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
Jane Geddes
287 (−1), playoff
NCR CC
Location in the United States
NCR CC
Location in Ohio

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

Sunday, July 13, 1986

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

Source:[5]

Playoff

Monday, July 14, 1986

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

Source:[2]

Scorecard

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
Geddes E −1 E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −1
Little   E E E −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E +1

Source:[2]

References

  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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