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Sunday 21 May 1989LPGA TourYear in Review
Lopez wins Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center, Mason, Ohio · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 May 1989 · Nancy Lopez’s win no. 40 on the LPGA Tour · purse $500,000 USD · Mazda
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/14°C · wind 16 km/h ESE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/19°C · wind 21 km/h SSE, gusts 45 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/17°C · wind 22 km/h SW, gusts 47 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/13°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 30 · 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
- Ayako Okamoto JPN · 277led by one stroke entering the final round and two strokes after Lopez three-putted the 10th, then Lopez had five birdies over the last eight holes (SI) Getting Really Mad And Good (Sports Illustrated, SI Vault via Wayback)
· cut +5, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
Mazda LPGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus Sports Center (Grizzly Course), Kings Island
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ayako Okamoto
From the papers
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)
29 May 1989
Those are the kind of putts I hate to miss. They have kept me from winning all year. On the other hand, it was very good because it really made me mad.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)
29 May 1989
I must get a major over here so I can go back to Japan and be proud of myself, and all of the Japanese people will be proud of me.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault)
29 May 1989
Thanks. That's how I'd like to be remembered when I leave.
Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, Wayback capture of dead si.com page)
21 May 1989
I concentrated so hard on every shot, that when I looked at my scorecard and saw a 66, I was surprised.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy Lopez | 71 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Ayako Okamoto | 69 · 68 · 69 · 71 | 277 | −11 |
| 3 | Susan Sanders | 72 · 67 · 71 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T4 | Allison Finney | 72 · 72 · 66 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| T4 | Pat Bradley | 67 · 72 · 71 · 73 | 283 | −5 |
| 6 | Jane Geddes | 69 · 73 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| 7 | Patty Sheehan | 69 · 72 · 66 · 78 | 285 | −3 |
| T8 | Sherri Turner | 72 · 70 · 74 · 70 | 286 | −2 |
| T8 | Betsy King | 69 · 67 · 72 · 78 | 286 | −2 |
| T10 | Liselotte Neumann | 73 · 73 · 72 · 70 | 288 | E |
| T10 | Tammie Green | 75 · 70 · 68 · 75 | 288 | E |
The golfer
born 1957-01-06, Torrance, California; USA; turned pro 1977; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 40; majors to date: 3.
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