1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore

1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Tournament information
DatesMarch 31 – April 3, 1988
LocationRancho Mirage, California
Course(s)Mission Hills Country Club
(Dinah Shore Tourn. Course)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play – 72 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1]
Field110 players, 79 after cut [2]
Cut150 (+6)
Prize fund$500,000
Winner's share$80,000
Champion
United States Amy Alcott
274 (−14)
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The 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 31 to April 3 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 17th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the sixth as a major championship.

Amy Alcott won the second of her three Dinah Shores, two strokes ahead of runner-up Colleen Walker.[3][4] With consecutive scores of 66 on Friday and Saturday, she entered the final round with a four-stroke lead.[5]

Alcott and caddy Bill Kurre started the tradition of jumping into "Poppie's Pond" upon winning.[3][4] After her third win 1991, they repeated the plunge, including tournament host Dinah Shore.[6] It was not fully embraced by others until 1994, when Donna Andrews made the leap, followed by Nanci Bowen the next year, and it became an annual tradition.[7][8]

  1. ^ "LPGA Dinah Shore". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 4, 1988. p. 2B.
  2. ^ "Alcott moves into lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1988. p. 5C.
  3. ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 11, 1988). "Alcott, Shore enough". Sports Illustrated. p. 72.
  4. ^ a b "Alcott takes Dinah Shore, then takes victory plunge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 4, 1988. p. 2C.
  5. ^ "Alcott fires another 66 to open gap". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 3, 1988. p. 4B.
  6. ^ Florence, Mal (April 1, 1991). "Alcott repeats her win and her dive". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2C.
  7. ^ "Bowen's first LPGA victory a major one". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.
  8. ^ Crouse, Karen (April 2, 2011). "At women's Masters, plunge in Poppie's Pond is victory lap". New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.