This Day in Golf History: February 8

Australian star Jan Stephenson won 16 times on the LPGA Tour, the first coming on this date in 1976. She finished at two-over-par 218 in the Sarah Coventry Naples Classic on Lely Country Club to edge Judy Meister and Sandra Haynie by one shot. Also on this date in 1981, Sally Little won the LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic at Turnberry Isle in Miami at five under par in a playoff with Joanne Carner and Judy Rankin.