1978 LPGA Championship


The 1978 LPGA Championship was the 24th LPGA Championship, held June 8–11 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.
Nancy Lopez, a 21-year-old tour rookie, won the first of her three major titles, all at the LPGA Championship at Kings Island. She finished at 275, six strokes ahead of runner-up
It was the sixth tour win for Lopez and her fourth consecutive in and she won the following week to run the streak to five.
This was the first of twelve consecutive LPGA Championships at Kings Island; the last one in 1989 was also won by Lopez.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

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Missed the cut

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 11, 1978
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Nancy Lopez71-65-69-70=275−1322,500
2Amy Alcott68-68-74-71=281−714,650
3Judy Rankin67-73-71-72=283−510,510
4JoAnne Carner71-72-70-71=284−47,700
5Jo Ann Washam67-69-74-75=285−36,080
T6Donna Caponi Young73-72-71-70=286−24,813
T6Susan Lynn Grams73-73-71-69=286−24,813
T6Sally Little73-71-74-68=286−24,813
T9Jane Blalock72-73-73-69=287−13,750
T9Dot Germain73-69-75-70=287−13,750
T9Hollis Stacy69-75-72-71=287−13,750

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