The 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional

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tournament, held March 31 to April 3 at

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. This was the 17th edition of the

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, and the sixth as a major championship.

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won the second of her three Dinah Shores, two strokes ahead of runner-up

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. With consecutive scores of 66 on Friday and Saturday, she entered the final round with a four-stroke lead. Alcott and caddy Bill Kurre started the tradition of jumping into "Poppie's Pond" upon After her third win

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, they repeated the plunge, including tournament host It was not fully embraced by others until

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, when Donna Andrews made the leap, followed by

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the

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, and it became an annual

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, April 3, 1988'' ''(a) - denotes

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References

External links

Golf Observer leaderboard
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Women's sports in California