Santa Barbara Open
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The Santa Barbara Open was a golf
tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1987 to 1988. It was played at two courses in the Santa Barbara, California
area: Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta
and La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc
. In 1987, the field was split for the first two rounds, half playing on each course, then switching to the other course on the second day. the final round was played at Sandpiper. In 1988, the first round was played at Sandpiper, and the second and third rounds were played at La Purisima.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1987 to 1988. It was played at two courses in the Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
area: Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta
Goleta, California
Goleta is a city in southern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. It was incorporated as a city in 2002, after a long period as the largest unincorporated, populated area in the county. As of the 2000 census, the Census-designated place had a total population of 55,204, however, a significant...
and La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc
Lompoc, California
Lompoc is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The city was incorporated in 1888. The population was 42,434 at the 2010 census, up from 41,103 at the 2000 census....
. In 1987, the field was split for the first two rounds, half playing on each course, then switching to the other course on the second day. the final round was played at Sandpiper. In 1988, the first round was played at Sandpiper, and the second and third rounds were played at La Purisima.