1982 LPGA Championship

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1982 LPGA Championship

| image =

| dates = June 10–13, 1982

| location = Mason, Ohio

| course = Jack Nicklaus Golf Center
Grizzly Course

| tour = LPGA Tour

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6298|yd}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u_dLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kO4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5237%2C4978991 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=LPGA Championship |agency=Associated Press |date=June 12, 1982 |page=20 }}

| field =

| format = Stroke play - 72 holes

| cut = 151 (+7)

| purse = $200,000

| winners_share = $30,000

| champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Stephenson

| score = 279 (−9)

| previous = 1981

| next = 1983

}}

{{Location map

|USA

|relief = 1

|label = Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

|position = left

|lat = 39.349

|long = -84.278

|caption = Location in the United States

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|marksize = 5

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|width = 230

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{{Location map

|USA Ohio

|relief = 1

|label = Jack Nicklaus Golf Center

|lat = 39.349

|long = -84.278

|caption = Location in Ohio

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The 1982 LPGA Championship was the 28th LPGA Championship, played June 10–13 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, a suburb northeast of Cincinnati.

Jan Stephenson led wire-to-wire to win the second of her three major titles, two strokes ahead of JoAnne Carner.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1982/06/21/624338/way-above-par-for-a-soap |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=McDermott |first=Barry |title=Way above par for a soap |date=June 21, 1982 |page=60}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gvVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6665%2C3247279 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=UPI |title=Stephenson savors win in 28th LPGA |date=June 14, 1982 |page=2B}} She entered the final round with a two-stroke lead over Beth Daniel.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gfVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3664%2C3007077 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Stephenson leads by two in LPGA Championship |date=June 13, 1982 |page=7C}}

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 13, 1982

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! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par !! Money ($)

align=center|1{{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Stephenson69-69-70-71=279align=center|−9align=center|30,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner71-70-71-69=281align=center|−7align=center|19,600
align=center rowspan=2|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Janet Anderson72-72-72-67=283align=center rowspan=2|−5align=center rowspan=2|12,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Pam Gietzen72-69-71-71=283
align=center rowspan=2|T5{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Alcott74-68-72-70=284align=center rowspan=2|−4align=center rowspan=2|7,500
{{flagicon|USA}} Kathryn Young-Robyn72-74-70-68=284
align=center rowspan=3|T7{{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel69-70-71-75=285align=center rowspan=3|−3align=center rowspan=3|5,867
{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Haynie73-69-73-70=285
{{flagicon|USA}} Hollis Stacy73-70-69-73=285
align=center rowspan=2|T10{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Sally Little71-73-71-71=286align=center rowspan=2|−2align=center rowspan=2|4,800
{{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Palmer70-70-74-72=286

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