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1986 U.S. Women's Open

Field	Value
name	1986 U.S. Women's Open
dates	July 10–14, 1986
location	Kettering, Ohio
course	NCR Country Club,
South Course
org	USGA
tour	LPGA Tour
par	72
yardage	6243 yd
field	150 players, 78 after cut
cut	153 (+9)
purse	$300,000
winners_share	$50,000
champion	USA Jane Geddes
score	287 (−1), playoff
previous	1985
next	1987

South Course |USA |USA Ohio The 1986 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–14 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton.

Jane Geddes won the first of her two major titles in an 18-hole Monday playoff, winning by two strokes over Sally Little. It was the fifth playoff at the U.S. Women's Open and the first in ten years.

This was the only of the four majors in 1986 that was not won by Pat Bradley; she narrowly missed the grand slam with a fifth-place finish, three strokes back.

NCR's South Course previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1969.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 13, 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	USA Jane Geddes	74-74-70-69=287	−1	Playoff
USA Sally Little	73-72-72-70=287
T3	JPN Ayako Okamoto	76-69-69-74=288	E	16,534
USA Betsy King	72-71-70-75=288
T5	USA Amy Alcott	75-69-74-72=290	+2	9,196
USA Jody Rosenthal	72-76-71-71=290
USA Judy Dickinson	72-71-74-73=290
USA Pat Bradley	76-71-74-69=290
T9	USA Cathy Morse	75-71-75-70=291	+3	6,801
USA Deb Richard	76-69-72-74=291

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Playoff

Monday, July 14, 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Jane Geddes	35-36=71	−1	50,000
2	USA Sally Little	36-37=73	+1	25,000

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Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	5	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	4
USA Geddes	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1
ZAFUSA Little	E	E	E	−1	−2	−3	−3	−2	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	+1

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References

(July 12, 1986). "Dickinson, King share Open lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
(July 15, 1986). "Geddes proves a point, beats Little by 2 shots in Women's Open playoff". Los Angeles Times.
Diaz, Jaime. (July 21, 1986). "Storms, Quakes, Fumes-and Golf".
McDermott, Barry. (September 29, 1986). "Now they call her Payday Pat".
(July 14, 1986). "Little, Geddes play for Open title". Eugene Register-Guard.

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