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Sunday 15 May 1994LPGA TourYear in Review
Davies wins McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 May 1994 · Laura Davies’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,100,000 USD · McDonald's
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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 23 km/h W, gusts 60 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 22 km/h NW, gusts 52 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/8°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/12°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course 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
- Alice Ritzman USA · 282Finished three strokes behind after a closing 70 as Davies shot 68 (Wikipedia; LPGA.com) 1994 LPGA Championship - Wikipedia
144 started · cut +9, 80 made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Alice Ritzman
From the papers
The Independent
16 May 1994
I always like to watch him play. It's exciting to watch people use two shots to hit the green on par- fives, taking chances and having fun,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 70 · 72 · 69 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| 2 | Alice Ritzman | 68 · 73 · 71 · 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T3 | Pat Bradley | 73 · 73 · 70 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
| T3 | Elaine Crosby | 76 · 71 · 69 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
| T3 | Liselotte Neumann | 74 · 73 · 67 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T3 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 72 · 73 · 71 · 67 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Beth Daniel | 72 · 74 · 68 · 71 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Amy Alcott | 71 · 75 · 70 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 285 | +1 |
| T7 | Sherri Steinhauer | 75 · 70 · 72 · 68 | 285 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1963-10-05, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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