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1998 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament 1998 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by 1998 Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament 1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen 1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions 1996 U.S. beats Japan, 21 -14, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament 1996 Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur 1996 Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1996 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel 1996 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont 1996 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament 1996 Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions 1995 Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1995 U.S. beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament 1995 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1995 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby 1995 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby 1995 Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament 1995 Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament 1995 Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion 1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1994 Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1994 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1994 General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1994 ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe 1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1994 Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship 1993 Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament 1993 U.S. wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament 1993 Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament 1993 Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament 1993 Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament 1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware 1993 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament 1993 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham 1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament 1993 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1992 Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament 1992 Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament 1992 Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament 1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell 1992 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament 1992 Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary 1991 Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament 1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament 1991 A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament 1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent 1991 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio 1991 Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament 1991 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament 1990 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren 1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament 1990 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) 1990 Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament 1989 Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament 1988 Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament 1988 Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1988 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament 1988 Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament 1986 Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1986 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1985 Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1985 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1985 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams 1984 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament 1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs 1984 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1984 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics 1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams 1983 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament 1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament 1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event 1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament 1982 Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1982 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1982 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time 1981 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament 1981 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1981 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1981 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1980 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton 1980 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1980 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament 1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb 1980 Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament 1980 Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament 1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1979 Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1979 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1978 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1978 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament 1977 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament 1977 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1976 Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament 1975 Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament 1975 Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament 1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16 1973 Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1973 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar 1972 Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament 1970 1st computer chess tournament 1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament 1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament 1969 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick 1969 Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman 1969 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney 1968 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich 1968 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas 1968 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis 1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Tournament 1965 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber 1964 Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament 1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament 1963 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament 1962 Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament 1962 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 1962 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament 1962 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament 1962 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament 1962 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 1962 Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1961 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament 1960 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1959 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament 1959 Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament 1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament 1959 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament 1958 Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1957 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1957 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1956 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1956 Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 1955 Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament 1955 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament 1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1954 Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament 1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament 1951 American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament 1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 1950 Ben Hogan wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion 1947 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament 1945 Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament 1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season 1938 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota 1935 Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament 1934 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament 1930 Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament 1930 Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes 1929 Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament 1927 1st golden gloves tournament 1926 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1926 The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America 1925 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament 1922 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament 1917 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis 1916 1st professional golf tournament held 1914 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven 1912 England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament 1909 George Sargent wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1902 Lawrence Auchterlonie wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1900 Harry Vardon wins U.S. Open golf tournament 1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden 1895 Horace Rawlins wins 1st U.S. Open golf tournament (Newport RI) 1888 Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest 1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California) 1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) 1860 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins) 1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1811 1st Women's Golf Tournament held 1559 Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament 1234 Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament

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