1981 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	June 11–14, 1981
Location	Mason, Ohio
Course(s)	Jack Nicklaus Golf Center Grizzly Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,258 yards (5,722 m)[1]
Cut	149 (+5)
Prize fund	$150,000
Winner's share	$22,500
Champion
Donna Caponi
280 (−8)
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Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

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Location in the United States

Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

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Location in 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 fifteen-foot (4.5 m) 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.^[2][3]

Sunday, June 14, 1981

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

Source:^[2]

• Golf Observer leaderboard
• The Golf Center at Kings Island

39°20′56″N 84°16′41″W / 39.349°N 84.278°W / 39.349; -84.278