1987 LPGA Tour

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1987 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 29, 1987 (1987-01-29) – November 8, 1987 (1987-11-08)
Number of official events33
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes
Money leader Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto
Player of the Year Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto
Rookie of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green
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1988 →

The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five. Ayako Okamoto led the money list with earnings of $466,034.

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There were seven first-time winners in 1987: Laura Davies, Rosie Jones, Yuko Moriguchi, Cindy Rarick, Deb Richard, Jody Rosenthal, and Colleen Walker.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 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 ($)1st prize ($)
Feb 1 Mazda Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Postlewait (2)286 (-2)200,00030,000
Feb 8 Sarasota Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (35)281 (-7)200,00030,000
Feb 21 Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Rarick (1)207 (-9)300,00045,000
Mar 1 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (3)276 (-12)300,00045,000
Mar 8 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (4)286 (-2)250,00037,500
Mar 22 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (8)281 (-7)200,00030,000
Mar 29 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (22)286 (-2)300,00045,000
Apr 5 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (9)283 (-5)500,00080,000
Apr 12 Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic California Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (8)275 (-13)200,00030,000
Apr 19 Santa Barbara Open California Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson (14)215 (-1)300,00045,000
May 3 S&H Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Hill (2)271 (-17)225,00033,750
May 10 United Virginia Bank Golf Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Jody Rosenthal (1)209 (-7)250,00037,500
May 17 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (9)215 (-4)225,00033,750
May 24 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (5)275 (-13)350,00052,500
May 31 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Rarick (2)275 (-13)275,00041,250
Jun 7 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (10)278 (-6)500,00075,000
Jun 14 Mayflower Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Walker (1)278 (-10)350,00052,500
Jun 21 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (10)208 (-8)300,00045,000
Jun 28 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard (1)280 (-8)300,00045,000
Jul 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (6)280 (-8)225,00033,750
Jul 12 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Jody Rosenthal (2)272 (-16)400,00060,000
Jul 19 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (7)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Jul 26 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (1*)285 (-3)325,00055,000
Aug 2 Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado Flag of the United States.svg Christa Johnson (4)277 (-11)250,00037,500
Aug 9 Henredon Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Mary Beth Zimmerman (3)206 (-10)300,00045,000
Aug 16 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Flag of the United States.svg Val Skinner (3)212 (-4)225,00033,750
Aug 23 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (11)207 (-6)225,00033,750
Aug 30 Nestle World Championship Georgia Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (11)282 (-6)250,00081,500
Sep 7 Rail Charity Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (1)208 (-8)200,00030,000
Sep 13 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (36)210 (-6)225,00033,750
Sep 20 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson (15)277 (-11)225,00033,750
Sep 27 Konica San Jose Classic California Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson (16)205 (-11)300,00045,000
Nov 8 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of Japan.svg Yuko Moriguchi (1*)206 (-10)350,00052,500

* - non-member at time of win

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Ayako Okamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Betsy King Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Ayako Okamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Rookie of the Year Tammie Green Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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