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The 1981 U.S. Women's Open was the 36th U.S. Women's Open, held July 23–26 at La Grange Country Club in LaGrange, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 23–26, 1981 |
Location | LaGrange, Illinois |
Course(s) | La Grange Country Club |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,204 yards (5,673 m)[1][2] |
Field | 150 players, 70 after cut |
Cut | 153 (+9) |
Prize fund | $150,000 |
Winner's share | $22,000 |
Champion | |
Pat Bradley | |
279 (−9) | |
Three strokes back after 54 holes, Pat Bradley shot a final round 66 (−6) to win her only U.S. Women's Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel.[1][2][3][4] It was the second of Bradley's six major titles.
Kathy Whitworth had her best chance to win the U.S. Women's Open, the only major championship to elude her. She co-led after 18 and 36 holes,[5] and led by a stroke over Bonnie Lauer after the third round.[6] Both faded on Sunday as Whitworth carded a 74 (+2) to finish five strokes back in solo third. With that, she became the first to exceed one million dollars in career earnings on the LPGA Tour.[7]
The course hosted the championship seven years earlier in 1974.
Sunday, July 26, 1981
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Pat Bradley | 71-74-68-66=279 | −9 | 22,000 |
2 | Beth Daniel | 69-74-69-68=280 | −8 | 12,500 |
3 | Kathy Whitworth | 69-70-71-74=284 | −4 | 9,500 |
T4 | Bonnie Lauer | 72-67-72-76=287 | −1 | 7,000 |
Cindy Hill | 76-70-69-72=287 | |||
T6 | Donna Caponi | 71-74-72-73=290 | +2 | 4,562 |
JoAnne Carner | 73-71-72-74=290 | |||
Marlene Floyd | 71-72-73-74=290 | |||
Patty Sheehan | 74-74-72-70=290 | |||
T10 | Amelia Rorer | 73-77-69-73=292 | +4 | 2,967 |
Debbie Massey | 71-72-72-77=292 | |||
Hollis Stacy | 73-75-71-73=292 | |||
Sally Little | 74-72-76-70=292 | |||
Sandra Haynie | 75-73-73-71=292 | |||
Shelley Hamlin | 70-75-75-72=292 |
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