1986 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1986 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
du Maurier
Played as the du Maurier Classic (July 24-27). Defending champion Pat Bradley (USA) beat Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to win this major championship for the third time. [Board of Trade CC, Woodbridge, Ontario].
Majors
Nabisco
Played as the Nabisco Dinah Shore (15th) (April 3-6). Second-placed Val Skinner (USA) finished 2 shots behind Bradley (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (41st) (July 10-14). Geddes (USA) beat Sally Little (RSA) in an 18-hole playoff: Geddes 71 (-1), Little 73 (+1). Geddes recorded the first of her two major championship wins. [South course, NCR CC, Kettering, nr Dayton, Ohio].
Majors
LPGA
The LPGA Championship (32nd) (May 29-Jun 1). Second-placed Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 1 shot behind Pat Bradley (USA). Bradley recorded her fifth major championship win and achieved a "Career Grand Slam" of winning four different major championships. [Grizzly course, The Golf Center at Kings Island, Mason, OH].
Amateur
LGU
Played as the Girls' British Open Amateur Championship. Croce (Italy) beat Sarah Bennett (Eng) 5 and 4 in the final match. [West Kilbride GC, North Ayrshire].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (83rd). McGuire (NZ) beat Louise Bryers (Aus) 2 and 1 in the final. [West Sussex GC, Pulborough, West Sussex].
Amateur
EGA
Played as the inaugural International European Ladies' Amateur Championship (July 26-29). Second-placed Louise Briers (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Martina Koch (Ger). [Golf de Morfontaine, Mortefontaine, nr Paris].
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Hurst (USA) beat Adele Moore (USA) at the 20th hole in the final. [Peach Tree G&CC, Marysville, nr Yuba City, Calif].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (86th). Cockerill (USA) beat Kathleen McCarthy (USA) 9 & 7 in the final. [Pasatiempo GC, Santa Cruz, CA].
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. Schreyer (USA) beat Vicki Goetze (USA) 3 and 2 in the 18-hole final. [SentryWorld GC, Stevens Point, Wisconsin].
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Deb Richard (USA) finished 1 shot behind Geddes (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
America
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler-Plymouth Classic. Second-placed Deb Richard (USA) and Betsy King (USA) finished 1 shot behind Pearson (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Fairmont CC, Chatham Township, New Jersey].
America
x
Played as the LPGA National Pro-Am. Second-placed Christa "Chris" Johnson (USA) and defending champion Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Alcott (USA). [Lone Tree GC and Glenmoor GC, nr Denver, Colorado].
America
Utd Virginia Bank
Played as the United Virginia Bank Golf Classic. Second-placed Barb Thomas (USA), Jody Rosenthal (USA) and Debbie Massey (USA) finished 1 shot behind Spencer-Devlin (USA). [Sleepy Hole GC, Suffolk, Virginia].
America
x
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic not played in 1986 as the Toledo area hosted the PGA Championship at a similar time of year.
America
Elizabeth Arden
Played as the Elizabeth Arden Classic. Second-placed Muffin Spencer-Devlin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ayako Okamoto (Jpn). [Soffer course, Miami Turnberry Resort, Aventura, FL; at the time called the South course, Turnberry Isle Resort].
America
GNA/Glendale Fed
Played as the GNA/Glendale Federal Classic. Second-placed Jane Geddes (USA) finished 2 shots behind Johnson (USA). [Oakmont CC, Glendale, nr Los Angeles, California].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Hall of Fame Championship. Alcott (USA) beat Lauren Howe (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Sweetwater CC, Sugar Land, nr Houston, Texas].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Classic. Second-placed Sandra Palmer (USA) finished 1 shot behind Skinner (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Stonebridge CC, Boca Raton, Florida].
America
Henredon
Played as the Henredon Classic. King (USA) beat JoAnne Carner with a par at the second playoff hole. [Willow Creek CC, High Point, North Carolina; now known as the Willow Creek course of High Point CC].
America
Kyocera
Played as the Kyocera Inamori Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Sheehan (USA). [Bernardo Heights CC, San Diego, CA].
America
JCPenney
Played as the JCPenney Classic (Dec 4-7; two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Second-placed Mike Hulbert (USA) & Val Skinner (USA) finished 2 shots behind the wire-to-wire winning team of Tom Purtzer (USA) & Juli Inkster (USA). [Bardmoor CC, Largo, FL].
America
x
Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Defending champion Inkster (USA) beat Debbie Massey (USA) and Cindy Hill (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].
America
Corning
Played as the LPGA Corning Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Beth Daniel (USA) finished 3 shots behind Rinker (USA), who recorded the second of her two LPGA Tour wins. [Corning CC, Corning, nr Elmira, New York].
