1987 LPGA Championship | |
Dates: | May 21–24, 1987 |
Location: | Mason, Ohio |
Course: | Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Grizzly Course |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Par: | 72 |
Yardage: | [1] |
Format: | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Cut: | 145 (+1) |
Purse: | $350,000 |
Winners Share: | $52,500 |
Champion: | Jane Geddes |
Score: | 275 (−13) |
Previous: | 1986 |
Next: | 1988 |
The 1987 LPGA Championship was held May 21–24 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati. Played on the Grizzly Course, this was the 33rd edition of the LPGA Championship.
Jane Geddes won her second major championship, a stroke ahead of runner-up Betsy King.[2] [3]
Sunday, May 24, 1987
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
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1 | Jane Geddes | 72-68-68-67=275 | −13 | 52,500 | |||
2 | Betsy King | 72-68-69-67=276 | −12 | 32,375 | |||
align=center rowspan=3 | T3 | Rosie Jones | 70-68-72-68=278 | align=center rowspan=3 | −10 | align=center rowspan=3 | 18,959 |
Ayako Okamoto | 69-69-70-70=278 | ||||||
Laurie Rinker | 69-67-71-71=278 | ||||||
6 | Cathy Morse | 70-69-67-73=279 | −9 | 12,250 | |||
align=center rowspan=2 | T7 | Patty Sheehan | 68-70-74-68=280 | align=center rowspan=2 | −8 | align=center rowspan=2 | 7,913 |
Muffin Spencer-Devlin | 70-72-71-67=280 | ||||||
align=center rowspan=5 | T9 | Amy Alcott | 73-70-69-69=281 | align=center rowspan=5 | −7 | align=center rowspan=5 | 6,844 |
Jody Rosenthal | 72-68-72-69=281 | ||||||
Lori Garbacz | 72-66-70-73=281 | ||||||
Juli Inkster | 72-71-72-66=281 | ||||||
Kathy Postlewait | 72-69-70-70=281 |