LPGA Championship past champions
ESPN Golf Online
Wednesday, June 21

The tournament began in 1955, taking on Mazda as sponsor in 1987 and McDonald's in 1994 (x-won in playoff; y-weather-shortened).

Past champions
Year Winner Score Course
1999 Juli Inkster 268 (16-under) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1998 Se Ri Pak 273 (11-under) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1997 x-Chris Johnson 281 (3-under) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1996 y-Laura Davies 213 (Even) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1995 Kelly Robbins 274 (10-under) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1994 Laura Davies 279 (5-under) DuPont CC, Wilmington, Del.
1993 Patty Sheehan 275 (9-under) Bethesda CC, Bethesda, Md.
1992 Betsy King 267 (17-under) Bethesda CC, Bethesda, Md.
1991 Meg Mallon 274 (10-under) Bethesda CC, Bethesda, Md.
1990 Beth Daniel 280 (4-under) Bethesda CC, Bethesda, Md.
1989 Nancy Lopez 274 (14-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1988 Sherri Turner 281 (7-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1987 Jane Geddes 275 (13-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1986 Pat Bradley 277 (11-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1985 Nancy Lopez 273 (15-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1984 Patty Sheehan 272 (16-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1983 Patty Sheehan 279 (9-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1982 Jan Stephenson 279 (9-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1981 Donna Caponi 280 (8-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1980 Sally Little 285 (3-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1979 Donna Caponi 279 (9-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1978 Nancy Lopez 275 (13-under) Nicklaus GC, Kings Island, Ohio
1977 Chako Higuchi 279 (9-under) Bay Tree, N. Myrtle Beach, S.C.
1976 Betty Burfeindt 287 (5-under) Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore
1975 Kathy Whitworth 288 (4-under) Pine Ridge GC, Baltimore
1974 Sandra Haynie 288 (4-under) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1973 Mary Mills 288 (4-under) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1972 Kathy Ahern 293 (1-over) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1971 Kathy Whitworth 288 (4-under) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1970 x-Shirley Englehorn 285 (7-under) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1969 Betsy Rawls 293 (1-over) Concord GC, Kiameshia Lake, N.Y.
1968 x-Sandra Post 294 (2-over) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1967 Kathy Whitworth 284 (8-under) Pleasant Valley CC, Sutton, Mass.
1966 Gloria Ehret 282 (2-under) Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1965 Sandra Haynie 279 (5-under) Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1964 Mary Mills 278 (6-under) Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1963 Mickey Wright 294 (10-over) Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1962 Judy Kimball 282 Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1961 Mickey Wright 287 Stardust CC, Las Vegas
1960 Mickey Wright 292 Sheraton Hotel CC, French Lick, Ind.
1959 Betsy Rawls 288 Sheraton Hotel CC, French Lick, Ind.
1958 Mickey Wright 288 Churchill CC, Pittsburgh
1957 Louise Suggs 285 Churchill CC, Pittsburgh
1956 x-Marlene Hagge 291 Forest Lake CC, Detroit
1957 Beverly Hanson 220 Orchard Ridge CC, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
ALSO SEE
LPGA Championship breakdown