Sears Women's Classic

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The Sears Women's Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1971 to 1974. [1] It was played at the Port St. Lucie Country Club, Sinners Course in Port St. Lucie, Florida . In 1971, the format was 54 holes of stroke play . [2] From 1972 to 1974, the format changed to two rounds of match play to reduce the field from 64 to 16 players, followed by one round of stroke play. [3] [4] [5]

Winners [ edit ]

Sears Women's Classic
Sears Women's World Classic

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02 . Retrieved 2010-09-05 .
  2. ^ a b "Ruth Jessen Wins Richest Women's Golf Tournament" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Lewiston, Idaho . AP . February 22, 1971. p. 11 . Retrieved January 25, 2012 .
  3. ^ a b "Pro-Am Sets Stage for Sears Women's Golf Classic" . The Palm Beach Post . West Palm Beach, Florida . March 23, 1972. p. 11 . Retrieved January 25, 2012 .
  4. ^ a b "Carol Mann Wins Sears Open" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Sarasota, Florida . UPI . March 26, 1973. p. 2-C . Retrieved January 25, 2012 .
  5. ^ a b "First Pro Win" . Reading Eagle . Reading, Pennsylvania . AP . February 11, 1974. p. 20 . Retrieved January 25, 2012 .
  6. ^ "Cullen Wins Women's Golf" . The Gadsden Times . Gadsden, Alabama . AP . March 27, 1972. p. 9 . Retrieved January 25, 2012 .