Golf Network News
Sunday 13 June 1982Women’s majorsYear in Review
Stephenson wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 June 1982 · purse $200,000 · winner's share $30,000
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 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 45 · 9.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/16°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/16°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 37 · 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 151
Same week
Women's major
LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: JoAnne Carner
The golfer
b. 1951-12-22, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australia; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd 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