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1986 LPGA Championship

LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1986 LPGA Championship
dates	May 29 – June 1, 1986
location	Mason, Ohio
course	Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6242 yd
field
format	Stroke play - 72 holes
cut	148 (+4)
purse	$300,000
winners_share	$45,000
champion	USA Pat Bradley
score	277 (−11)
previous	1985
next	1987

Grizzly Course |USA |USA Ohio The 1986 LPGA Championship was held May 29 to June 1 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati. Played on the Grizzly Course, this was the 32nd edition of the LPGA Championship.

Entering the final round four strokes behind, Pat Bradley birdied the last hole for a 68 to win by a stroke over runner-up Patty Sheehan. It was the fifth of her six major championships, the second of three in 1986, and completed the career grand slam. With the win, Bradley became the first to surpass $2 million in earnings on the LPGA Tour.

Defending champion Nancy Lopez did not compete; she gave birth to her second daughter a few days earlier.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 1, 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Pat Bradley	67-72-70-68=277	−11	45,000
2	USA Patty Sheehan	72-70-69-67=278	−10	27,750
T3	USA Juli Inkster	70-72-68-69=279	−9	18,000
JPN Ayako Okamoto	66-70-69-74=279
5	USA Muffin Spencer-Devlin	72-67-74-68=281	−7	12,750
6	USA Cindy Mackey	70-70-68-74=282	−6	10,500
7	USA Myra Blackwelder	71-71-71-70=283	−5	8,850
8	AUS Penny Pulz	71-71-70-72=284	−4	7,800
T9	USA Sharon Barrett	72-70-69-74=285	−3	6,353
USA Connie Chillemi	68-74-75-68=285
USA Lori Garbacz	65-74-74-72=285

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References

(June 1, 1986). "Okamoto near major win". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 2, 1986). "Bradley comes from 4 strokes behind to win LPGA title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Hackenberg, Dave. (June 2, 1986). "Bradley's dramatic birdie wins LPGA Championship". Toledo Blade.
(June 2, 1986). "Bradley tallies to take LPGA". Spokesman-Review.
(June 2, 1986). "Bradley halfway to a grand slam". Eugene Register-Guard.
(May 27, 1986). "Lopez gives birth to daughter". Gadsden Times.

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