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Golf tournament formerly on the LPGA Tour
The Sarah Coventry
was a women's professional
golf
tournament on the
LPGA Tour
from 1976 to 1981.
[1]
The inaugural event was played in
Florida
at the Lely Country Club in
Naples
in February
1976
,
[2]
then moved to northern
California
and the Round Hill Country Club in
Alamo
in September for two years,
1977
and
1978
.
[3]
[4]
It relocated to western
New York
in
1979
and was renamed the
Rochester International
in
1982
; it later became the
Wegman's LPGA
, played through
2009
, until replaced by the Wegman's
LPGA Championship
.
Tournament names
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- 1976:
Sarah Coventry Naples Classic
(Florida)
- 1977?1978:
The Sarah Coventry
(California)
- 1979?1981:
The Sarah Coventry
(New York, included in
Wegman's LPGA
records)
Winners
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Year
|
Dates
|
Champion
|
Country
|
Score
|
To par
|
Purse (
$
)
|
Winner's
share ($)
|
1981
|
Jun 25?28
|
Nancy Lopez
(2)
|
United States
|
285
|
?7
|
125,000
|
18,750
|
1980
|
Jun 26?29
|
Nancy Lopez
|
United States
|
283
|
?9
|
125,000
|
18,750
|
1979
|
Jun 14?17
|
Jane Blalock
(2)
|
United States
|
280
|
?12
|
100,000
|
15,000
|
1978
|
Sep 14?17
|
Donna Caponi
|
United States
|
282
|
?10
|
100,000
|
15,000
|
1977
|
Sep 22?25
|
Jane Blalock
|
United States
|
282
|
?10
|
100,000
|
15,000
|
1976
|
Feb 6?8
|
Jan Stephenson
|
Australia
|
218
|
+2
|
60,000
|
8,500
|
Wegmans LPGA
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After 1978, the tournament relocated from California to
New York
and was played at the
Locust Hill Country Club
near
Rochester
from
1979
to
1981
. In 1979, the tournament recognized the 1976?78 tournaments as its predecessors,
[5]
and not the
Bankers Trust
Classic which had been played at Locust Hill in 1977 and 1978. Today however the
Wegmans LPGA
recognizes the Bankers Trust Classics and not the first three Sarah Coventry events as part of the tournament's history.
[6]
The change gave
Nancy Lopez
three wins in the event, as she won the Bankers Trust Classic at Locust Hill in 1978.
[7]
See also
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References
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External links
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