1987 LPGA Tour


The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five. Ayako Okamoto led the money list with earnings of $466,034.
There were seven first-time winners in 1987: Laura Davies, Rosie Jones, Yuko Moriguchi, Cindy Rarick, Deb Richard, Jody Rosenthal, and Colleen Walker.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "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 1Mazda ClassicFlorida Kathy Postlewait 286 200,00030,000
Feb 8Sarasota ClassicFlorida Nancy Lopez 281 200,00030,000
Feb 21Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Cindy Rarick 207 300,00045,000
Mar 1Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Jane Geddes 276 300,00045,000
Mar 8GNA/Glendale Federal ClassicCalifornia Jane Geddes 286 250,00037,500
Mar 22Circle K Tucson OpenArizona Betsy King 281 200,00030,000
Mar 29Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Pat Bradley 286 300,00045,000
Apr 5Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Betsy King 283 500,00080,000
Apr 12Kyocera Inamori Golf ClassicCalifornia Ayako Okamoto 275 200,00030,000
Apr 19Santa Barbara OpenCalifornia Jan Stephenson 215 300,00045,000
May 3S&H Golf ClassicFlorida Cindy Hill 271 225,00033,750
May 10United Virginia Bank Golf ClassicVirginia Jody Rosenthal 209 250,00037,500
May 17Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Ayako Okamoto 215 225,00033,750
May 24Mazda LPGA ChampionshipOhio Jane Geddes 275 350,00052,500
May 31LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Cindy Rarick 275 275,00041,250
Jun 7McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Betsy King 278 500,00075,000
Jun 14Mayflower ClassicIndiana Colleen Walker 278 350,00052,500
Jun 21Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Ayako Okamoto 208 300,00045,000
Jun 28Rochester InternationalNew York Deb Richard 280 300,00045,000
Jul 5Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Jane Geddes 280 225,00033,750
Jul 12du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Jody Rosenthal 272 400,00060,000
Jul 19Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Jane Geddes 277 300,00045,000
Jul 26U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Laura Davies 285 325,00055,000
Aug 2Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-AmColorado Christa Johnson 277 250,00037,500
Aug 9Henredon ClassicNorth Carolina Mary Beth Zimmerman 206 300,00045,000
Aug 16MasterCard International Pro-AmNew York Val Skinner 212 225,00033,750
Aug 23Atlantic City LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Betsy King 207 225,00033,750
Aug 30Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Ayako Okamoto 282 250,00081,500
Sep 7Rail Charity ClassicIllinois Rosie Jones 208 200,00030,000
Sep 13Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Nancy Lopez 210 225,00033,750
Sep 20Safeco ClassicWashington Jan Stephenson 277 225,00033,750
Sep 27Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Jan Stephenson 205 300,00045,000
Nov 8Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Yuko Moriguchi 206 350,00052,500

* - non-member at time of win

Awards