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.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, April 6, 1986

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Pat Bradley	68-72-69-71=280	−8	75,000
2	Val Skinner	71-72-70-69=282	−6	40,000
3	Mary Beth Zimmerman	70-73-72-70=285	−3	25,000
4	Betsy King	70-71-74-72=287	−1	17,385
T5	Jane Geddes	75-73-70-70=288	E	12,980
	Juli Inkster	69-71-72-76=288
	Jan Stephenson	71-72-76-69=288
T8	Penny Hammel	72-74-73-70=289	+1	9,379
	Patti Rizzo	74-70-71-74=289
T10	Myra Blackwelder	72-72-72-74=290	+2	7,010
	Jerilyn Britz	72-74-75-69=290
	Sandra Palmer	72-70-73-75=290
	Becky Pearson	72-76-67-75=290

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