1986 Nabisco Dinah Shore
golf tournament
The 1986 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held April 3–6 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 15th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fourth as a major championship.
Pat Bradley won the fourth of her six major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner. Bradley held the 54-hole lead, three strokes ahead of 1984 champion Juli Inkster. Defending champion Alice Miller finished 22 strokes back, in a tie for 54th place.
Bradley won three of the four majors in 1986, narrowly missing the grand slam with a fifth place in the U.S. Women's Open.
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