Golf Network News
Sunday 30 May 1976Women’s majorsYear in Review
Burfeindt wins LPGA Championship
Pine Ridge Golf Course, Lutherville, Maryland · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May 1976 · purse $55,000 · winner's share $8,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/8°C · wind 9 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/11°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/16°C · wind 17 km/h ESE, gusts 52 · 10.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/16°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 31 · 4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
98 started, 54 (cut at 152) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Pine Ridge Golf Course, Baltimore
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Judy Rankin
The golfer
b. 1945, New York City, New York, United States; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet