The Kyocera Inamori Classic was a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
from 1980 to 1993. It was played at several different courses in California, mostly in the
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...
area.
Jane Blalock
Barbara Jane Blalock (born September 19, 1945) is an American business executive and retired professional golfer. After winning several New England golf tournaments in her youth, Blalock joined the LPGA Tour as a professional in 1969, being name ...
's streak of 299 consecutive cuts made, an all-time LPGA Tour record, ended at the 1980 Inamori Golf Classic when she shot rounds of 78 and 76.
Jane Blalock 1980 Golf results at Golfobserver.com
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Tournament locations
Winners
;Kyocera Inamori Classic
*1993 Kris Monaghan
Kris Monaghan (born August 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA ...
;Inamori Classic
*1992 Judy Dickinson
Judy Dickinson (born March 4, 1950) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She competed as Judy Clark from 1978 until her marriage to PGA Tour golfer Gardner Dickinson
Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. (September 14, 1927 ...
*1991 Laura Davies
Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...
;Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic
*1990 Kris Monaghan
Kris Monaghan (born August 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA ...
*1989 Patti Rizzo
Patrice M. "Patti" Rizzo (born June 19, 1960) is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.
Amateur career
Rizzo was born in Hollywood, Florida. A collegiate All-American at the University of Miami, among her significant victories as ...
;San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
*1988 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 ...
;Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
*1987 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 ...
;Kyocera Inamori Classic
*1986 Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan (born October 27, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Sheehan also ...
*1985 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 Fa ...
;Inamori Classic
*1984 ''No tournament''
*1983 Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan (born October 27, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Sheehan also ...
*1982 Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan (born October 27, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Sheehan also ...
*1981 Hollis Stacy
Hollis Stacy (born March 16, 1954) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans cate ...
;Inamori Golf Classic
*1980 Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer and golf course designer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Ha ...
References
Former LPGA Tour events
Golf in California
Sports competitions in San Diego
Sports competitions in San Diego County, California
Sports in San Jose, California
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Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1993
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