Winners: Sandra Post, Golf
Sandra Post at the LPGA Championship.
Date: 1968
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
1979 - Feature Story
The Dinah Shore, the first women’s tournament ever to feature a $100,000 purse, didn’t yet carry major championship status in 1979. That would come later, but in 1979 it surely was one of the season’s gem events and once again Sandra Post acted accordingly. On the 12th hole, Post drew even with the great Nancy Lopez with a 35 foot chip shot, and would later take the lead. She thus defended the championship she had won in 1978 by posting a record 12-under-par total, improving the tournament scoring record by seven shots. She won two more LPGA tournaments in 1979 and finished second on the tour’s money list.
1980 - Feature Story
Sandra Post, who was the first Canadian to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour, kept on winning in 1980, taking the West Virginia Classic at the Speidel Golf Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, on a sweltering August weekend. On the third hole of a sudden-death playoff, Post defeated Donna Caponi, the woman who had earlier that season ended Post’s two-year winning run in the Dinah Shore. For the season, despite some nagging injuries, Post finished in the top 10 on the LPGA tour’s money list.
Career Highlights
- 1979, 1980 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (Canada’s female athlete of the year)
- 1979 Lou Marsh Memorial Award
- 1968-1984 Posted eight LPGA victories
- 1968 First Canadian and youngest person to win the Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship in Sutton, Massachusetts
- 1964-1966 Canadian Junior Champion
Silver plate awarded to the 1968 Rookie of the year, Sandra Post.
Date: 1968
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Teeoff Golfer of the Year Award presented to Sandra Post for outstanding achievement and performance.
Date: 1979
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Plaque awarded to Sandra Post for being named Ontario Athlete of the Year.
Date: 1979
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Sandra Post on the green.
Date: 1970’s
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Beaverwood 1 wood used by Sandra Post.
Date: 1974-1976
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Spalding Shag bag used by Sandra Post.
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Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Sandra Post’s Ontario junior golf team uniform.
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Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Jacket given to Sandra Post after she won the Lou Marsh and Bobbie Rosenfeld Trophies.
Date: 1979
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Golf smock worn by Sandra Post at the LPGA Golf Classic.
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Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
