1994 LPGA Tour

1994 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 4, 1994 (1994-02-04) – November 6, 1994 (1994-11-06)
Number of official events32
Most wins4 Beth Daniel
Money leader Laura Davies
Player of the Year Beth Daniel
Rookie of the Year Annika Sörenstam
1993
1995

The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four. Laura Davies led the money list with earnings of $687,201.

There were five first-time winners in 1994: Marta Figueras-Dotti, Carolyn Hill, Lisa Kiggens, Woo-Soon Ko, and Missie McGeorge.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1994 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 6 HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic Florida Dawn Coe-Jones (2) 201 (−15) 400,000 60,000
Feb 19 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Marta Figueras-Dotti (1) 209 (−7) 500,000 75,000
Mar 5 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Dottie Mochrie (8) 287 (−1) 700,000 115,000
Mar 13 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Donna Andrews (2) 276 (−12) 425,000 63,750
Mar 20 Standard Register PING Arizona Laura Davies (7) 277 (−15) 700,000 105,000
Mar 27 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Donna Andrews (3) 276 (−12) 700,000 105,000
Apr 17 Atlanta Women's Championship Georgia Val Skinner (5) 206 (−10) 650,000 97,500
May 1 Sprint Championship Florida Sherri Steinhauer (2) 273 (−15) 1,200,000 180,000
May 8 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Laura Davies (8) 203 (−13) 525,000 78,750
May 15 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Laura Davies (9) 279 (−5) 1,100,000 165,000
May 22 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Elaine Crosby (2) 211 (−5) 400,000 60,000
May 29 LPGA Corning Classic New York Beth Daniel (28) 278 (−10) 500,000 75,000
Jun 5 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Beth Daniel (29) 268 (−20) 600,000 90,000
Jun 12 Minnesota LPGA Classic Minnesota Liselotte Neumann (3) 205 (−11) 500,000 75,000
Jun 19 Rochester International New York Lisa Kiggens (1) 273 (−15) 500,000 75,000
Jun 26 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Donna Andrews (4) 207 (−6) 500,000 75,000
Jul 3 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Tammie Green (4) 206 (−10) 550,000 82,500
Jul 10 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Kelly Robbins (2) 204 (−9) 500,000 75,000
Jul 17 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Beth Daniel (30) 276 (−8) 650,000 97,500
Jul 24 U.S. Women's Open Michigan Patty Sheehan (32) 277 (−7) 850,000 155,000
Jul 31 PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Helen Alfredsson (2) 274 (−14) 450,000 67,500
Aug 7 McCall's LPGA Classic Vermont Carolyn Hill (1) 275 (−13) 500,000 75,000
Aug 14 Weetabix Women's British Open England Liselotte Neumann (4) 280 (−12) 500,000 80,325
Aug 14 Children's Medical Center LPGA Classic Ohio Maggie Will (3) 210 (−6) 350,000 52,500
Aug 21 Chicago Challenge Illinois Jane Geddes (11) 272 (−16) 500,000 75,000
Aug 28 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Martha Nause (3) 279 (−9) 800,000 120,000
Sep 5 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Barb Mucha (3) 203 (−13) 525,000 78,750
Sep 11 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Missie McGeorge (1) 207 (−9) 500,000 75,000
Sep 18 Safeco Classic Washington Deb Richard (4) 276 (−12) 500,000 75,000
Oct 1 GHP Heartland Classic Missouri Liselotte Neumann (5) 278 (−10) 500,000 75,000
Oct 17 World Championship of Women's Golf Florida Beth Daniel (31) 274 (−14) 425,000 105,000
Nov 6 Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Woo-Soon Ko (1*) 205 (−7) 700,000 105,000

* – non-member at time of win

Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Laura Davies  England
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel (3)  United States
Player of the Year Beth Daniel (3)  United States
Rookie of the Year Annika Sörenstam  Sweden

References

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