1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore

1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore

Tournament information
Dates	April 5–8, 1984
Location	Rancho Mirage, California
Course(s)	Mission Hills Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,265 yards (5,729 m)[1]
Prize fund	$400,000
Winner's share	$55,000
Champion
Juli Inkster
280 (−8), playoff

Rancho Mirage

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Location in the United States

Rancho
Mirage

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Location in California

The 1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held April 5–8 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the thirteenth edition of the ANA Inspiration, and the second as a major championship. With a purse of $400,000 and a winner's share of $55,000, this was the richest event in women's golf in 1984.^[2][3]

Juli Inkster, 23, won the first of her seven major titles in a sudden-death playoff over Pat Bradley, with a par on the first extra hole.^[2][3][4] It was Inkster's second win on tour; she turned professional eight months earlier and won the Safeco Classic near Seattle in September 1983.^[2][5]

Defending champion Amy Alcott finished at even par 288, eight strokes back in a tie for tenth.^[2][3]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 8, 1984

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Juli Inkster	70-73-69-68=280	−8	Playoff
	Pat Bradley	75-66-69-70=280
3	Dale Eggeling	74-69-67-72=282	−6	23,833
4	Beth Daniel	74-75-65-69=283	−5	21,000
T5	JoAnne Carner	72-68-70-74=284	−4	15,440
	Sally Little	72-72-70-70=284
7	Laurie Rinker	72-71-72-71=286	−2	11,112
T8	Jane Crafter	74-75-72-66=287	−1	8,788
	Patty Sheehan	69-72-75-71=287
T10	Amy Alcott	71-72-74-71=288	E	6,552
	Judy Dickinson	70-73-73-72=288
	Jo Ann Washam	74-75-69-70=288
	Kathy Whitworth	69-75-70-74=288

Source:^[1][3]

Playoff

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Juli Inkster	4	E	55,000
2	Pat Bradley	5	+1	33,000

The sudden-death playoff began and ended on the first extra hole, the par 4 fifteenth.
Source:^[1][2]

References

1. "Scoreboard: Dinah Shore LPGA". Spokane Chronicle. Associated Press. April 9, 1984. p. 17.
2. Diaz, Jaime (April 16, 1984). "Looking like a million". Sports Illustrated. p. 68.
3. "Tour rookie banks richest prize". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 9, 1984. p. 2B.
4. "Rookie Inkster tops Bradley in playoff". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. April 9, 1984. p. D1.
5. "LPGA rookie overcomes hall of famer". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 19, 1983. p. 2B.

External links

• Golf Observer leaderboard

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