The 1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional
golf tournament, held April 2–5 at
Mission Hills Country Club in
Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 16th edition of the
Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fifth as a
major championship.
Betsy King won the first of her six major titles in a
sudden-death playoff over
Patty Sheehan, with a par on the second King entered the final round as co-leader at with
defending champion Pat Bradley,
who finished a stroke back in solo third.
King won this event two more times, in
1990
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and
1997
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.
Final leaderboard
''Sunday, April 5, 1987''
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Playoff
On the first extra hole (#15), King hit her tee shot into the rough and then scrambled for par, while Sheehan missed a birdie putt.
At #16, Sheehan again had a birdie opportunity, but three-putted from while King sank a three-footer for par to win.
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Scorecard
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References
External links
Golf Observer leaderboard
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Chevron Championship
Golf in California
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Nabisco Dinah Shore
Women's sports in California