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1981 LPGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1981 LPGA Championship
dates	June 11–14, [1981](1981-lpga-tour)
location	Mason, Ohio
course	Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6258 yd
field
format	Stroke play - 72 holes
cut	149 (+5)
purse	$150,000
winners_share	$22,500
champion	USA Donna Caponi
score	280 (−8)
previous	[1980](1980-lpga-championship)
next	[1982](1982-lpga-championship)

Grizzly Course |USA |USA Ohio The 1981 LPGA Championship was the 27th LPGA Championship, played June 11–14 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.

Donna Caponi sank a 15 ft birdie putt on the final green to win her second LPGA Championship, a stroke ahead of runners-up Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers. It was Caponi's fourth and final major title.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 14, 1981

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Donna Caponi	69-68-70-73=280	−8	22,500
T2	USA Jerilyn Britz	67-71-71-72=281	−7	12,600
USA Pat Meyers	68-70-72-71=281
4	USA Debbie Massey	72-72-69-70=283	−5	7,500
T5	USA JoAnne Carner	72-69-73-70=284	−4	5,350
USA Beth Daniel	72-70-71-71=284
USA Nancy Lopez-Melton	70-72-72-70=284
8	ZAF Sally Little	71-77-69-68=285	−3	4,350
9	USA Amy Alcott	69-70-73-74=286	−2	4,050
T10	USA Martha Nause	69-74-72-72=287	−1	3,600
USA Sandra Palmer	73-70-72-72=287

Source:

References

(June 13, 1981). "Caponi surges in final holes for the lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
(June 15, 1981). "A birdie flies Caponi to LPGA Championship". Eugene Register-Guard.
McDermott, Barry. (June 22, 1981). "Prima Donna by a nose".

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