1979 LPGA Championship
The 1979 LPGA Championship was the 25th LPGA Championship, played June 7–10 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.
Donna Caponi Young won the first of her two LPGA Championships, three strokes ahead of runner-up Jerilyn Britz. It was the third of her four major titles; her previous major win was nine years earlier.Made the cut
Source:Source:Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 10, 1979
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
| 1 | Donna Caponi Young | | 69-70-70-70=279 | −9 | 22,500 |
| 2 | Jerilyn Britz | | 64-72-73-73=282 | −6 | 14,700 |
| 3 | Amy Alcott | | 69-72-69-74=284 | −4 | 10,500 |
| 4 | Sally Little | | 72-73-73-68=286 | −2 | 7,500 |
| 5 | Jo Ann Prentice | | 73-70-70-74=287 | −1 | 6,000 |
| T6 | JoAnne Carner | | 69-70-72-77=288 | E | 4,612 |
| T6 | Peggy Conley | | 71-76-71-70=288 | E | 4,612 |
| T6 | Penny Pulz | | 68-74-69-77=288 | E | 4,612 |
| T6 | Jan Stephenson | | 73-72-68-75=288 | E | 4,612 |
| T10 | Laura Baugh | | 75-73-69-72=289 | +1 | 3,300 |
| T10 | Pat Bradley | | 77-67-72-73=289 | +1 | 3,300 |
| T10 | Nancy Lopez | | 73-71-69-76=289 | +1 | 3,300 |
| T10 | Judy Rankin | | 72-71-70-76=289 | +1 | 3,300 |
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