The 1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held April 2–5 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 16th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fifth as a major championship.
Betsy King won the first of her six major titles in a sudden-death playoff over Patty Sheehan, with a par on the second King entered the final round as co-leader at with defending champion Pat Bradley, who finished a stroke back in solo third.
King won this event two more times, in 1990 and 1997.
Final leaderboard Sunday, April 5, 1987 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Betsy King68-75-72-68=283−5Playoff Patty Sheehan77-73-68-65=2833 Pat Bradley72-74-69-69=284−426,0004 Rosie Jones72-73-72-68=285−319,890T5 Christa Johnson72-79-66-70=287−115,870 Ayako Okamoto71-76-71-69=287 Colleen Walker72-74-73-68=287T8 Jane Geddes73-77-67-71=288E11,850 Cathy Gerring72-75-71-70=28810 Jody Rosenthal72-72-75-70=289+110,054
Playoff On the first extra hole (#15), King hit her tee shot into the rough and then scrambled for par, while Sheehan missed a birdie putt. At #16, Sheehan again had a birdie opportunity, but three-putted from while King sank a three-footer for par to win. PlacePlayerMoney ($)1 Betsy King 80,0002 Patty Sheehan 42,000
Scorecard Hole1516Par44 King 4 4 Sheehan 4 5 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard