Golf Network News
Sunday 24 May 1987Women’s majorsYear in Review
Geddes wins Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 May 1987 · purse $350,000 · winner's share $52,500
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 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/20°C · wind 10 km/h SSE, gusts 24 · 2.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/18°C · wind 13 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/15°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 23 · 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 145
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Women's major
Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Betsy King
The golfer
b. 1960-02-05, Huntington, New York, United States; United States; age 27 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