1986 U.S. Women's Open

1986 U.S. Women's Open
Tournament information
DatesJuly 10–14, 1986
LocationKettering, Ohio
Course(s)NCR Country Club,
South Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,243 yards (5,709 m)[1]
Field150 players, 78 after cut
Cut153 (+9)
Prize fund$300,000
Winner's share$50,000
Champion
United States Jane Geddes
287 (−1), playoff
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The 1986 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–14 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton.

Jane Geddes won the first of her two major titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, winning by two strokes over Sally Little. It was the fifth playoff at the U.S. Women's Open and the first in ten years.[2][3]

This was the only of the four majors in 1986 that was not won by Pat Bradley; she narrowly missed the grand slam with a fifth-place finish, three strokes back.[4]

NCR's South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1969.

Final leaderboard

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Sunday, July 13, 1986

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Jane Geddes 74-74-70-69=287 −1 Playoff
United States Sally Little 73-72-72-70=287
T3 Japan Ayako Okamoto 76-69-69-74=288 E 16,534
United States Betsy King 72-71-70-75=288
T5 United States Amy Alcott 75-69-74-72=290 +2 9,196
United States Jody Rosenthal 72-76-71-71=290
United States Judy Dickinson 72-71-74-73=290
United States Pat Bradley 76-71-74-69=290
T9 United States Cathy Morse 75-71-75-70=291 +3 6,801
United States Deb Richard 76-69-72-74=291

Source:[5]

Playoff

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Monday, July 14, 1986

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Jane Geddes 35-36=71 −1 50,000
2 United States Sally Little 36-37=73 +1 25,000

Source:[2]

Scorecard

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Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
United States Geddes E −1 E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1
South AfricaUnited States Little   E E E −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +1

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Dickinson, King share Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 12, 1986. p. 2D.
  2. ^ a b c "Geddes proves a point, beats Little by 2 shots in Women's Open playoff". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. July 15, 1986. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Diaz, Jaime (July 21, 1986). "Storms, Quakes, Fumes-and Golf". Sports Illustrated. p. 18. Archived from the original on July 13, 2013.
  4. ^ McDermott, Barry (September 29, 1986). "Now they call her Payday Pat". Sports Illustrated. p. 82. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "Little, Geddes play for Open title". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 14, 1986. p. 1B.
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