America
MasterCard
Played as the MasterCard International Pro-Am. Cathy Johnston and Jody Rosenthal finished in second place behind Mackey.
America
Mayflower
Played as the Mayflower Classic. Palmer (USA) beat Jan Stephenson (Aus) and Christa "Chris" Johnson (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record the last of her 19 LPGA Tour wins. [CC of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Champions (Dec 18-21; unofficial 54-hole better-ball team event; teams comprised an LPGA Tr and Snr PGA Tr player). Winning team of Amy Alcott (USA) & Bob Charles (NZ) beat Ayako Akamoto (Jpn) & Jim Ferree (USA) and Jan Stephenson (Aus) & Billy Casper (USA) with a 10-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Tryall Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica].
America
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's Championship. Second-placed Mary Beth Zimmerman (USA) finished 3 shots behind Inkster (USA). [White Manor CC, Malvern, nr Philadelphia, PA].
America
Std Register
Played as the Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic. Second-placed Donna Caponi (USA) and Cathy Gerring (USA, née Kratzert) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Zimmerman (USA). [Arizona Biltmore GC, Phoenix, Arizona].
America
Cellular One-PING
Played as the Cellular One-Ping LPGA Golf Championship (Sept 5-7). Second-placed Colleen Walker (USA) and defending champion Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 6 shots behind Ayako Okamoto (Jpn). [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
Safeco
Played as the Safeco Classic. Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 4 shots behind Dickinson (USA). [Meridian Valley CC, Kent, nr Seattle, WA].
America
Nestle
Played as the Nestle World Championship. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) and Betsy King (USA) finished 2 shots behind Bradley (USA). [PineIsle Resort, Lake Lanier, Georgia; now called Legacy Course on Lake Lanier].
America
Konica
Played as the Konica San Jose Classic. Sheehan (USA) beat Betsy King (USA), Amy Alcott (USA) and Ayako Okamoto (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Almaden G&CC, San Jose, California].
America
x
Played as the Sarasota Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Juli Inkster (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Sheehan (USA). [Bent Tree CC, nr Sarasota, Florida].
America
x
Played as the inaugural Atlantic City LPGA Classic (Aug 22-24). Second-placed Patti Rizzo (USA) finished 3 shots behind Juli Inkster (USA). [Bay course, Seaview Resort, Galloway, nr Atlantic City, NJ].
America
x
Played as the Rail Charity Golf Classic. Defending champion King (USA) beat Alice Ritzman (USA) and Cathy Gerring (USA, née Kratzert) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].
America
S&H
Played as the S&H Golf Classic. Second-placed Janet Coles (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bradley (USA). [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
Uniden
Played as the Uniden LPGA Invitational (Feb 27-Mar 2). Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Laura Baugh (USA) finished 1 shot behind Zimmerman (USA), who claimed her second LPGA Tour win. [Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, nr Newport Beach, CA].
America
x
Played as the Rochester International. Second-placed and defending champion Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Dickinson (USA), who claimed her second LPGA Tour win. [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].
America
Circle K
Played as the Circle K Tucson Open. Second-placed Betsy King (USA) finished 4 shots behind Pulz (Aus), who recorded the second of her two LPGA Tour wins. [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
America
Kemper
Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Amy Alcott (USA) finished 1 shot behind Inkster (USA). [Makai Club at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii].
Europe
x
Played as the Borlange (Aspeboda) Ladies Open (Aug 27-30). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) and Peggy Conley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Borlänge GK, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden].
Europe
x
British Women's Match Play Championship not played in 1986.
Europe
LGU
Played as the Women's British Open. Second-placed Peggy Conley (USA) and Marta Figueras-Dotti (Esp) finished 4 shots behind Davies (Eng), who was in her second year as a professional. In 1987 Davies won the US Ladies Open, becoming the first player to hold the British and US titles at the same time. [Royal Birkdale GC, Southport, Merseyside].
Europe
Bloor Homes
Played as the Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic. Second-placed Alison Nicholas (Eng) finished 6 shots behind Dowling (Eng). [Fleming Park GC, Eastleigh, Hants, England; course permanently closed in 2008].
Europe
Ford
Played as the Ford Ladies Classic (Women's PGA Tr season-opener). Second-placed Alison Nicholas (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Thomson (Scot). [Duchess course, Woburn GC, nr Milton Keynes, Bucks].
Europe
Forte
Played as the Trusthouse Forte Women's Classic (July 3-6). Second-placed Gillian Stewart (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Dibnah (Aus). [Golf & Land Club Köln, Refrath, nr Cologne].
