captures L.A. Women's Championship on first playoff hole (GOLFonline, February 15, 1998; Wayback)
, 128 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Los Angeles Women's Championship
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Dale Eggeling
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline
15 February 1998
I can't describe it, I cried when I made that putt,
AP via GOLFonline
15 February 1998
I've got new equipment, a new outlook, I started swinging at it good, it just happened. I've got a renewed interest in the game because I'm swinging at it now. It's been more fun.
AP via GOLFonline
15 February 1998
I just missed (too many) greens and three-putted too much today,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Eggeling | 72 · 69 | 141 | −3 |
| 2 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 67 · 74 | 141 | −3 |
| T3 | Cindy Schreyer | 72 · 70 | 142 | −2 |
| T3 | Elaine Crosby | 70 · 72 | 142 | −2 |
| T3 | Karrie Webb | 72 · 70 | 142 | −2 |
| T6 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 72 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Vicki Fergon | 72 · 71 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Cindy Figg-Currier | 74 · 69 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 72 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Shelley Hamlin | 72 · 71 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Pat Hurst | 72 · 71 | 143 | −1 |
| T6 | Laura Davies | 72 · 71 | 143 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1954-04-21, Statesboro, Georgia; USA; age 43 that week; tour wins to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet