1988 LPGA Tour

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1988 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 4, 1988 (1988-02-04) – November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06)
Number of official events34
Most wins3 Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster, Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones, Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez, Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Turner
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez
Rookie of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann
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The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each. Sherri Turner led the money list with earnings of $350,851.

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There were eight first-time winners in 1988: Mei-Chi Cheng, Shirley Furlong, Patty Jordan, Ok-Hee Ku, Terry-Jo Myers, Martha Nause, Liselotte Neumann, and Sherri Turner. Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the Standard Register Turquoise Classic.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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 7 Mazda Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (37)283 (-5)200,00030,000
Feb 14 Sarasota Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (18)282 (-6)225,00033,750
Feb 27 Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (12)213 (-3)300,00045,000
Mar 6 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (12)280 (-8)300,00045,000
Mar 20 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (2)278 (-10)300,00045,000
Mar 27 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Flag of South Korea.svg Ok-Hee Ku (1)281 (-7)350,00052,500
Apr 3 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott (27)274 (-14)500,00080,000
Apr 10 San Diego Inamori Golf Classic California Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (13)272 (-12)225,00033,750
Apr 17 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (38)210 (-6)400,00060,000
Apr 24 USX Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (2)275 (-13)225,00033,750
May 1 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Patti Rizzo (3)207 (-9)335,00050,250
May 8 Crestar Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (9)209 (-7)300,00045,000
May 15 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (39)204 (-12)250,00037,500
May 22 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Turner (1)281 (-7)350,00052,500
May 29 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Turner (2)273 (-15)325,00048,750
Jun 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (3)277 (-11)275,00041,250
Jun 12 Rochester International New York Flag of the Republic of China.svg Mei-Chi Cheng (1)287 (-1)300,00045,000
Jun 19 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Furlong (1)205 (-11)300,00045,000
Jun 26 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Postlewait (3)276 (-8)500,00075,000
Jul 3 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Flag of the United States.svg Sally Little (15)279 (-9)500,00075,000
Jul 10 Mayflower Classic Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Terry-Jo Myers (1)276 (-8)400,00060,000
Jul 17 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Walker (2)274 (-14)300,00045,000
Jul 24 U.S. Women's Open Maryland Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (1)277 (-7)400,00070,000
Jul 31 Greater Washington Open Maryland Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (14)206 (-7)225,00033,750
Aug 7 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Martha Nause (1)14 points400,00062,500
Aug 21 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (10)206 (-7)225,00033,750
Aug 28 Nestle World Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (3)279 (-9)250,00081,500
Aug 28 Ocean State Open Rhode Island Flag of the United States.svg Patty Jordan (1)211 (-5)150,00022,500
Sep 5 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (13)207 (-9)250,00033,750
Sep 11 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (14)213 (-3)250,00037,500
Sep 18 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (11)278 (-10)225,00033,750
Sep 26 Santa Barbara Open California Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (4)212 (-4)300,00045,000
Oct 2 Konica San Jose Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Guadagnino (2)207 (-9)300,00045,000
Nov 6 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (19)206 (-10)450,00067,500

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Sherri Turner Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Colleen Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Nancy Lopez (4)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rookie of the Year Liselotte Neumann Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

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