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Sunday 17 May 1992LPGA TourYear in Review
King wins Mazda LPGA Championship
Bethesda Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 May 1992 · Betsy King’s win no. 26 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,000,000 USD
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 13 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/15°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/15°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 35 · 8.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/14°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 27 · 12.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/15°C · wind 11 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 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
- JoAnne Carner USA · 278tied for second, eleven strokes behind King (Wikipedia) 1992 LPGA Championship - Wikipedia
- Liselotte Neumann SWE · 278tied for second, eleven strokes behind King (Wikipedia) 1992 LPGA Championship - Wikipedia
- Karen Noble USA · 278tied for second, eleven strokes behind King (Wikipedia) 1992 LPGA Championship - Wikipedia
· cut +5, 76 made it
Same week
Women's major
Mazda LPGA Championship
Bethesda Country Club, Bethesda
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann, Karen Noble
From the papers
Sports Illustrated (Sonja Steptoe, 'Back in the Groove')
25 May 1992
Experience is important in majors. Veterans usually come to the fore.
Sports Illustrated (Sonja Steptoe, 'Back in the Groove')
25 May 1992
I felt lost.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betsy King | 68 · 66 · 67 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | JoAnne Carner | 71 · 66 · 70 · 71 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Liselotte Neumann | 71 · 68 · 70 · 69 | 278 | −6 |
| T2 | Karen Noble | 73 · 70 · 70 · 65 | 278 | −6 |
| T5 | Helen Alfredsson | 69 · 69 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
| T5 | Dottie Mochrie | 71 · 73 · 68 · 67 | 279 | −5 |
| T7 | Alice Ritzman | 68 · 71 · 71 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 71 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −4 |
| 9 | Juli Inkster | 70 · 71 · 66 · 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T10 | Amy Alcott | 69 · 69 · 73 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T10 | Brandie Burton | 68 · 73 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
The golfer
born 1955-08-13, Reading, Pennsylvania; USA; turned pro 1977; age 36 that week; tour wins to date: 26; majors to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
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