The 1986 U.S. Women's Open was the 41st U.S. Women's Open, held July 10–13 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 ($)T1 Jane Geddes74-74-70-69=287−1Playoff Sally Little73-72-72-70=287 T3 Ayako Okamoto76-69-69-74=288E16,534 Betsy King72-71-70-75=288 T5 Amy Alcott75-69-74-72=290+29,196 Jody Rosenthal72-76-71-71=290 Judy Dickinson72-71-74-73=290 Pat Bradley76-71-74-69=290 T9 Cathy Morse75-71-75-70=291+36,801 Deb Richard76-69-72-74=291 Source:
Playoff Monday, July 14, 1986 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jane Geddes 35-36=71 −150,0002 Sally Little 36-37=73 +125,000 Source:
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par434455434545343444 Geddes E−1EEEEE−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−2−2−2−1 Little EEE−1−2−3−3−2E−1−1−2−2−2−1−1E+1 Source:
References
External links U.S. Women's Open - past champions - 1986