1990 LPGA Tour

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.

1990 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1990 (1990-01-19) – November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)
Number of official events34
Most wins7 United States Beth Daniel
Money leaderUnited States Beth Daniel
Player of the YearUnited States Beth Daniel
Rookie of the YearJapan Hiromi Kobayashi
← 1989
1991 →

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 21The Jamaica ClassicJamaicaUnited States Patty Sheehan (21)212 (-1)500,00075,000
Feb 4Oldsmobile LPGA ClassicFloridaUnited States Pat Bradley (24)281 (-7)300,00045,000
Feb 18The Phar-Mor at InverraryFloridaAustralia Jane Crafter (1)209 (-7)400,00060,000
Feb 24Orix Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaiiUnited States Beth Daniel (19)210 (-6)350,00052,500
Mar 4Women's Kemper OpenHawaiiUnited States Beth Daniel (20)283 (-1)500,00075,000
Mar 11Desert Inn LPGA InternationalNevadaUnited States Maggie Will (1)214 (-2)400,00060,000
Mar 18Circle K LPGA Tucson OpenArizonaUnited States Colleen Walker (3)276 (-12)300,00045,000
Mar 25Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizonaUnited States Pat Bradley (25)280 (-12)500,00075,000
Apr 1Nabisco Dinah ShoreCaliforniaUnited States Betsy King (21)283 (-5)600,00090,000
Apr 8Red Robin Kyocera Inamori ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Kris Monaghan (1)276 (-8)300,00045,000
May 6Sara Lee ClassicTennesseeJapan Ayako Okamoto (16)210 (-6)425,00063,750
May 13Crestar ClassicVirginiaUnited States Dottie Mochrie (2)200 (-16)350,00052,500
May 20Planters Pat Bradley InternationalNorth CarolinaUnited States Cindy Rarick (4)25 points400,00060,000
May 27LPGA Corning ClassicNew YorkUnited States Pat Bradley (26)274 (-10)350,00052,500
Jun 3Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Cathy Gerring (1)208 (-8)300,00045,000
Jun 10McDonald's ChampionshipDelawareUnited States Patty Sheehan (22)275 (-9)650,00097,500
Jun 17Atlantic City ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Christa Johnson (5)275 (-5)300,00045,000
Jun 24Rochester InternationalNew YorkUnited States Patty Sheehan (23)271 (-17)400,00060,000
Jul 1du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanadaUnited States Cathy Johnston (1)276 (-16)600,00090,000
Jul 8Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhioCanada Tina Purtzer (1)205 (-8)325,00048,750
Jul 15U.S. Women's OpenGeorgiaUnited States Betsy King (22)284 (-4)500,00085,000
Jul 22The Phar-Mor in YoungstownOhioUnited States Beth Daniel (21)207 (-9)400,00060,000
Jul 29Mazda LPGA ChampionshipMarylandUnited States Beth Daniel (22)280 (-4)1,000,000150,000
Aug 5Boston Five ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Barb Mucha (1)277 (-11)350,00052,500
Aug 12Stratton Mountain LPGA ClassicVermontUnited States Cathy Gerring (2)281 (-7)450,00067,500
Aug 19JAL Big Apple ClassicNew YorkUnited States Betsy King (23)273 (-15)400,00060,000
Aug 26Northgate ClassicMinnesotaUnited States Beth Daniel (23)203 (-13)375,00056,250
Sep 3Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinoisUnited States Beth Daniel (24)203 (-13)300,00045,000
Sep 9Ping-Cellular One Golf ChampionshipOregonUnited States Patty Sheehan (24)208 (-8)350,00052,500
Sep 16Safeco ClassicWashingtonUnited States Patty Sheehan (25)270 (-18)300,00045,000
Sep 23MBS LPGA ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Nancy Lopez (43)281 (-7)325,00048,750
Oct 7Centel ClassicFloridaUnited States Beth Daniel (25)271 (-17)1,000,000150,000
Oct 14Trophee Urban World ChampionshipFranceUnited States Cathy Gerring (3)278 (-10)325,000100,000
Nov 4Mazda Japan ClassicJapanUnited States Debbie Massey (3)133 (-11)^550,00082,500

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBeth Daniel (3) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Beth Daniel (2) United States
Player of the YearBeth Daniel (2) United States
Rookie of the YearHiromi Kobayashi Japan

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999 Archived 2007-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
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