1990 LPGA Championship

The 1990 LPGA Championship was the 36th LPGA Championship, played July 26–29 at Bethesda Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C.

1990 LPGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	July 26–29, 1990
Location	Bethesda, Maryland
Course(s)	Bethesda Country Club
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Format	Stroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,246 yards (5,711 m)[1]
Cut	150 (+8)
Prize fund	$1.0 million
Winner's share	$150,000
Champion
Beth Daniel
280 (−4)
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Bethesda 

Location in the United States

Bethesda 

Location in Maryland

Five strokes back, Beth Daniel shot a final round 66 (−5) for 280 (−4) to win her sole major title, a stroke ahead of runner-up Rosie Jones, the third round leader.^[2][3]

This was the first of four consecutive LPGA Championships at Bethesda Country Club. The purse (and winner's share) were doubled this year to $1 million and $150,000, respectively, the largest in LPGA Tour history.^[4] The LPGA Championship was the tour's richest major from this year through 1995.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 29, 1990

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Beth Daniel	71-73-70-66=280	−4	150,000
2	Rosie Jones	69-70-70-72=281	−3	92,500
3	Dawn Coe	73-71-68-72=284	E	67,500
4	Sue Ertl	70-67-79-69=285	+1	52,500
T5	Cindy Figg-Currier	72-68-73-73=286	+2	33,250
	Tammie Green	72-72-70-72=286
	Betsy King	72-73-72-69=286
	Patty Sheehan	75-71-70-70=286
T9	Pat Bradley	73-71-71-72=287	+3	19,500
	Cathy Johnston-Forbes	70-70-71-76=287
	Ayako Okamoto	75-69-70-73=287
	Anne Marie Palli	75-72-70-70=287
	Deb Richard	71-72-70-74=287

Source:^[2][3][4]