1994 McDonald's LPGA Championship: Laura Davies wins at DuPont Country Club
Laura Davies won the 1994 McDonald's LPGA Championship at DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware, United States with 279 (−5), by 3 strokes over Alice Ritzman.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the KPMG Women's PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- May 12, 1994 to May 15, 1994
- Course
- DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Edition
- 40th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,386 yards
- Cut
- 151
- Purse
- $1,100,000 · winner's share $165,000
- Champion
- Laura Davies · age 30 · England · born Coventry, Warwickshire, England
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- Winning score
- 70-72-69-68 = 279 (−5) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Alice Ritzman (282)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 70 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 279 | −5 |
| 2 | Alice Ritzman | 282 |
What happened at the 1994 McDonald's LPGA Championship
Davies closed with a 68 to win by three strokes over Alice Ritzman (282).
Pat Bradley, Elaine Crosby and Hiromi Kobayashi all closed with 67s to tie for third with Liselotte Neumann at 283.
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).