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Sunday 6 April 1986LPGA TourYear in Review
Bradley wins Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April 1986 · Pat Bradley’s win no. 17 on the LPGA Tour · purse $430,000 USD · Nabisco
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/12°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/11°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/14°C · wind 14 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/13°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 47 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle
- Colgate-Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
- Nabisco Dinah Shore
- Nabisco Championship
- Kraft Nabisco Championship
- ANA Inspiration
- Chevron Championship
1972–2026 in our record, 55 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Val Skinner USA · 282finished two strokes behind Bradley (Wikipedia: 'two strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner') 1986 Nabisco Dinah Shore (Wikipedia)
104 started · cut +10
Same week
Women's major
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Val Skinner
From the papers
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback)
29 September 1986
I've seen a videotape. He's right.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)
29 September 1986
I looked at [Bradley] when she made that putt, and she was not in this world.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)
29 September 1986
I've seen a videotape," says Bradley. "He's right.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Bradley | 68 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| 2 | Val Skinner | 71 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| 3 | Mary Beth Zimmerman | 70 · 73 · 72 · 70 | 285 | −3 |
| 4 | Betsy King | 70 · 71 · 74 · 72 | 287 | −1 |
| T5 | Jan Stephenson | 71 · 72 · 76 · 69 | 288 | E |
| T5 | Jane Geddes | 75 · 73 · 70 · 70 | 288 | E |
| T5 | Juli Inkster | 69 · 71 · 72 · 76 | 288 | E |
| T8 | Penny Hammel | 72 · 74 · 73 · 70 | 289 | +1 |
| T8 | Patti Rizzo | 74 · 70 · 71 · 74 | 289 | +1 |
| T10 | Jerilyn Britz | 72 · 74 · 75 · 69 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Myra Blackwelder | 72 · 72 · 72 · 74 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Becky Pearson | 72 · 76 · 67 · 75 | 290 | +2 |
| T10 | Sandra Palmer | 72 · 70 · 73 · 75 | 290 | +2 |
The golfer
born 1951-03-24, Westford, Massachusetts, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1974; age 35 that week; tour wins to date: 17; majors to date: 4.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet