SECTIONSECTION T, T, PAGE PAGE 16 18 toledotoledoBladeBlade.com.com THETHE BLADE:BLADE: TOLEDO, TOLEDO, OHIO OHIO | | SUNDAY,SUNDAY, JULYJULY 14,13, 20132014 The tournament that is now called the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I started in 1984 as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic at the former HISTORY OF TOLEDO’S Glengarry Country Club (now Stone Oak Country Club) in Holland. After four tournaments there (no tournament in 1986), it was moved to Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania. That same year, it was shortened from 72 holes to 54 holes. LPGA TOURNAMENT The 72-hole format returned in 1997. 1984 1987 1989 1991 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 TOP 10 Lauri Merten (Peterson) $26,250 68-72-65-73-278 Jane Geddes, $33,750 71-73-69-67-280 Penny Hammel, $41,250 69-66-71-206 x-Alice Miller, $52,500 69-66-70-205 Nancy Lopez, $15,750 73-69-66-72-280 Jill Briles, $18,000 73-70-69-70-282 Hollis Stacey, $19,479 72-68-68-208 Deb Richard, $32,375 67-70-68-205 Nancy Taylor, $17,999 68-69-73-72-282 Nancy Lopez, $19,479 70-70-68-208 Amy Alcott, $11,375 71-75-70-69-285 Laurie Rinker, $10,687 70-71-72-70-283 Liselotte Neumann, $19,478 68-69-71-208 Lynn Connelly, $23,625 71-66-71-208 Vicki Singleton, $8,020 72-72-71-71-286 Julie Cole, $10,687 70-74-68-71-283 Chris Johnson, $9,808 70-75-64-209 Laurie Rinker, $18,375 71-71-67-209 Therese Hession, $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Marci Bozarth, $7,875 72-72-71-69-284 Lauri Merten, $9,808 72-71-66-209 Chris Johnson, $12,483 74-70-66-210 Patty Sheehan, $8,020 70-72-73-71-286 Ok-Hee Ku, $6,244 73-71-71-70-285 Betsy King, $9,808 68-70-71-209 Kay Cockerill, $12,483 71-68-71-210 Marlene Hagge, $5,250 69-72-71-75-287 Sherri Turner, $6,243 70-69-73-73-285 Deborah McHaffie, $7,150 71-71-68-210 Vicki Goetze (amateur) 68-71-71-210 Vicki Fergon, $4,156 73-72-72-71-288 Tammie Green, $4,768 70-72-77-67-286 Laura Davies, $5,582 73-72-66-211 Dale Eggeling, $12,483 70-68-72-210 Heather Drew, $4,768 71-73-72-70-286 Heather Drew, $5,582 71-74-66-211 Betsy King, $4,156 74-71-71-72-288 Cindy Hill, $4,768 69-71-72-74-286 Jennifer Wyatt, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Katie Peterson, $7,502 72-72-67-211 JoAnne Carner, $3,227 73-72-72-72-289 Caroline Keggi, $5,582 71-70-70-211 Lynn Adams, $7,502 72-70-69-211 Alice Miller, $3,227 69-70-75-75-289 ■ RECAP: A struggling unknown named Nan- Judy Dickinson, $7,502 72-68-71-211 Dianne Dailey, $3,227 68-69-75-76-289 cy Taylor opened with a ■ RECAP: Moving to a new home at Highland Nancy Rubin, $7,502 68-72-71-211 ■ RECAP: Lauri Merten (then Lauri Peterson) 4-under 68, then extend- Meadows and being contested over 54 holes Carolyn Hill, $7,502 69-70-72-211 shot a course-record 65 in the third round to ed her lead to two shots for the first time, the Farr saw Penny Ham- x-won sudden death playoff ■ open a three-shot lead over Nancy Lopez, with a second-round 69. mel make her move in RECAP: Amateur Vicki Goetze was the whose 66 was the on- Despite a 73 on Satur- the second round on her first-round story with a 68 that left her one ly other score in the 60s day, she maintained a way to becoming the first shot off Deb Richard’s that day. Merten led by two-shot edge. But Jane two-time Toledo champ. lead. A second-round 66 as many as six strokes Geddes authored a final- Hammel fired a 5-under gave Alice Miller a two- in the final round but fal- round 67 for an 8-under 66 to go to 7-under 135 stroke edge over Rich- tered — bogey, double- 280 total and a two-shot for the tournament and ard, and the latter au- bogey and bogey on victory. take a two-shot lead on thored a final-round 68 Nos. 8-10 — and the golf- ■ THE GEDDES FILE: The Farr title was the Liselotte Neumann. In to tie things and prompt ers fell into a tie with five third of Geddes’ career and one of her five