1983 LPGA Championship: Patty Sheehan wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)

Patty Sheehan won the 1983 LPGA Championship at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States with 279 (−9), by 2 strokes over Sandra Haynie.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: June 9, 1983 to June 12, 1983
Course: Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States
Edition: 29th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,277 yards
Cut: 151
Purse: $200,000 · winner's share $30,000
Champion: Patty Sheehan · age 26 · United States · born Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Champion's title: 1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score: 68-71-74-66 = 279 (−9) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up: Sandra Haynie (281)
54-hole leader: Sandra Haynie · Patty Sheehan was 7 strokes back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Patty Sheehan	68	71	74	66	279	−9
2	Sandra Haynie					281

What happened at the 1983 LPGA Championship

Seven strokes behind 54-hole leader Sandra Haynie, Sheehan shot a closing 66 that included five straight birdies after a bogey at the 10th, the largest 54-hole comeback in the championship's history.

Alexandra Reinhardt opened 67-68 for the lowest 36-hole total in the championship's 29-year history, then faded with a 75 on Saturday.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's KPMG Women's PGA 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).

1983 LPGA Championship: Patty Sheehan wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1983 LPGA Championship

How this was built

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