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Sunday 12 May 1996LPGA TourYear in Review
Davies wins McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Friday 10 to Sunday 12 May 1996 · Laura Davies’s win no. 13 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.2 million USD · McDonald's · scheduled from Thursday 9 May; rain delayed the first round until Friday and the event was reduced to 54 holes, ending Sunday 12 May (Wikipedia; LPGA.com dates 10-12 May)
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 08 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/11°C · wind 15 km/h SSW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 24 km/h SW, gusts 63 · 9.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 29 km/h WNW, gusts 64 · 0 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
- Julie Piers USA · 214Closed with a 70, one of just four players to break par in the final round, but finished one shot behind Davies (The Independent) Davies second US-LPGA - The Independent, 14 May 1996
144 started · cut +6, 79 made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Julie Piers
From the papers
The Independent
14 May 1996
Today was brilliant. I made so many three and four-foot putts. I don't think I've ever played that well in this kind of weather.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Davies | 72 · 71 · 70 | 213 | E |
| 2 | Julie Piers | 72 · 72 · 70 | 214 | +1 |
| T3 | Penny Hammel | 73 · 72 · 70 | 215 | +2 |
| T3 | Jane Crafter | 75 · 68 · 72 | 215 | +2 |
| T5 | Judy Dickinson | 71 · 74 · 71 | 216 | +3 |
| T5 | Shirley Furlong | 70 · 73 · 73 | 216 | +3 |
| T5 | Juli Inkster | 70 · 73 · 73 | 216 | +3 |
| T5 | Val Skinner | 73 · 69 · 74 | 216 | +3 |
| T5 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 71 · 70 · 75 | 216 | +3 |
| T10 | Patty Sheehan | 72 · 74 · 71 | 217 | +4 |
| T10 | Meg Mallon | 69 · 75 · 73 | 217 | +4 |
| T10 | Michelle Dobek | 72 · 75 · 70 | 217 | +4 |
| T10 | Kristi Albers | 72 · 71 · 74 | 217 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1963-10-05, Coventry, Warwickshire, England; ENG; turned pro 1985; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 13; majors to date: 3.
What’s in the bag
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