| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 31 – April 3, 1988 |
| Location | Rancho Mirage, California |
| Course(s) | Mission Hills Country Club (Dinah Shore Tourn. Course) |
| Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1] |
| Field | 110 players, 79 after cut [2] |
| Cut | 150 (+6) |
| Prize fund | $500,000 |
| Winner's share | $80,000 |
| Champion | |
 Amy Alcott | |
| 274 (−14) | |
Mirage
The 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 31 to April 3 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 17th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the sixth as a major championship.
Amy Alcott won the second of her three Dinah Shores, two strokes ahead of runner-up Colleen Walker.[3][4] With consecutive scores of 66 on Friday and Saturday, she entered the final round with a four-stroke lead.[5]
Alcott and caddy Bill Kurre started the tradition of jumping into "Poppie's Pond" upon winning.[3][4] After her third win 1991, they repeated the plunge, including tournament host Dinah Shore.[6] It was not fully embraced by others until 1994, when Donna Andrews made the leap, followed by Nanci Bowen the next year, and it became an annual tradition.[7][8]
Final leaderboard
Sunday, April 3, 1988
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy Alcott | 71-66-66-71=274 | −14 | 80,000 |
| 2 | Colleen Walker | 73-65-69-69=276 | −12 | 42,000 |
| 3 | Rosie Jones | 73-67-68-71=279 | −9 | 26,000 |
| 4 | Caroline Keggi (a) | 75-71-66-69=281 | −7 | 0 |
| T5 |  Marta Figueras-Dotti | 70-69-70-73=282 | −6 | 18,000 |
| Nancy Lopez | 74-69-70-69=282 | |||
| T7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Dawn Coe | 77-67-70-70=284 | −4 | 14,430 |
| Jane Geddes | 75-73-66-70=284 | |||
| Dottie Pepper | 76-71-70-67=284 | |||
| T10 | Debbie Massey | 72-68-73-72=285 | −3 | 10,643 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jan Stephenson | 69-72-70-74=285 |
References
- 1 2 "LPGA Dinah Shore". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). April 4, 1988. p. 2B.
- ↑ "Alcott moves into lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 2, 1988. p. 5C.
- 1 2 Diaz, Jaime (April 11, 1988). "Alcott, Shore enough". Sports Illustrated. p. 72.
- 1 2 3 "Alcott takes Dinah Shore, then takes victory plunge". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 4, 1988. p. 2C.
- ↑ "Alcott fires another 66 to open gap". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 3, 1988. p. 4B.
- ↑ Florence, Mal (April 1, 1991). "Alcott repeats her win and her dive". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. 2C.
- ↑ "Bowen's first LPGA victory a major one". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 27, 1995. p. 2B.
- ↑ Crouse, Karen (April 2, 2011). "At women's Masters, plunge in Poppie's Pond is victory lap". New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2018.