1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore


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 and 1997.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 5, 1987
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Betsy King68-75-72-68=283−5Playoff
T1Patty Sheehan77-73-68-65=283−5Playoff
3Pat Bradley72-74-69-69=284−426,000
4Rosie Jones72-73-72-68=285−319,890
T5Christa Johnson72-79-66-70=287−115,870
T5Ayako Okamoto71-76-71-69=287−115,870
T5Colleen Walker72-74-73-68=287−115,870
T8Jane Geddes73-77-67-71=288E11,850
T8Cathy Gerring72-75-71-70=288E11,850
10Jody Rosenthal72-72-75-70=289+110,054

Playoff

On the first extra hole, 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.
PlacePlayerCountryMoney
1Betsy King80,000
2Patty Sheehan42,000

Scorecard