1986 LPGA Tour

Last updated
1986 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 1986 (1986-01-23) – November 9, 1986 (1986-11-09)
Number of official events33
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Jody Rosenthal
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 LPGA Tour was the 37th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 23 to November 9. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley won the most tournaments, five, including three of the four majors. [1] She also led the money list with earnings of $492,021.

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There were five first-time winners in 1986: Jane Geddes, Cindy Mackey, Becky Pearson, and Ai-Yu Tu. Tu was the first Taiwanese winner, winning the Mazda Japan Classic.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 season. [2] "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 26 Mazda Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Val Skinner (2)280 (-8)200,00030,000
Feb 2 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (6)280 (-8)200,00030,000
Feb 9 Sarasota Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (15)279 (-9)200,00030,000
Feb 23 Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Mary Beth Zimmerman (1)278 (-10)250,00037,500
Mar 2 Uniden LPGA Invitational California Flag of the United States.svg Mary Beth Zimmerman (2)281 (-7)330,00049,500
Mar 9 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (5)276 (-12)300,00045,000
Mar 16 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Christa Johnson (3)212 (-4)250,00037,500
Mar 23 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Penny Pulz (2)276 (-12)200,00030,000
Apr 6 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (17)280 (-8)430,00075,000
Apr 13 Kyocera Inamori Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (16)278 (-10)200,00030,000
Apr 27 S&H Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (18)272 (-16)200,00030,000
May 11 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2)214 (-2)250,00037,500
May 18 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Becky Pearson (1)212 (-7)200,00030,000
May 25 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Laurie Rinker (2)278 (-10)250,00037,500
Jun 1 LPGA Championship Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (19)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Jun 8 McDonald's Championship Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (6)281 (-7)450,00067,500
Jun 15 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (7)210 (-6)250,00037,500
Jun 22 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Judy Dickinson (2)281 (-7)255,00038,250
Jun 29 Mayflower Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Palmer (19)280 (-8)350,00052,500
Jul 6 Mazda Hall of Fame Championship Texas Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott (25)284 (-4)300,00045,000
Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (1)287 (-1)300,00050,000
Jul 20 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (2)281 (-7)275,00041,250
Jul 27 du Maurier Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (20)276 (-12)350,00052,500
Aug 3 LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott (26)283 (-5)300,00045,000
Aug 10 Henredon Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (6)277 (-11)230,00034,500
Aug 17 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Mackey (1)276 (-12)200,00030,000
Aug 17 Nestle World Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (21)279 (-9)240,00078,000
Aug 24 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (8)209 (-4)225,00033,750
Sep 1 Rail Charity Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (7)205 (-11)200,00030,000
Sep 7 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (7)207 (-9)200,00030,000
Sep 14 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Judy Dickinson (3)274 (-14)200,00030,000
Sep 21 Konica San Jose Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (17)212 (-4)275,00041,250
Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ai-Yu Tu (1*)213 (-6)300,00045,000

* - non-member at time of win

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Pat Bradley Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Pat Bradley Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rookie of the Year Jody Rosenthal Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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References

  1. ↑ McDermott, Barry (September 29, 1986). "Now they call her Payday Pat". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
  2. ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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