1988 LPGA Championship

The 1988 LPGA Championship was held May 19–22 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati. Played on the Grizzly Course, this was the 34th edition of the LPGA Championship.

1988 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	May 19–22, 1988
Location	Mason, Ohio
Course(s)	Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Grizzly Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,389 yards (5,842 m)[1]
Cut	150 (+6)
Prize fund	$350,000
Winner's share	$52,500
Champion
Sherri Turner
281 (−7)

Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

Location in the United States

Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

Location in Ohio

Sherri Turner birdied the final two holes for a final round 67 and won her only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Amy Alcott.[2] Turner began the round six strokes behind Alcott, the 54-hole leader, in a tie for tenth place.[3] It was the first of her three LPGA Tour wins.[4]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Sally Little	South Africa	1980	72	71	69	72	284	−4	T3
Jane Geddes	United States	1987	73	70	70	73	286	−2	T9
Jan Stephenson	Australia	1982	71	73	71	73	288	E	T15
Nancy Lopez	United States	1978, 1985	72	73	74	72	291	+3	T24

Source:[1][4]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Years won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Patty Sheehan	United States	1983, 1984	78	73	151	+7
Donna Caponi	United States	1979, 1981	75	79	154	+10

Source:[5]

• Pat Bradley (1986) did not play

Final leaderboard

Sunday, May 22, 1988

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Sherri Turner	United States	70-71-73-67=281	−7	52,500
2	Amy Alcott	United States	68-71-69-74=282	−6	32,375
T3	Amy Benz	United States	70-71-69-74=284	−4	15,890
	Marta Figueras-Dotti	Spain	74-70-71-69=284
	Sally Little	South Africa  United States	72-71-69-72=284
	Ayako Okamoto	Japan	71-71-69-73=284
	Kathy Postlewait	United States	74-69-69-72=284
8	Missie Berteotti	United States	74-70-68-73=285	−3	9,100
T9	Judy Dickinson	United States	74-69-69-74=286	−2	7,414
	Jane Geddes	United States	73-70-70-73=286
	Sally Quinlan	United States	69-68-79-70=286

Source:[1][4]

References

1. "LPGA Championship". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. May 23, 1988. p. 20.
2. Hackenberg, Dave (May 23, 1988). "Turner shoots 67 for LPGA victory". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). p. 18.
3. "Alcott snares lead in LPGA tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 22, 1988. p. 3B.
4. "Turner upsets Alcott for first LPGA win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 23, 1988. p. 2B.
5. "Quinlan gets LPGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. May 21, 1988. p. 2C.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard