| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 31 – April 3, 1988 |
| Location | Rancho Mirage, California |
| Course(s) | Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tourn. Course) |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1] |
| Field | 110 players, 79 after cut [2] |
| Cut | 150 (+6) |
| Prize fund | $500,000 |
| Winner's share | $80,000 |
| Champion | |
 Amy Alcott | |
| 274 (−14) | |
Mirage
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]
- ^ "LPGA Dinah Shore". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 4, 1988. p. 2B.
- ^ "Alcott moves into lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1988. p. 5C.
- ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 11, 1988). "Alcott, Shore enough". Sports Illustrated. p. 72.
- ^ a b "Alcott takes Dinah Shore, then takes victory plunge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 4, 1988. p. 2C.
- ^ "Alcott fires another 66 to open gap". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 3, 1988. p. 4B.
- ^ Florence, Mal (April 1, 1991). "Alcott repeats her win and her dive". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2C.
- ^ "Bowen's first LPGA victory a major one". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (April 2, 2011). "At women's Masters, plunge in Poppie's Pond is victory lap". New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.