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]
moss, creek, women, invitational, golf, tournament, south, carolina, lpga, tour, from, 1976, 1985, played, moss, creek, plantation, hilton, head, island, when, first, announced, january, 1976, titled, ladies, masters, sponsors, planned, pattern, event, after, . 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 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 Winners editMoss Creek Women s Invitational 1985 Amy Alcott CPC International 1984 No tournament 1983 Hollis Stacy 2 CPC Women s International 1982 Kathy Whitworth 1981 Sally Little 2 1980 Hollis Stacy Women s International 1979 Nancy Lopez 1978 Jan Stephenson 1977 Sandra Palmer 1976 Sally LittleReferences edit LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970 1979 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 01 02 Retrieved 2010 09 01 LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980 1989 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 06 29 Retrieved 2010 09 01 Ladies Masters added to LPGA slate in May Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Associated Press January 8 1976 p 22 Ladies Masters changes name Stonger Karl April 4 1976 LPGA is denied Masters name The Robesonian Lumberton North Carolina Associated Press p 2B Timms Leslie May 10 1976 Sand trap shot wins for Little Spartanburg Herald South Carolina p B1 Little s dream shot bounces in Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press May 10 1976 p 2B External links editTournament results at Golfobserver com nbsp This article on an American golf tournament is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article related to sports in South Carolina is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moss Creek Women 27s Invitational amp oldid 1222231094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
