1992 LPGA Tour

1992 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 30, 1992 (1992-01-30) – November 8, 1992 (1992-11-08)
Number of official events34
Most wins4 Dottie Mochrie
Money leader Dottie Mochrie
Player of the Year Dottie Mochrie
Rookie of the Year Helen Alfredsson
1991
1993

The 1992 LPGA Tour was the 43rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 30 to November 8. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Dottie Mochrie won the most tournaments, four. She also led the money list with earnings of $693,335.

There were eight first-time winners in 1992: Brandie Burton, Dawn Coe, Florence Descampe, Dana Lofland, Sherri Steinhauer, Kris Tschetter, Lisa Walters, and Jennifer Wyatt.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1992 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 ($) 1st prize ($)
Feb 2 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Colleen Walker (5) 279 (−9) 400,000 60,000
Feb 9 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Shelley Hamlin (2) 206 (−10) 500,000 75,000
Feb 22 Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Lisa Walters (1) 208 (−8) 400,000 60,000
Feb 29 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Dawn Coe (1) 275 (−13) 500,000 75,000
Mar 8 Inamori Classic California Judy Dickinson (4) 277 (−11) 425,000 63,750
Mar 15 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Brandie Burton (1) 277 (−11) 400,000 60,000
Mar 22 Standard Register PING Arizona Danielle Ammaccapane (2) 279 (−13) 550,000 82,500
Mar 29 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Dottie Mochrie (3) 279 (−9) 700,000 105,000
Apr 5 Las Vegas LPGA International Nevada Dana Lofland (1) 212 (−4) 450,000 67,500
Apr 19 Sega Women's Championship Georgia Dottie Mochrie (4) 277 (−11) 600,000 90,000
Apr 26 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Maggie Will (2) 207 (−9) 525,000 78,750
May 3 Centel Classic Florida Danielle Ammaccapane (3) 275 (−13) 1,200,000 180,000
May 10 Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic Virginia Jennifer Wyatt (1) 208 (−8) 425,000 63,750
May 17 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Betsy King (26) 267 (−17) 1,000,000 150,000
May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York Colleen Walker (6) 276 (−12) 450,000 67,500
May 31 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Barb Mucha (2) 276 (−12) 500,000 75,000
Jun 7 McDonald's Championship Delaware Ayako Okamoto (17) 205 (−8) 750,000 112,500
Jun 14 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Anne Marie Palli (2) 207 (−6) 400,000 60,000
Jun 21 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Danielle Ammaccapane (4) 208 (−8) 400,000 60,000
Jun 28 Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (27) 269 (−19) 400,000 60,000
Jul 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Patty Sheehan (28) 209 (−4) 400,000 60,000
Jul 12 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Betsy King (27) 209 (−7) 500,000 75,000
Jul 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Juli Inkster (15) 273 (−15) 500,000 75,000
Jul 26 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Patty Sheehan (29) 280 (−4) 700,000 130,000
Aug 2 Welch's Classic Massachusetts Dottie Mochrie (5) 278 (−10) 425,000 63,750
Aug 9 McCall's LPGA Classic Vermont Florence Descampe (1) 278 (−6) 500,000 75,000
Aug 16 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Sherri Steinhauer (1) 277 (−11) 700,000 105,000
Aug 23 Northgate Computer Classic Minnesota Kris Tschetter (1) 211 (−5) 425,000 63,750
Aug 30 Sun-Times Challenge Illinois Dottie Mochrie (6) 216 (E) 450,000 67,500
Sep 7 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Nancy Lopez (45) 199 (−17) 450,000 67,500
Sep 13 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Nancy Lopez (46) 209 (−7) 450,000 67,500
Sep 20 Safeco Classic Washington Colleen Walker (7) 277 (−11) 450,000 67,500
Sep 27 Los Coyotes LPGA Classic California Nancy Scranton (2) 279 (−9) 500,000 75,000
Nov 8 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Betsy King (28) 205 (−11) 650,000 97,500

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Dottie Mochrie  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Dottie Mochrie  United States
Player of the Year Dottie Mochrie  United States
Rookie of the Year Helen Alfredsson  Sweden

References

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