1989 Mazda LPGA Championship: Nancy Lopez wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)

Nancy Lopez won the 1989 Mazda LPGA Championship at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States with 274 (−14), by 3 strokes over Ayako Okamoto.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Dates: May 18, 1989 to May 21, 1989
Course: Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island, Ohio, United States
Edition: 35th edition
Counted as a major: yes
Format: stroke play, 4 rounds
Par: 72 · 6,359 yards
Cut: 149
Purse: $500,000 · winner's share $75,000
Champion: Nancy Lopez · age 32 · United States · born Torrance, California, United States
Champion's title: 3rd title at this event · 3rd major
Winning score: 71-69-68-66 = 274 (−14) · won by 3 strokes
Runner-up: Ayako Okamoto (277)
54-hole leader: Ayako Okamoto · Nancy Lopez was 2 strokes back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Nancy Lopez	71	69	68	66	274	−14
2	Ayako Okamoto					277

What happened at the 1989 Mazda LPGA Championship

Lopez three-putted the 10th green, missing from five feet, to fall two behind Ayako Okamoto, then chipped in for birdie at the 11th and birdied the 12th as Okamoto bogeyed it.

Lopez made five birdies over the last eight holes for a closing 66 and a three-stroke win.

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).

1989 Mazda LPGA Championship: Nancy Lopez wins at Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course)

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1989 Mazda LPGA Championship

How this was built

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