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Sunday 8 June 1980Women’s majorsYear in Review
Little wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 1980 · 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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/15°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 21 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/22°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/11°C · wind 24 km/h NW, gusts 52 · 13.9 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 151
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jane Blalock
The golfer
b. 1951, Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa; United States; age 28 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