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The '''Golden Lights Championship''' was a [[golf]] tournament on the [[LPGA Tour]] from 1975 to 1981.<ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979]</ref><ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989]</ref> It was played at the All-American Sports City Country club in [[Pine Plains, New York]] in 1975, at the [[Wykagyl Country Club]] in [[New Rochelle, New York]] from 1976 to 1980 and at the The Stanwich Club in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] in 1981.
The '''Golden Lights Championship''' was a [[golf]] tournament on the [[LPGA Tour]] from 1978 to 1981.<ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology70-79.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979]</ref><ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989]</ref> It was played at at the [[Wykagyl Country Club]] in [[New Rochelle, New York]] from 1978 to 1980 and at the The Stanwich Club in [[Greenwich, Connecticut]] in 1981.


Competing in the first Golden Lights Championship were pro's such as [[JoAnne Carner]], [[Pat Bradley]],[[Sandra Post]], [[Betty Burfeindt]] and [[Amy Alcott]]. However, undoubtedly the tournament favorite was [[Nancy Lopez]], a 20 year old rookie on the LPGA tour, who had won 2 events in a row coming into the Golden Lights event, giving her four victories for the season. Her subsequent victory at the 1978 tournament opener at Wykagyl was the third of five five events that she one in a row, and a total of nine events won that year. The [[New York Times]] reported that she had set a women's record of 31-34-65 on Wkkagyl's 6,410 yard course, with a total score of 277, 11 under par. <ref>The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119</ref>
Competing in the first Golden Lights Championship were pro's such as [[JoAnne Carner]], [[Pat Bradley]],[[Sandra Post]], [[Betty Burfeindt]] and [[Amy Alcott]]. However, undoubtedly the tournament favorite was [[Nancy Lopez]], a 20 year old rookie on the LPGA tour, who had won 2 events in a row coming into the Golden Lights event, giving her four victories for the season. Her subsequent victory at the 1978 tournament opener at Wykagyl was the third of five five events that she one in a row, and a total of nine events won that year. The [[New York Times]] reported that she had set a women's record of 31-34-65 on Wkkagyl's 6,410 yard course, with a total score of 277, 11 under par. <ref>The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119</ref>
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Nancy Lopez triumphed over the event the following season. Coming into the second Golden Lights event, Lopez had already won four events. Her win at Wykagyl was the fifth of in a total of eight in 1979 as well as her third victory in a row. <ref>The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119</ref>
Nancy Lopez triumphed over the event the following season. Coming into the second Golden Lights event, Lopez had already won four events. Her win at Wykagyl was the fifth of in a total of eight in 1979 as well as her third victory in a row. <ref>The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119</ref>


[[Beth Daniels]], one of the great power hitters, won the 1980 Golden Lights Championship in only her second year of the tour.
[[Beth Daniel's]], one of the great power hitters, won the 1980 Golden Lights Championship in only her second year of the tour.




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*1979 [[Nancy Lopez]]
*1979 [[Nancy Lopez]]
*1978 [[Nancy Lopez]]
*1978 [[Nancy Lopez]]

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*1977 [[JoAnne Carner]]

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*1976 [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
*1975 [[JoAnne Carner]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:01, 2 April 2011

The Golden Lights Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1978 to 1981.[1][2] It was played at at the Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, New York from 1978 to 1980 and at the The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1981.

Competing in the first Golden Lights Championship were pro's such as JoAnne Carner, Pat Bradley,Sandra Post, Betty Burfeindt and Amy Alcott. However, undoubtedly the tournament favorite was Nancy Lopez, a 20 year old rookie on the LPGA tour, who had won 2 events in a row coming into the Golden Lights event, giving her four victories for the season. Her subsequent victory at the 1978 tournament opener at Wykagyl was the third of five five events that she one in a row, and a total of nine events won that year. The New York Times reported that she had set a women's record of 31-34-65 on Wkkagyl's 6,410 yard course, with a total score of 277, 11 under par. [3]

Nancy Lopez triumphed over the event the following season. Coming into the second Golden Lights event, Lopez had already won four events. Her win at Wykagyl was the fifth of in a total of eight in 1979 as well as her third victory in a row. [4]

Beth Daniel's, one of the great power hitters, won the 1980 Golden Lights Championship in only her second year of the tour.


Winners

Golden Lights Championship

References

  1. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979
  2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989
  3. ^ The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119
  4. ^ The Wykagyl Country Club Centennial - 1898 to 1998; Author=Desmond Tollhurst; Published=1998; Pages=117-119
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