1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore: Patty Sheehan wins at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course)
Patty Sheehan won the 1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore at Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States with 281 (−7), by 1 stroke over Meg Mallon and Kelly Robbins and Annika Sörenstam.
Updated October 23, 2026
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- Dates
- March 28, 1996 to March 31, 1996
- Course
- Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tournament Course), Rancho Mirage, California, United States
- Edition
- 25th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,460 yards
- Field
- 126
- Made the cut
- 80 (cut at 149)
- Purse
- $900,000 · winner's share $135,000
- Champion
- Patty Sheehan · age 39 · United States · born Middlebury, Vermont, United States
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 6th major
- Winning score
- 71-72-67-71 = 281 (−7) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins, Annika Sörenstam (282 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Patty Sheehan, Brandie Burton
- Caddie
- Carl Laib
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 71 | 72 | 67 | 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T2 | Meg Mallon | 282 | |||||
| T2 | Kelly Robbins | 282 | |||||
| T2 | Annika Sörenstam | 282 |
What happened at the 1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Needing par at the 526-yard 18th, Sheehan drove into the left rough, found a sand trap, hit her 9-iron to about 120 feet and holed a seven-foot par putt to avoid a four-way playoff.
Annika Sörenstam bogeyed the 72nd hole after leaving a six-foot par putt short, and Kelly Robbins, two ahead during the final round, double-bogeyed the 15th.
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).
Sources
- deseret.com: patty sheehan takes dinah shore title
- vault.si.com: due at the dinah after 34 wins including five majors…
- Wikipedia: 1996 Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Wikipedia: Patty Sheehan
- thegolfnewsnet.com: the chevron championship history results and past…
- nbcsports.com: poppies ponder how jump came be what we couldve missed year