Moss Creek Women's Invitational

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The Moss Creek Women's Invitational was a golf tournament in South Carolina on the LPGA Tour from 1976 to 1985. [1] [2] It was played at the Moss Creek Plantation on Hilton Head Island.

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When first announced in January 1976, it was titled the "Ladies Masters" and sponsors planned to pattern the event after the Masters Tournament. [3] A little over a month later, the LPGA announced the tournament's name was being changed to the Women's International. [4] This happened after Masters Tournament officials contacted the tournament's sponsor and threatened to go to court unless the word Masters was removed from the tournament title. [5]

Sally Little, an eventual winner of 15 LPGA events (including two majors), won the inaugural Women's International by one shot over Jan Stephenson. Needing to get up and down from a bunker at the final green to force a playoff, she holed out from 75 feet (23 m) for her first win as a professional. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
  2. ↑ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Ladies' Masters added to LPGA slate in May". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. January 8, 1976. p. 22.
  4. ↑ Ladies' Masters changes name
  5. ↑ Stonger, Karl (April 4, 1976). "LPGA is denied Masters name". The Robesonian. (Lumberton, North Carolina). Associated Press. p. 2B.
  6. ↑ Timms, Leslie (May 10, 1976). "Sand trap shot wins for Little". Spartanburg Herald. (South Carolina). p. B1.
  7. ↑ "Little's dream shot bounces in". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 10, 1976. p. 2B.


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