Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 7–10, 1979 |
Location | Mason, Ohio |
Course(s) | Jack Nicklaus Golf Center |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,313 yards (5,773 m)[1] |
Cut | 152 (+8) |
Prize fund | $150,000 |
Winner's share | $22,500 |
Champion | |
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279 (−9) | |
The 1979 LPGA Championship was the 25th LPGA Championship, played June 7–10 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.
Donna Caponi Young won the first of her two LPGA Championships, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jerilyn Britz.[2][3][4] It was the third of her four major titles; her previous major win was nine years earlier.
Sunday, June 10, 1979
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | ![]() |
69-70-70-70=279 | −9 | 22,500 |
2 | ![]() |
64-72-73-73=282 | −6 | 14,700 |
3 | ![]() |
69-72-69-74=284 | −4 | 10,500 |
4 | ![]() |
72-73-73-68=286 | −2 | 7,500 |
5 | ![]() |
73-70-70-74=287 | −1 | 6,000 |
T6 | ![]() |
69-70-72-77=288 | E | 4,612 |
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71-76-71-70=288 | |||
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68-74-69-77=288 | |||
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73-72-68-75=288 | |||
T10 | ![]() |
75-73-69-72=289 | +1 | 3,300 |
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77-67-72-73=289 | |||
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73-71-69-76=289 | |||
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72-71-70-76=289 |