1993 LPGA Tour

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1993 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 5, 1993 (1993-02-05) – November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)
Number of official events31
Most wins3 Flag of the United States.svg Brandie Burton
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg Suzanne Strudwick
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The 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $595,992, becoming the first to win over $500,000 in a season.

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There were nine first-time winners in 1993: Kristi Albers, Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews, Missie Berteotti, Helen Dobson, Trish Johnson, Hiromi Kobayashi, Kelly Robbins, and Cindy Schreyer.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 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 HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green (2)208 (-8)400,00060,000
Feb 20 Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lisa Walters (2)210 (-6)450,00067,500
Mar 14 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (5)272 (-16)400,00060,000
Mar 21 Standard Register PING Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (30)275 (-17)700,000105,000
Mar 28 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of Sweden.svg Helen Alfredsson (1)284 (-4)700,000105,000
Apr 4 Las Vegas LPGA Nevada Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (1)209 (-7)450,00067,500
Apr 18 Atlanta Women's Championship Georgia Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (2)282 (-6)600,00090,000
May 2 Sprint Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Albers (1)279 (-9)1,200,000180,000
May 9 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (6)205 (-11)525,00078,750
May 16 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (6)277 (-7)900,000135,000
May 23 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Val Skinner (4)210 (-6)400,00060,000
May 30 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Robbins (1)277 (-11)500,00075,000
Jun 6 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes (10)277 (-11)550,00082,500
Jun 13 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (31)275 (-9)1,000,000150,000
Jun 20 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green (3)276 (-12)500,00075,000
Jun 27 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Shelley Hamlin (3)204 (-9)450,00067,500
Jul 4 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Brandie Burton (2)201 (-12)450,00067,500
Jul 11 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (47)203 (-13)500,00075,000
Jul 18 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Kobayashi (1)278 (-6)600,00090,000
Jul 25 U.S. Women's Open Indiana Flag of the United States.svg Lauri Merten (3)280 (-8)800,000144,000
Aug 1 PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Missie Berteotti (1)276 (-12)450,00067,500
Aug 8 McCall's LPGA Classic Vermont Flag of the United States.svg Dana Lofland-Dormann (2)275 (-13)500,00075,000
Aug 15 Sun-Times Challenge Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Schreyer (1)272 (-16)475,00071,250
Aug 22 Minnesota LPGA Classic Minnesota Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Kobayashi (2)205 (-11)450,00067,500
Aug 29 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Brandie Burton (3)277 (-11)800,000120,000
Sep 6 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Flag of England.svg Helen Dobson (1)203 (-13)500,00075,000
Sep 12 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Donna Andrews (1)208 (-8)450,00067,500
Sep 19 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Brandie Burton (4)274 (-14)450,00067,500
Sep 26 Kyocera Inamori Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Kris Monaghan (2)275 (-13)425,00063,750
Oct 17 World Championship of Women's Golf Florida Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Mochrie (7)283 (-5)400,000102,500
Nov 7 Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (29)205 (-11)650,00097,500

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Betsy King (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Betsy King (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Betsy King (3)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rookie of the Year Suzanne Strudwick Flag of England.svg  England

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