1991 LPGA Tour

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1991 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 1991 (1991-01-18) – November 10, 1991 (1991-11-10)
Number of official events34
Most wins4 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley and Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon
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 Brandie Burton
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The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of $763,118.

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The season saw the first tournament in Australia, the Daikyo World Championship. There were five first-time winners in 1991: Danielle Ammaccapane, Michelle Estill, Meg Mallon, Melissa McNamara, and Nancy Scranton.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1991 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 20 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (8)207 (−6)500,00075,000
Feb 3 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (1)276 (−12)400,00060,000
Feb 10 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (26)209 (−7)500,00075,000
Feb 23 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (26)207 (−9)350,00052,500
Mar 2 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard (2)275 (−9)500,00075,000
Mar 10 Inamori Classic California Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (5)277 (−11)400,00060,000
Mar 17 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Penny Hammel (3)211 (−5)400,00060,000
Mar 24 Standard Register PING Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Ammaccapane (1)283 (−9)500,00082,500
Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott (29)273 (−15)600,00090,000
Apr 7 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Christa Johnson (6)273 (−15)350,00052,500
May 5 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (44)206 (−10)425,00063,750
May 12 Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Hollis Stacy (18)282 (−6)400,00060,000
May 19 Centel Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (27)278 (−10)1,100,000165,000
May 26 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (24)273 (−15)400,00060,000
Jun 2 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (5)276 (−12)400,00060,000
Jun 9 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (9)208 (−8)300,00045,000
Jun 16 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Colleen Walker (4)207 (−9)400,00060,000
Jun 23 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (27)273 (−11)750,000112,500
Jun 30 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (2)274 (−10)1,000,000150,000
Jul 7 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Alice Miller (8)205 (−8)350,00075,000
Jul 14 U.S. Women's Open Texas Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (3)283 (−1)600,000110,000
Jul 21 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (25)279 (−5)500,00075,000
Jul 28 LPGA Bay State Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (14)275 (−13)400,00060,000
Aug 4 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard (3)207 (−9)500,00075,000
Aug 11 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont Flag of the United States.svg Melissa McNamara (1)278 (−10)450,00067,500
Aug 18 Northgate Computer Classic Minnesota Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Rarick (5)211 (−5)400,00060,000
Aug 25 LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Martha Nause (2)275 (−13)425,00063,500
Sep 2 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (28)197 (−19)400,00060,000
Sep 8 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Estill (1)208 (−8)400,00060,000
Sep 15 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Scranton (1)279 (−9)700,000105,000
Sep 22 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (29)280 (−8)400,00060,000
Sep 29 MBS LPGA Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (30)277 (−11)350,00052,500
Oct 6 Daikyo World Championship Australia Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (4)216 (−3)325,000100,000
Nov 10 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (2)211 (−5)550,00082,500

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Pat Bradley (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Player of the Year Pat Bradley (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Rookie of the Year Brandie Burton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States

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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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