1984 LPGA Championship: Patty Sheehan wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)
Patty Sheehan won the 1984 LPGA Championship at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States with 272 (−16), by 10 strokes over Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- May 31, 1984 to June 3, 1984
- Course
- Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States
- Edition
- 30th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,298 yards
- Cut
- 151
- Purse
- $250,000 · winner's share $37,500
- Champion
- Patty Sheehan · age 27 · United States · born Middlebury, Vermont, United States
- Champion's title
- 2nd title at this event · 2nd major
- Winning score
- 71-70-63-68 = 272 (−16) · won by 10 strokes
- Runners-up
- Pat Bradley, Beth Daniel (282 each)
- 54-hole leader
- Patty Sheehan
- Caddie
- Dick McCarney
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patty Sheehan | 71 | 70 | 63 | 68 | 272 | −16 |
| T2 | Pat Bradley | 282 | |||||
| T2 | Beth Daniel | 282 |
What happened at the 1984 LPGA Championship
Sheehan shot a third-round 63, with eight birdies and a closing eagle on the par-5 18th, matching the lowest round in any major championship by a man or a woman.
Her 272 (-16) broke the championship scoring record and her 10-stroke margin was the largest in the event's first 30 years.
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).