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Sunday 14 May 1995LPGA TourYear in Review
Robbins wins McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 1995 · Kelly Robbins’s win no. 3 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,200,000 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 10 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 38 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/14°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/12°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 36 · 5.1 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
- Laura Davies ENG · 275Led by three after 11 holes of the final round; bogeyed the 16th, missing a four-footer, as Robbins birdied it to take the lead (The Independent) Golf: Robbins edges out Davies - The Independent, 16 May 1995
146 started · cut +5, 77 made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Laura Davies
From the papers
The Independent (unbylined report)
16 May 1995
I just wasn't good enough on the last few holes and Kelly was. But it was still a great week. I finished second in a major and was beaten by a great champion.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Robbins | 66 · 68 · 72 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| 2 | Laura Davies | 68 · 68 · 69 · 70 | 275 | −9 |
| T3 | Marianne Morris | 67 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −4 |
| T3 | Julie Piers | 71 · 68 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −4 |
| T3 | Patty Sheehan | 67 · 68 · 72 · 73 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Barb Whitehead | 70 · 66 · 73 · 72 | 281 | −3 |
| T6 | Dottie Mochrie | 67 · 70 · 71 · 73 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Tammie Green | 69 · 72 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| T8 | Pat Bradley | 71 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 282 | −2 |
| 10 | Annika Sorenstam | 71 · 71 · 72 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1969-09-29, Mount Pleasant, Michigan; USA; turned pro 1992; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
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