1996 LPGA Tour

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1996 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 11, 1996 (1996-01-11) – November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)
Number of official events34
Most wins4 Flag of England.svg Laura Davies, Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper and Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb
Money leader Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb
Player of the Year Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
Rookie of the Year Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb
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The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each. Webb led the money list with earnings of $1,002,000, the first player to win over $1 million in a season.

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The season saw the first winner's share over $200,000, at the U.S. Women's Open. There were four first-time winners in 1996: Mayumi Hirase, Emilee Klein, Caroline Pierce, and Joan Pitcock.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 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 14 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (6)275 (−13)725,000117,500
Jan 21 HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (2)209 (−7)450,00067,500
Feb 24 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (7)212 (−4)600,00090,000
Mar 17 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (7)276 (−12)450,00067,500
Mar 24 Standard Register PING Arizona Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (12)284 (−8)700,000105,000
Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (35)281 (−7)900,000135,000
Apr 7 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Robbins (4)273 (−11)500,00075,000
Apr 21 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Barb Mucha (4)208 (−8)550,00082,500
Apr 28 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (8)210 (−6)600,00090,000
May 5 Sprint Titleholders Championship Florida Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (3)272 (−16)1,200,000180,000
May 12 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (13)213 (E)1,200,000180,000
May 26 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones (7)276 (−12)600,00090,000
Jun 2 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (4)272 (−8)1,200,000212,500
Jun 9 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Michelle McGann (3)272 (−16)600,00090,000
Jun 16 Edina Realty LPGA Classic Minnesota Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (8)207 (−9)550,00082,500
Jun 23 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper (11)206 (−10)600,00090,000
Jun 30 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper (12)202 (−11)750,000112,500
Jul 7 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Joan Pitcock (1)204 (−9)575,00086,250
Jul 14 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Michelle McGann (4)200 (−16)600,00090,000
Jul 21 Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper (13)279 (−9)500,00075,000
Jul 28 Michelob Light Heartland Classic Missouri Flag of the United States.svg Vicki Fergon (3)276 (−12)550,00082,500
Aug 4 du Maurier Classic Canada Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (14)277 (−11)1,000,000150,000
Aug 11 PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Emilee Klein (1)277 (−15)500,00075,000
Aug 18 Weetabix Women's British Open England Flag of the United States.svg Emilee Klein (2)277 (−15)850,000124,000
Aug 25 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (15)204 (−12)550,00082,500
Sep 2 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Michelle McGann (5)202 (−14)575,00086,250
Sep 8 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Pepper (14)202 (−14)550,00082,500
Sep 15 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (4)277 (−11)550,00082,500
Sep 29 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic North Carolina Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson (3)270 (−18)500,00075,000
Oct 5 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Flag of England.svg Caroline Pierce (1)211 (−2)725,000108,750
Oct 13 CoreStates Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (5)270 (−18)600,00090,000
Oct 20 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf South Korea Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (6)274 (−14)500,000125,000
Nov 3 Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Flag of Japan.svg Mayumi Hirase (1)212 (−4)750,000112,500
Nov 24 ITT LPGA Tour Championship Nevada Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (5)272 (−16)700,000150,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Annika Sörenstam (2)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Player of the Year Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England
Rookie of the Year Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

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