Europe
x
Played as the Greater Manchester Open. Second-placed Penny Whittaker (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Davies (Eng). [Haigh Hall GC, Aspull, Wigan, Lancs, England].
Europe
Hennessy
Played as the Hennessy Cognac Ladies Cup (May 8-11). Second-placed Karen Lunn (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Leadbetter (USA). [Vineuil course, Golf de Chantilly, nr Paris].
Europe
Mitsubishi
Played as the Mitsubishi Colt Cars Jersey Open. Second-placed Peggy Conley (USA) finished 6 shots behind Douglas (Eng). [Royal Jersey GC, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands].
Europe
x
Played as the Kristianstad Open (Aug 21-24). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Dibnah (Aus). [Kristianstad GK, Ahus, nr Kristianstad, Sweden].
Europe
Volmac
Played as the inaugural Volmac Ladies Open (June 26-29). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 5 shots behind Forrest (Eng). [Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, nr Amsterdam].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW Ladies German Open. Second-placed Alison Nicholas (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Neumann (Swe). [GC Olching, nr Munich, Germany].
Europe
x
Played as the Portuguese Ladies Open. Panton (Scot) beat Kelly Leadbetter (USA) and Gillian Stewart (Scot) in a playoff. [Pinhal course, Vilamoura GC, Algarve, Portugal; at the time known as Vilamoura II].
Europe
x
Played as the La Manga Spanish Open (Oct 21-24). Second-placed Corinne Dibnah (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Davies (Eng). [La Manga Club, nr Cartagena, Murcia, Spain].
Europe
Laing
Played as the Laing Ladies Classic (Oct 15-18). Second-placed Corinne Dibnah (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Dowling (Eng). [Stoke Park CC, Stoke Poges, Bucks; at the time known as Stoke Poges GC].
Europe
Olivetti
Played as the British Olivetti Tournament. Reid (Scot) beat Laura Davies (Eng) in a playoff. [Moor Hall GC, Sutton Coldfield, nr Birmingham, England].
Europe
Volkswagen
Played as the Volkswagen Ulster Classic. Second-placed Peggy Conley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Huke (Eng). [Belvoir Park GC, Belfast, N. Ireland].
Europe
McEwans
Played as the McEwans Wirral Classic. Dale Reid (Scot), Beverley New (Eng) and Penny Grice-Whittaker (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Davies (Eng). [Caldy GC, Caldy, Wirral, England].
Europe
x
Played as the Belgian Ladies' Open (June 19-22). Second-placed Gillian Stewart (Scot) finished 9 shots behind Penny Grice-Whittaker (Eng). [Marache course, Royal Waterloo GC, Waterloo, Belgium].
Europe
British Midland
Played as the British Midland Ladies Irish Open (June 5-8; next played in 1994). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 6 shots behind Thomson (Scot). [City of Derry GC, nr Londonderry, N. Ireland].
Europe
Bowring
Played as the inaugural Bowring Scottish Women's Open (Sept 3-6). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) finished 7 shots behind Marshall (USA). [East course, Dalmahoy Hotel & CC, Midlothian].
Asia
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Japan Classic (LPGA & Jpn LPGA Trs event). Tu (Taiw) beat Mary Beth Zimmerman (USA), Becky Pearson (USA) and Cathy Kratzert (USA) in a playoff. [Lions CC, Miki-shi, Hyogo, Japan].
Asia
Nichirei Foods
Played as the Nichirei Ladies Cup (Oct 31-Nov 2; individual low score prize within the US-Japan team match). Sandra Palmer (USA) and Juli Inkster (USA) finished in second place behind Okamoto (Jpn). [Tsukuba CC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan].
Awards
WPGA Tr
Davies (Eng) recorded the season's lowest stroke average on the Women's PGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Bradley (Pat) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Bradley (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1986 Money List, with earnings of $492,021 on the Tour. Betsy King (USA) was second with $290,195; Juli Inkster (USA) was third with $285,969.
Awards
Ring & Brymer
Davies (Eng) won her second straight WPGA Tour Ring & Brymer Order of Merit, with 1986 season earnings of £37,500 on the Tour. Liselotte Neumann (Swe) was second with £37,006; Corinne Dibnah (Aus) was third with £26,969. Davies received a £5,000 bonus as the Order of Merit winner.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Bradley (USA) won the LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.
Awards
WPGA Tr
Gonzalez (Colombia) won the Women's PGA Tour 1986 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished 27th on the Tour's (money-based) Order of Merit, with earnings of £7,570.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Rosenthal (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1986 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. Award based on a points accumulation for finishes in Tour events. Rosenthal finished 18th on the LPGA money list, with earnings of $106,523.
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