1994 LPGA Championship

The 1994 LPGA Championship was the 40th LPGA Championship, played May 12–15 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

1994 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMay 12–15, 1994
LocationWilmington, Delaware
Course(s)DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,386 yards (5,839 m)[1]
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$1.1 million
Winner's share$165,000
Champion
Laura Davies
279 (−5)
Wilmington 
Location in the United States
DuPont CC
Location in Delaware

Laura Davies shot a final round 68 to win the first of her two LPGA Championship titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Alice Ritzman.[1][2] It was the second of her four major titles.

This was the first of eleven consecutive LPGA Championships at DuPont, which had hosted the McDonald's Championship, a regular tour event, the previous seven seasons. McDonald's sponsored the LPGA Championship for sixteen editions, from 1994 through 2009.[3]

Davies had won the regular tour event at DuPont the previous year for consecutive victories at the course.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Pat Bradley United States198673737067283−1T3
Beth Daniel United States199072746871285+1T7
Patty Sheehan United States1983, 1984, 199372687273285+1T7
Meg Mallon United States199171716975286+2T11
Betsy King United States199274737171289+5T17
Jan Stephenson Australia198275767474299+15T63

Source:[1][4]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Jane Geddes United States19877479153+11
Sherri Turner United States19887976155+13
Sally Little South Africa19807878156+14
Nancy Lopez United States1978, 1985, 1989WD

Source:[4]

  • Lopez played fourteen holes in the first round, then withdrew because of back pain.[5]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 15, 1994

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Laura Davies England70-72-69-68=279−5165,000
2Alice Ritzman United States68-73-71-70=282−2102,402
T3Pat Bradley United States73-73-70-67=283−154,660
Elaine Crosby United States76-71-69-67=283
Hiromi Kobayashi Japan72-73-71-67=283
Liselotte Neumann Sweden74-73-67-69=283
T7Amy Alcott United States71-75-70-69=285+127,676
Beth Daniel United States72-74-68-71=285
Patty Sheehan United States72-68-72-73=285
Sherri Steinhauer United States75-70-72-68=285

Source:[1][4]

References

  1. "Davies outdistances field for LPGA Championship". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). wire reports. May 16, 1994. p. 4C.
  2. "Nervous Davies wins by 3 strokes". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. May 16, 1994. p. 23.
  3. Somnambulo, El (June 11, 2009). "The Rise and Demise of the McDonald's LPGA Tournament". Delaware Liberal. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. "KPMG Women's PGA Championship (LPGA Championship)". LPGA. 1994. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  5. Brennan, Christine (May 13, 1994). "An odd couple shares LPGA's first-round lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Washington Post). p. 1B.
Preceded by
1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Major Championships Succeeded by
1994 U.S. Women's Open

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