Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 7–10, 1979 |
Location | Mason, Ohio |
Course(s) | Jack Nicklaus Golf Center |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,313 yards (5,773 m)[1] |
Cut | 152 (+8) |
Prize fund | $150,000 |
Winner's share | $22,500 |
Champion | |
Donna Caponi Young | |
279 (−9) | |
The 1979 LPGA Championship was the 25th LPGA Championship, played June 7–10 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.
Donna Caponi Young won the first of her two LPGA Championships, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jerilyn Britz.[2][3][4] It was the third of her four major titles; her previous major win was nine years earlier.