1981 LPGA Championship

1981 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 11–14, 1981
LocationMason, Ohio
Course(s)Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,258 yards (5,722 m)[1]
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fund$150,000
Winner's share$22,500
Champion
United States Donna Caponi
280 (−8)
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Jack Nicklaus Golf Center is located in the United States
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Jack Nicklaus Golf Center is located in Ohio
Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

The 1981 LPGA Championship was the 27th LPGA Championship, played June 11–14 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.

Donna Caponi sank a fifteen-foot (4.5 m) birdie putt on the final green to win her second LPGA Championship, a stroke ahead of runners-up Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers. It was Caponi's fourth and final major title.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Caponi surges in final holes for the lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. UPI. June 13, 1981. p. 2B.
  2. ^ "A birdie flies Caponi to LPGA Championship". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 15, 1981. p. 3C.
  3. ^ McDermott, Barry (June 22, 1981). "Prima Donna by a nose". Sports Illustrated. p. 66.