the final round, a bogey the Farr’s first playoff. holes left. A birdie on No. during the 1987 season, including the LPGA at No. 10 dropped Hammel into a tie with Bet- And what a playoff it was, 14 put Merten one up, and she clinched the Championship. Now retired, she posted 11 sy King. Neumann and Nancy Lopez were a with Miller winning on the third hole of sudden death with a 14-foot bird- win with a par on 18 while Lopez bogeyed. career wins. shot behind. But Hammel’s closing 71 was ■ THE MERTEN FILE: She earned $108,920 enough to win the championship. ie putt. The triumph ended a six-year drought the year she won the Farr, one of only three ■ THE HAMMEL FILE: Became the first for Miller. 1988 ■ times she cracked the six-figure mark. Big- two-time Farr champion (Kelly Robbins lat- THE MILLER FILE: From 1983-85, Miller gest year was 1993, when she won the U.S. TOP 10 er matched that feat and Se Ri Pak would far won seven titles, including a major (the Na- Laura Davies, $41,250 69-70-69-69-277 bisco Dinah Shore), and earned more than Women’s Open, her only major champion- Nancy Lopez, $25,437 68-70-69-73-280 surpass it). Jan Stephenson, $16,500 70-72-70-71-283 $600,000. ship, and earnings of $394,744. She is no lon- Betsy King, $16,499 72-69-68-74-283 ger an active tour player. Myra Blackwelder, $11,687 74-71-70-71-286 1990 Nancy Taylor, $9,625 71-69-73-74-287 1992 Tammie Green, $8,112 73-74-72-69-288 TOP 10 1985 Lynn Adams, $6,806 74-72-75-69-290 Tina Tombs, $48,750 67-72-66-205 TOP 10 Sarah LeVeque, $6,806 75-76-67-72-290 JoAnne Carner, $26,000 67-73-69-209 Patty Sheehan, $60,000 70-73-66-209 Heather Farr, $5,513 75-71-75-71-292 Chris Johnson, $26,000 68-71-70-209 TOP 10 Amy Read, $5,513 73-74-72-73-292 Cathy Gerring, $12,058 72-72-67-211 Brandie Burton, $25,663 70-71-69-210 Penny Hammel, $26,250 72-69-72-65-278 Sue Ertl, $12,058 73-69-69-211 Heather Drew, $25,663 70-70-70-210 Nancy Lopez, $16,187 70-71-70-68-279 ■ RECAP: Nancy Lopez led Laura Davies by Robin Walton, $12,058 74-67-70-211 Tammie Green, $25,663 70-68-72-210 Lori Garbacz, $11,812 72-72-68-68-280 one shot after one round, by one shot after Patti Rizzo, $12,058 70-70-71-211 Deb Richard, $25,663 71-66-73-210 Kathy Whitworth, $9,187 73-69-70-72-284 two rounds and by one Betsy King, $12,058 68-70-73-211 Hollis Stacey, $12,982 72-68-71-211 Laura Baugh, $5,819 72-72-71-70-285 Dale Eggeling, $7,637 70-71-71-212 Pamela Wright, $12,982 69-71-71-211 shot after three rounds Elaine Crosby, $6,249 73-71-69-213 Lauri Merten, $5,819 71-69-74-71-285 Jennifer Wyatt, $6,249 72-71-70-213 Vicki Fergon, $8,614 65-77-70-212 Colleen Walker, $5,819 70-70-73-72-285 of a weather-plagued Penny Hammel, $6,249 70-71-72-213 JoAnne Carner, $8,614 70-71-71-212 Lauren Howe, $5,819 70-72-69-74-285 event. On the final day, ■ RECAP: JoAnne Carner was the big story Janice Gibson, $8,614 67-74-71-212 Cindy Hill, $4,112 73-70-71-72-286 Lopez finally lost the lead Marta Fig-Dotti, $8,614 69-70-73-212 Dianne Dailey, $3,675 71-75-70-71-287 of the first round, firing a 4-under 67 to tie for Meg Mallon, $8,614 68-70-74-212 when she bogeyed No. ■ RECAP: Nancy Lopez had a piece of the the lead with Tina Tombs. ■ RECAP: Vicki Fergon left Patty Sheehan 11 and Davies birdied. lead from the start and Penny Hammel, a top Carner was vying for five shots behind with But it was Davies’ stun- rookie, shot a third-round her first win since 1985. an opening-round 65, ning eagle on No. 12 that 72 to stand two shots off Tombs was vying for her but Fergon disappeared crushed Lopez. Davies, the pace. Hammel, out of first win period. Betsy with a 77 in the second hitting from the bottom of a hill, hit an open the spotlight that was fol- King grabbed the lead round. On Sunday Shee- wedge, then saw the ball check up on the sec- lowing Lopez in the last with a second-round 70, han played nine groups ond bounce and roll into the cup.