1978 LPGA Championship

1978 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 8–11, 1978
LocationMason, Ohio
Course(s)Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course [1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,312 yards (5,772 m)[2]
Cut151 (+7)
Prize fund$150,000
Winner's share$22,500
Champion
United States Nancy Lopez
275 (−13)
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The 1978 LPGA Championship was the 24th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.

Nancy Lopez, a 21-year-old tour rookie, won the first of her three major titles, all at the LPGA Championship at Kings Island. She finished at 275 (−13), six strokes ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott.[3][4][5][6]

It was the sixth tour win for Lopez and her fourth consecutive in 1978,[3][7] and she won the following week to run the streak to five.[8]

This was the first of twelve consecutive LPGA Championships at Kings Island; the last one in 1989 was also won by Lopez.

  1. ^ "LPGA golf". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. June 12, 1978. p. 22.
  2. ^ "Lopez fires 65 to tie in LPGA". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. June 10, 1978. p. 1, part 2.
  3. ^ a b McDermott, Barry (June 19, 1978). "All smiles while she tears up the tour". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  4. ^ "Lopez strikes again, wins LPGA, 4 in a row". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. June 12, 1978. p. 18.
  5. ^ Strode, George (June 12, 1978). "Lopez clips mark in LPGA title rout". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Lopez wins 4th straight, and wants a fifth". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 12, 1978. p. 3D.
  7. ^ "Lopez shatters records on romp to LPGA crown". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. June 12, 1978. p. 1, part 2.
  8. ^ "Lopez wins fifth straight". Milwaukee Sentinel. wire services. June 19, 1978. p. 2, part 2.