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1462:Money winner
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1332:Donna Caponi
1295:Donna Caponi
1258:Donna Caponi
1221:Jane Blalock
1073:Jane Blalock
987:Pennsylvania
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75:Money leader
1520:Judy Rankin
1492:Judy Rankin
1467:Judy Rankin
1394:Philippines
1369:Judy Rankin
1278:The Carlton
962:Judy Rankin
847:Judy Rankin
736:Pat Bradley
621:Sue Roberts
473:Judy Rankin
436:Judy Rankin
288:Judy Rankin
192:Pat Bradley
188:Philippines
153:Judy Rankin
103:Judy Rankin
86:Judy Rankin
69:Judy Rankin
2085:Categories
1566:References
1406:Amy Alcott
1283:California
658:Amy Alcott
646:New Jersey
424:California
243:Tournament
182:, and the
41:1976-11-27
33:1976-01-30
1357:Hong Kong
1226:205 (-11)
1152:206 (-10)
1098:Minnesota
1041:284 (-12)
967:205 (-11)
552:209 (-10)
515:203 (-13)
478:205 (-11)
180:Hong Kong
149:LPGA Tour
57:Most wins
19:LPGA Tour
1582:Archived
1456:Country
1411:211 (-5)
1337:217 (-5)
1300:282 (-6)
1263:217 (-2)
1189:213 (-3)
1172:Illinois
1135:Colorado
1115:212 (-7)
1078:217 (+1)
1004:215 (-1)
930:292 (+8)
889:209 (-4)
852:287 (-1)
815:210 (-6)
778:212 (-4)
741:217 (+1)
724:New York
704:287 (-5)
685:Maryland
663:209 (-4)
626:211 (-5)
589:281 (-7)
441:285 (-3)
404:209 (-7)
367:209 (-7)
330:218 (+2)
293:213 (-3)
246:Location
26:Duration
1417:15,000
1414:100,000
1380:10,000
1374:216 (E)
1343:15,000
1340:100,000
1306:35,000
1303:205,000
1195:15,000
1192:100,000
1047:15,000
1044:100,000
1024:England
973:10,000
872:Indiana
858:15,000
855:100,000
798:Indiana
784:12,000
747:14,000
669:14,000
595:10,000
535:Georgia
498:Alabama
484:14,000
461:Arizona
447:32,000
444:185,000
387:Florida
350:Florida
313:Florida
276:Florida
255:Purse (
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1443:Awards
1385:Nov 27
1377:50,000
1348:Nov 20
1274:Sep 26
1269:6,400
1266:45,000
1246:Oregon
1237:Sep 19
1232:7,000
1229:50,000
1200:Sep 12
1158:7,000
1155:50,000
1126:Aug 29
1121:8,000
1118:55,000
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1084:7,000
1081:50,000
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1007:50,000
978:Jul 25
970:70,000
941:Jul 18
936:9,054
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900:Jul 11
895:7,000
892:50,000
826:Jun 27
821:7,000
818:50,000
789:Jun 20
781:60,000
761:Canada
752:Jun 13
744:76,000
710:8,000
707:55,000
674:May 30
666:76,000
637:May 23
632:6,400
629:45,000
600:May 16
592:70,000
558:7,000
555:50,000
521:5,700
518:40,000
489:Apr 25
481:80,000
452:Apr 18
410:8,500
407:60,000
378:Feb 22
373:6,400
370:45,000
341:Feb 15
336:8,500
333:60,000
299:5,700
296:40,000
249:Winner
228:Majors
210:, and
208:Africa
174:, the
166:, the
21:season
1450:Award
1320:Japan
1311:Nov 3
1209:Texas
1163:Sep 5
1015:Aug 7
863:Jul 4
715:Jun 6
563:May 9
526:May 2
415:Apr 4
304:Feb 8
267:Feb 1
252:Score
200:Japan
172:Japan
17:1976
2070:2024
2065:2023
2060:2022
2055:2021
2050:2020
2043:2019
2038:2018
2033:2017
2028:2016
2023:2015
2018:2014
2013:2013
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950:Ohio
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886:(12)
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835:Ohio
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401:(75)
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240:Date
232:bold
143:The
134:1977
129:1975
1495:(2)
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1260:(9)
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