Jane Blalock
Name:
Barbara Jane BlalockCountry:
USABorn:
Sept 19, 1945 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer; golf writer; various business interests.Turned Pro:
1969Website:
https://www.cowen-design.comAsia
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Japan Classic (LPGA & Jpn LPGA Trs event). Second-placed Ai-yu Tu (Taiw) finished 2 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Musashigaoka CC, Hanno, Saitama, Japan].
America
Kemper
Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Blalock (USA), who sunk a 12-foot putt at the last hole to clinch her first win since 1980. [Royal Ka'anapali course, Ka'anapali Resort, Maui, Hawaii; at the time known as the North course].
America
Elizabeth Arden
Played as the Elizabeth Arden Classic. Second-placed Debbie Massey (USA) and Jerilyn Britz (USA) finished 1 shot behind Blalock (USA), who recorded her 25th LPGA Tour win. [Soffer course, Turberry Isle Resort, Aventura, FL; at the time called the South course].
America
Otey Crisman
Played as the Otey Crisman Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 6 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
America
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Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Sandra Post (Can) finished 6 shots behind defending champion Blalock (USA). [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
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Played as the inaugural Florida Lady Citrus. Blalock (USA) beat JoAnne Carner (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [Rio Pinar CC, Orlando, Florida].
America
Sarah Coventry
Played as the Sarah Coventry Classic (formerly Bankers Trust Classic). Second-placed Alice Ritzman (USA) finished 6 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].
America
Mayflower
Played as the Mayflower Classic. Second-placed Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Harbour Trees GC, Noblesville, Indiana].
America
Golden Lights
Played as the Golden Lights Championship. Hollis Stacy finished in second place behind Blalock.
America
x
Played as the Wheeling Classic. Second-placed Kathy Martin (USA) finished 7 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Jones course, Speidel GC, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV].
America
x
Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Second-placed Gloria Ehret (USA) finished 2 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
Sarah Coventry
Played as The Sarah Coventry championship. Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) and Debbie Austin (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Round Hill CC, Alamo, CA].
America
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Played as the Greater Baltimore Golf Classic (for the first time since 1974). Second-placed Takako Kiyomoto (Jpn) and Joyce Kazmierski (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore, Maryland].
America
Colgate
Played as the Colgate Triple Crown (Jan 14/15; featuring the leading ten players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1976). Jan Stephenson (Aus) and Donna Young (USA) finished in second place behind Jane Blalock (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
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x
Played as the Wheeling Classic. Blalock (USA) beat Pat Bradley (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Jones course, Speidel GC, Oglebay Resort, Wheeling, WV].
America
Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 9 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
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Colgate
Played as the Colgate Triple Crown (Dec 13/14; second edition of this 36-hole event in 1975, featuring the leading ten players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1975). Jane Blalock (USA) beat Judy Rankin (USA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) with a 20-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
Ping
Played as the Karsten Ping Open. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 1 shot behind Blalock (USA). [Camelback CC, Paradise Valley, nr Phoenix, AZ].
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Bing Crosby
Played as the Bing Crosby International Classic. Jo Ann Prentice finished in second place behind Blalock.
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x
Played as the Birmingham Classic. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 3 shots behind Blalock (USA). [Green Valley CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
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Played as the Lady Errol Classic. Blalock (USA) beat Jo Ann Prentice (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Apopka G&TC, Apopka, FL; at the time known as Errol Estates CC].
Played as the Southgate Ladies Open. Mary Mills and Shelley Hamlin finished in second place behind Jane Blalock and Sue Roberts.
America
Angelo's
Played as Lady Angelo's LPGA Four-Ball (July 26-28). Defending champions Jane Blalock (USA) & Sandra Palmer (USA) beat Sally Little (RSA) & Jan Ferraris (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [New Seabury CC, Mashpee, MA; first round played at Oyster Harbors CC, Osterville, MA].
America
Suzuki
Played as the Suzuki Golf Internationale. Kathy Whitworth finished in second place behind Blalock.
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x
Played as the inaugural Lady Errol Classic. Blalock (USA) beat Sandra Palmer (USA) and Kathy Whitworth (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Apopka G&TC, Apopka, FL; at the time known as Errol Estates CC].
America
Angelo's
Played as Angelo's LPGA Four-Ball (July 14-16). Second-placed teams of Gloria Ehret (USA) & Sandra Haynie (USA), Peggy Wilson (USA) & Kathy Ahern (USA) and Jo Ann Prentice (USA) & Beth Stone (USA) finished 8 shots behind Jane Blalock (USA) & Sandra Palmer (USA). 54-hole event reduced to 36 holes due to bad weather. [New Seabury CC, Mashpee, MA].
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Civitan
Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Blalock (USA) beat Kathy Whitworth (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].
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Colgate
The inaugural Colgate Dinah Shore Winners Circle (April 13-16; designated a major championship from 1983). Second-placed Carol Mann (USA) and Judy Rankin (USA) finished 3 shots behind Jane Blalock (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
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Played as the George Washington Ladies Classic. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 2 shots behind Blalock (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Hidden Spring GC, Horsham, Pennsylvania; now called Commonwealth Natl GC].
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Pepsi
Played as the Lady Pepsi Open. Second-placed JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Blalock (USA). [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].
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Carling
Played as the Lady Carling Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Blalock (USA), who notched-up a hole-in-one at the 180-yard par-3 7th in the final round. [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].
Blalock (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1969 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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