1979 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle: Sandra Post wins at Mission Hills Country Club
Sandra Post won the 1979 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California, United States with 276 (−12), by 1 stroke over Nancy Lopez.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- April 5, 1979 to April 8, 1979
- Course
- Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California, United States
- Edition
- 8th edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72
- Purse
- $250,000 · winner's share $37,500
- Champion
- Sandra Post · age 30 · Canada · born Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Champion's title
- 2nd title at this event
- Winning score
- 68-70-68-70 = 276 (−12) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Nancy Lopez (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Sandra Post, Nancy Lopez
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Post | 68 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Nancy Lopez | 277 |
What happened at the 1979 Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
Post's 35-foot chip-in at the 12th on Sunday pulled her level with Nancy Lopez, and her 30-foot putt on the 70th hole put her ahead for good.
Lopez bogeyed the par-3 17th after pushing a four-iron right, and Post's 276 broke the tournament record by seven strokes.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Chevron Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).