1990 LPGA Tour

1990 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1990 (1990-01-19) – November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)
Number of official events34
Most wins7 Beth Daniel
Money leader Beth Daniel
Player of the Year Beth Daniel
Rookie of the Year Hiromi Kobayashi
1989
1991

The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $863,578.

The Mazda LPGA Championship was the first tournament to offer a $1,000,000 purse and the first to have a winner's share of over $100,000. There were seven first-time winners in 1990: Jane Crafter, Cathy Gerring, Cathy Johnston, Kris Monaghan, Barb Mucha, Tina Purtzer, and Maggie Will.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 21 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Patty Sheehan (21) 212 (−1) 500,000 75,000
Feb 4 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Pat Bradley (24) 281 (−7) 300,000 45,000
Feb 18 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Jane Crafter (1) 209 (−7) 400,000 60,000
Feb 24 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Beth Daniel (19) 210 (−6) 350,000 52,500
Mar 4 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Beth Daniel (20) 283 (−1) 500,000 75,000
Mar 11 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada Maggie Will (1) 214 (−2) 400,000 60,000
Mar 18 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Colleen Walker (3) 276 (−12) 300,000 45,000
Mar 25 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Pat Bradley (25) 280 (−12) 500,000 75,000
Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Betsy King (21) 283 (−5) 600,000 90,000
Apr 8 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Kris Monaghan (1) 276 (−8) 300,000 45,000
May 6 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Ayako Okamoto (16) 210 (−6) 425,000 63,750
May 13 Crestar Classic Virginia Dottie Mochrie (2) 200 (−16) 350,000 52,500
May 20 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Cindy Rarick (4) 25 points 400,000 60,000
May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York Pat Bradley (26) 274 (−10) 350,000 52,500
Jun 3 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Cathy Gerring (1) 208 (−8) 300,000 45,000
Jun 10 McDonald's Championship Delaware Patty Sheehan (22) 275 (−9) 650,000 97,500
Jun 17 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Christa Johnson (5) 275 (−5) 300,000 45,000
Jun 24 Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (23) 271 (−17) 400,000 60,000
Jul 1 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Cathy Johnston (1) 276 (−16) 600,000 90,000
Jul 8 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Tina Purtzer (1) 205 (−8) 325,000 48,750
Jul 15 U.S. Women's Open Georgia Betsy King (22) 284 (−4) 500,000 85,000
Jul 22 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Beth Daniel (21) 207 (−9) 400,000 60,000
Jul 29 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Beth Daniel (22) 280 (−4) 1,000,000 150,000
Aug 5 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Barb Mucha (1) 277 (−11) 350,000 52,500
Aug 12 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont Cathy Gerring (2) 281 (−7) 450,000 67,500
Aug 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Betsy King (23) 273 (−15) 400,000 60,000
Aug 26 Northgate Classic Minnesota Beth Daniel (23) 203 (−13) 375,000 56,250
Sep 3 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Beth Daniel (24) 203 (−13) 300,000 45,000
Sep 9 Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship Oregon Patty Sheehan (24) 208 (−8) 350,000 52,500
Sep 16 Safeco Classic Washington Patty Sheehan (25) 270 (−18) 300,000 45,000
Sep 23 MBS LPGA Classic California Nancy Lopez (43) 281 (−7) 325,000 48,750
Oct 7 Centel Classic Florida Beth Daniel (25) 271 (−17) 1,000,000 150,000
Oct 14 Trophee Urban World Championship France Cathy Gerring (3) 278 (−10) 325,000 100,000
Nov 4 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Debbie Massey (3) 133 (−11)^ 550,000 82,500

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Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Beth Daniel (3)  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel (2)  United States
Player of the Year Beth Daniel (2)  United States
Rookie of the Year Hiromi Kobayashi  Japan

References

  1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2007.