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Sunday 10 June 1979Women’s majorsYear in Review
Caponi wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 June 1979 · purse $150,000 · winner's share $22,500
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 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 50 · 11.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 10.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/14°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 56 · 0.6 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.
· cut 152
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jerilyn Britz
The golfer
b. 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan, United States; United States; age 34 at the win (year page); 3rd 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