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McDonald's Championship (golf)
The McDonald's Championship was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1981 through 1993. The first six years were hosted by White Manor Country Club in , northwest of . In , it moved a short distance south to |
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four. Laura Davies led the money list with earnings of $687,201. There were five first-time winners in 1994: Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carolyn Hill, Lisa Kiggens, Woo-Soon Ko, and Missie McGeorge. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1994 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Daniel
Beth Daniel (born October 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Early life and amateur career Daniel was born on October 14, 1956 in Charleston, South Carolina. She played her collegiate golf at Furman University, and was on the 1976 national championship team that included future LPGA players Betsy King, Sherri Turner and Cindy Ferro. In 1977, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate golfer. Daniel won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1975 and 1977, the Women's Western Amateur in 1978, and was on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams in 1976 and 1978 (going 4-0 in 1976). She turned pro at the end of 1978 and joined the LPGA Tour in 1979. Professional career Daniel's first victory came in 1979 year at the Patty Berg Classic, and she went on to win the LPGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 LPGA Tour
The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of $763,118. The season saw the first tournament in Australia, the Daikyo World Championship. There were five first-time winners in 1991: Danielle Ammaccapane, Michelle Estill, Meg Mallon, Melissa McNamara, and Nancy Scranton. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1991 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayako Okamoto
is a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Early career Okamoto was born in Akitsu, Hiroshima, now part of Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. In her youth and early 20s she was a softball player. She was the star pitcher on the Japanese national champion in 1971. Her club team was owned by the textile company Daiwabo, where Okamoto worked. The company owned a golf facility next door, and when she was 22, Okamoto finally decided to start playing. Although she pitched left-handed, she learned golf right-handed. She would join the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1973. Just three years later, at age 25, she won the Mizuno Corporation Tournament. In 1979 (at age 28) Okamoto won the Japan LPGA Championship, and in 1981 she won eight times in Japan and topped the LPGA of Japan money list. LPGA career Okamoto was a superstar in Japan, but she decided to branch out and joined t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 LPGA Tour
The 1992 LPGA Tour was the 43rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 30 to November 8. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Dottie Mochrie won the most tournaments, four. She also led the money list with earnings of $693,335. There were eight first-time winners in 1992: Brandie Burton, Dawn Coe, Florence Descampe, Dana Lofland, Sherri Steinhauer, Kris Tschetter, Lisa Walters, and Jennifer Wyatt. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1992 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 LPGA Championship
The 2009 LPGA Championship was the 55th LPGA Championship, played June 11–14 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2009. Tour rookie Anna Nordqvist, age 22, won her first major title, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lindsey Wright. It was Nordqvist's first career win on the LPGA Tour. Beginning in 2005, this championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive seasons, ending with this edition. Past champions in the field Made the cut Missed the cut Round summaries First round ''Thursday, June 11, 2009'' Second round ''Friday, June 12, 2009'' Third round ''Saturday, June 13, 2009'' ''Sunday, June 14, 2009'' Final round ''Sunday, June 14, 2009'' Source: References External linksBulle Rock Golf Course [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havre De Grace, Maryland
Havre de Grace (), abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland. It is situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of Chesapeake Bay. It is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once ''Le Havre de Grâce'' (French language, French, "Harbor of Grace"). The population was 12,952 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 U.S. census. In 2014, Smithsonian (magazine), ''Smithsonian'' magazine called it one of the 20 best small U.S. towns to visit. History Early history During the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, the small hamlet known as Harmer's Town was visited several times by General Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, Lafayette, who became considered a hero of the war. He commented that the area reminded him of the French seaport of Le Havre on the English Channel. It had originally been named ''Le Havre-de-Grâce''. Inspired by Lafayette's comments, the residents incorporated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulle Rock Golf Course
Bulle Rock Golf Course is a golf course in the eastern United States, located in Havre de Grace, Maryland. It is named for Bulle Rock, the first thoroughbred racehorse brought to America. It hosted the LPGA Championship, a women's major, from 2005 through 2009. Bulle Rock was designed by noted course architect Pete Dye Paul Dye Jr. (December 29, 1925 – January 9, 2020), known as Pete Dye, was an American golf course designer and a member of a family of course designers. He was married to fellow designer and amateur champion Alice Dye. Early life Dye was ... and opened in 1998. In 2002, Manekin, LLC, Clark Turner, and H&S Properties Development Corporation purchased the golf course and surrounding land and properties from original owner, Ed Abel. The golf course has consistently won awards. References External links *{{official, https://bullerockgc.com/The Dapper Drive– Bulle Rock Golf Course Golf clubs and courses in Maryland Buildings and structures in Havr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 LPGA Championship
The 2005 LPGA Championship was the 51st LPGA Championship, played June 9–12 at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, Maryland. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 2005. Two-time defending champion Annika Sörenstam won for the third consecutive year, three strokes ahead of runner-up Michelle Wie, a 15-year-old amateur. It was the ninth of Sörenstam's ten major titles, and was also consecutive major wins, as she won the Kraft Nabisco Championship by eleven strokes in March. Wie's inclusion created some controversy, as the event was traditionally for professionals only; she turned pro four months later in October. Starting with this edition, the LPGA Championship was played at Bulle Rock for five consecutive years, through 2009; the previous eleven were held in nearby Delaware at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington. Past champions in the field Made the cut Source: Missed the cut Source: Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 12, 2005'' So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 LPGA Championship
The 2004 LPGA Championship was the 50th LPGA Championship, played June 10–13 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. Defending champion Annika Sörenstam won the second of her three consecutive LPGA championships, three strokes ahead of runner-up Shi Hyun Ahn. Due to heavy rains on Friday, the final 36 holes were played on Sunday. It was the seventh of Sörenstam's ten major titles. Beginning in 1994, the DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, ending with this edition. The next five were played in nearby Maryland, at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, June 13, 2004'' Source: References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard {{coord, 39.789, -75.564, type:event, display=title [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 LPGA Championship
The 1994 LPGA Championship was the 40th LPGA Championship, played May 12–15 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. Laura Davies shot a final round 68 to win the first of her two LPGA Championship titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up It was the second of her four major titles. This was the first of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont, which had hosted the McDonald's Championship, a regular tour event, the previous seven seasons. McDonald's sponsored the LPGA Championship for sixteen editions, from 1994 through 2009. Davies had won the regular tour event at DuPont the previous year for consecutive victories at the course. Past champions in the field Made the cut Source: Missed the cut Source: * Lopez played fourteen holes in the first round, then withdrew because of back pain. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, May 15, 1994'' Source: References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard {{coord, 39.789, -75.564, type:event, display=title Women's PGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
