1990 LPGA Tour

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1990 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1990 (1990-01-19) – November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)
Number of official events34
Most wins7 Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel
Rookie of the Year Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Kobayashi
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The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $863,578.

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The Mazda LPGA Championship was the first tournament to offer a $1,000,000 purse and the first to have a winner's share of over $100,000. There were seven first-time winners in 1990: Jane Crafter, Cathy Gerring, Cathy Johnston, Kris Monaghan, Barb Mucha, Tina Purtzer, and Maggie Will.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 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 21 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (21)212 (−1)500,00075,000
Feb 4 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (24)281 (−7)300,00045,000
Feb 18 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jane Crafter (1)209 (−7)400,00060,000
Feb 24 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (19)210 (−6)350,00052,500
Mar 4 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (20)283 (−1)500,00075,000
Mar 11 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Maggie Will (1)214 (−2)400,00060,000
Mar 18 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Walker (3)276 (−12)300,00045,000
Mar 25 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (25)280 (−12)500,00075,000
Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (21)283 (−5)600,00090,000
Apr 8 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Kris Monaghan (1)276 (−8)300,00045,000
May 6 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (16)210 (−6)425,00063,750
May 13 Crestar Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Mochrie (2)200 (−16)350,00052,500
May 20 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Rarick (4)25 points400,00060,000
May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (26)274 (−10)350,00052,500
Jun 3 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Gerring (1)208 (−8)300,00045,000
Jun 10 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (22)275 (−9)650,00097,500
Jun 17 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Christa Johnson (5)275 (−5)300,00045,000
Jun 24 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (23)271 (−17)400,00060,000
Jul 1 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Johnston (1)276 (−16)600,00090,000
Jul 8 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tina Purtzer (1)205 (−8)325,00048,750
Jul 15 U.S. Women's Open Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (22)284 (−4)500,00085,000
Jul 22 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (21)207 (−9)400,00060,000
Jul 29 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (22)280 (−4)1,000,000150,000
Aug 5 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Barb Mucha (1)277 (−11)350,00052,500
Aug 12 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Gerring (2)281 (−7)450,00067,500
Aug 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (23)273 (−15)400,00060,000
Aug 26 Northgate Classic Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (23)203 (−13)375,00056,250
Sep 3 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (24)203 (−13)300,00045,000
Sep 9 Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (24)208 (−8)350,00052,500
Sep 16 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (25)270 (−18)300,00045,000
Sep 23 MBS LPGA Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (43)281 (−7)325,00048,750
Oct 7 Centel Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (25)271 (−17)1,000,000150,000
Oct 14 Trophee Urban World Championship France Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Gerring (3)278 (−10)325,000100,000
Nov 4 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Massey (3)133 (−11)^550,00082,500

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Beth Daniel (3)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Player of the Year Beth Daniel (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Rookie of the Year Hiromi Kobayashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

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References

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