Golf Network News
Sunday 14 June 1981Women’s majorsYear in Review
Caponi wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 June 1981 · 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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/16°C · wind 9 km/h NNE, gusts 17 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 12 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 14.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/22°C · wind 19 km/h SSW, gusts 38 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0 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 149
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: Jerilyn Britz, Pat Meyers
The golfer
b. 1945-01-29, Detroit, Michigan, United States; United States; age 36 at the win (year page); 4th 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