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Sunday 12 June 1983Women’s majorsYear in Review
Sheehan wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 June 1983 · 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 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/14°C · wind 13 km/h ESE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/15°C · wind 6 km/h S, gusts 17 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/17°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/17°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 20 · 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: Sandra Haynie
The golfer
b. 1956-10-27, Middlebury, Vermont, United States; United States; age 26 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