1989 LPGA Tour

The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $654,132.

There were seven first-time winners in 1989: Tina Barrett, Elaine Crosby, Allison Finney, Lori Garbacz, Tammie Green, Robin Hood, and Dottie Mochrie.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 15The Jamaica ClassicJamaica Betsy King (15)202 (-11)500,00075,000
Jan 29Oldsmobile LPGA ClassicFlorida Dottie Mochrie (1)279 (-9)300,00045,000
Feb 18Orix Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Sherri Turner (3)205 (-11)300,00045,000
Feb 26Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Betsy King (16)202 (-7)400,00060,000
Mar 19Circle K LPGA Tucson OpenArizona Lori Garbacz (1)274 (-14)300,00045,000
Mar 26Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Allison Finney (1)282 (-6)400,00060,000
Apr 2Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Juli Inkster (12)279 (-9)500,00080,000
Apr 9Red Robin Kyocera Inamori ClassicCalifornia Patti Rizzo (4)277 (-7)300,00045,000
Apr 16AI Star/Centinela Hospital ClassicCalifornia Pat Bradley (23)208 (-8)450,00067,500
Apr 23USX Golf ClassicFlorida Betsy King (17)275 (-13)250,00037,500
Apr 30Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Kathy Postlewait (4)203 (-13)425,00063,750
May 7Crestar ClassicVirginia Juli Inkster (13)210 (-6)300,00045,000
May 14Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Cindy Rarick (3)214 (-5)275,00041,250
May 21Mazda LPGA ChampionshipOhio Nancy Lopez (40)274 (-14)500,00075,000
May 28LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Ayako Okamoto (15)272 (-12)325,00048,750
Jun 4Rochester InternationalNew York Patty Sheehan (20)278 (-10)300,00045,000
Jun 11Planters Pat Bradley InternationalNorth Carolina Robin Hood (1)16 points400,00062,500
Jun 18Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Laura Davies (4)207 (-9)300,00045,000
Jun 25McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Betsy King (18)272 (-12)550,00082,500
Jul 2du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Tammie Green (1)279 (-9)600,00090,000
Jul 9Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Penny Hammel (2)206 (-7)275,00041,250
Jul 16U.S. Women's OpenMichigan Betsy King (19)278 (-6)450,00080,000
Jul 23Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Amy Alcott (28)272 (-16)350,00052,500
Jul 30Atlantic City ClassicNew Jersey Nancy Lopez (41)206 (-4)225,00033,750
Aug 6Greater Washington OpenMaryland Beth Daniel (15)205 (-8)300,00045,000
Aug 27Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Betsy King (20)275 (-13)265,00083,500
Aug 27Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State OpenRhode Island Tina Barrett (1)210 (-6)150,00022,500
Sep 4Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois Beth Daniel (16)203 (-13)250,00041,250
Sep 10Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Muffin Spencer-Devlin (3)214 (-2)300,00045,000
Sep 17Safeco ClassicWashington Beth Daniel (17)273 (-15)300,00045,000
Sep 24Nippon Travel-MBS ClassicCalifornia Nancy Lopez (42)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Oct 1Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Beth Daniel (18)205 (-11)325,00048,750
Nov 5Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Elaine Crosby (1)205 (-11)500,00075,000

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBetsy King (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Beth Daniel United States
Player of the YearBetsy King (2) United States
Rookie of the YearPamela Wright Scotland

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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