Golf Network News
Sunday 1 June 1986Women’s majorsYear in Review
Bradley wins LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 29 May to Sunday 1 June 1986 · purse $300,000 · winner's share $45,000
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 35 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/18°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/18°C · wind 10 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/18°C · wind 15 km/h WSW, gusts 40 · 0.2 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 148
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: Patty Sheehan
The golfer
b. 1951-03-24, Westford, Massachusetts, United States; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 5th 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