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Sunday 14 March 1999LPGA TourYear in Review
Inkster wins Welch's/Circle K Championship
Randolph Park North Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 March 1999 · Juli Inkster’s win no. 18 on the LPGA Tour · purse $625,000 USD · Welch's/Circle K
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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/9°C · wind 26 km/h WSW, gusts 57 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R217°/7°C · wind 24 km/h WNW, gusts 50 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/6°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/7°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 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
- Dottie Pepper USA · 274led from her first-hole birdie until Inkster's eagle at the 13th, then parred in and missed an 11-foot birdie putt at 18 by an inch AP (Mel Reisner): Inkster wins with bogey-free round (GOLFonline, March 14, 1999; Wayback)
, 74 made it
Same week
LPGA event
Welch's/Circle K Championship
Randolph Park North Golf Course, Randolph Park North Golf Course, Tucson, Arizona
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Juli Inkster
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via GOLFonline
14 March 1999
If you were going to ask me on the first tee today if I would take a 67 or 68, I probably would have taken it.
AP via GOLFonline
14 March 1999
If there's one person I'd want to have make a putt for me, it's Dottie. I snuck away with that one, because there's not very many that she's going to miss.
AP via GOLFonline
14 March 1999
I thought I hit it perfectly, and that it was just going to tumble right in the hole.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juli Inkster | 68 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Dottie Pepper | 67 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Catriona Matthew | 73 · 69 · 65 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T4 | Hollis Stacy | 72 · 68 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Nancy Scranton | 70 · 65 · 71 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Tammie Green | 68 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T4 | Ashli Price-Bunch | 67 · 71 · 72 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Karrie Webb | 74 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T8 | Helen Alfredsson | 69 · 67 · 73 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T10 | Michele Redman | 71 · 69 · 65 · 73 | 278 | −10 |
| T10 | Dale Eggeling | 68 · 67 · 69 · 74 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1960-06-24, Santa Cruz, California; USA; turned pro 1983; age 38 that week; tour wins to date: 18; majors to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet