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Sunday 28 March 1999LPGA TourYear in Review
Pepper wins Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 March 1999 · Dottie Pepper’s win no. 15 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD · Nabisco
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/12°C · wind 10 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/13°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/12°C · wind 8 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/11°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Meg Mallon USA · 275Led the first two rounds, started the final round three behind and shot 69; bogeyed 14 and 16 as Pepper birdied and eagled them Pepper record-setting win - Ken Peters, AP, March 28 1999 - GOLFonline (Wayback copy)
106 started · cut +5, 80 made it
Same week
Women's major
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Meg Mallon
From the papers
Associated Press (Ken Peters) via GOLFonline
28 March 1999
It was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be. I thought that was warm water.
Associated Press (Ken Peters) via GOLFonline
28 March 1999
I'm still amazed at how well it went. I just tried to stay out of my own way
Associated Press (Ken Peters) via GOLFonline
28 March 1999
I thought I was playing really well and I lost by six shots. On a major championship course, that (Pepper's total) is awesome.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dottie Pepper | 70 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Meg Mallon | 66 · 69 · 71 · 69 | 275 | −13 |
| 3 | Karrie Webb | 73 · 71 · 70 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| 4 | Kelly Robbins | 69 · 73 · 67 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| 5 | Charlotta Sorenstam | 72 · 68 · 76 · 66 | 282 | −6 |
| 6 | Juli Inkster | 72 · 66 · 71 · 74 | 283 | −5 |
| T7 | Catriona Matthew | 72 · 73 · 69 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Janice Moodie | 69 · 68 · 75 · 72 | 284 | −4 |
| T7 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 284 | −4 |
| T10 | Helen Alfredsson | 69 · 71 · 73 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Maria Hjorth | 77 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 285 | −3 |
| T10 | Sherri Steinhauer | 70 · 72 · 72 · 71 | 285 | −3 |
The golfer
born 1965-08-17, Saratoga Springs, New York; USA; turned pro 1988; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 15; majors to date: 2.
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