1989 LPGA Tour

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1989 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 13, 1989 (1989-01-13) – November 5, 1989 (1989-11-05)
Number of official events33
Most wins6 Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
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 Scotland.svg Pamela Wright
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The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $654,132.

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There were seven first-time winners in 1989: Tina Barrett, Elaine Crosby, Allison Finney, Lori Garbacz, Tammie Green, Robin Hood, and Dottie Mochrie.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 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 15 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (15)202 (-11)500,00075,000
Jan 29 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Mochrie (1)279 (-9)300,00045,000
Feb 18 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Turner (3)205 (-11)300,00045,000
Feb 26 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (16)202 (-7)400,00060,000
Mar 19 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Lori Garbacz (1)274 (-14)300,00045,000
Mar 26 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Allison Finney (1)282 (-6)400,00060,000
Apr 2 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (12)279 (-9)500,00080,000
Apr 9 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Patti Rizzo (4)277 (-7)300,00045,000
Apr 16 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley (23)208 (-8)450,00067,500
Apr 23 USX Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (17)275 (-13)250,00037,500
Apr 30 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Postlewait (4)203 (-13)425,00063,750
May 7 Crestar Classic Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster (13)210 (-6)300,00045,000
May 14 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Cindy Rarick (3)214 (-5)275,00041,250
May 21 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (40)274 (-14)500,00075,000
May 28 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto (15)272 (-12)325,00048,750
Jun 4 Rochester International New York Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan (20)278 (-10)300,00045,000
Jun 11 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Robin Hood (1)16 points400,00062,500
Jun 18 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (4)207 (-9)300,00045,000
Jun 25 McDonald's Championship Delaware Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (18)272 (-12)550,00082,500
Jul 2 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Flag of the United States.svg Tammie Green (1)279 (-9)600,00090,000
Jul 9 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Penny Hammel (2)206 (-7)275,00041,250
Jul 16 U.S. Women's Open Michigan Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (19)278 (-6)450,00080,000
Jul 23 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott (28)272 (-16)350,00052,500
Jul 30 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (41)206 (-4)225,00033,750
Aug 6 Greater Washington Open Maryland Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (15)205 (-8)300,00045,000
Aug 27 Nestle World Championship Georgia Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King (20)275 (-13)265,00083,500
Aug 27 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Open Rhode Island Flag of the United States.svg Tina Barrett (1)210 (-6)150,00022,500
Sep 4 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (16)203 (-13)250,00041,250
Sep 10 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Muffin Spencer-Devlin (3)214 (-2)300,00045,000
Sep 17 Safeco Classic Washington Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (17)273 (-15)300,00045,000
Sep 24 Nippon Travel-MBS Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez (42)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Oct 1 Konica San Jose Classic California Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel (18)205 (-11)325,00048,750
Nov 5 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Flag of the United States.svg Elaine Crosby (1)205 (-11)500,00075,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Betsy King (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Player of the Year Betsy King (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Rookie of the Year Pamela Wright Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland

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