1988 LPGA Tour


The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each. Sherri Turner led the money list with earnings of $350,851.
There were eight first-time winners in 1988: Mei-Chi Cheng, Shirley Furlong, Patty Jordan, Ok-Hee Ku, Terry-Jo Myers, Martha Nause, Liselotte Neumann, and Sherri Turner. Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the Standard Register Turquoise Classic.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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 7Mazda ClassicFlorida Nancy Lopez 283 200,00030,000
Feb 14Sarasota ClassicFlorida Patty Sheehan 282 225,00033,750
Feb 27Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Ayako Okamoto 213 300,00045,000
Mar 6Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Betsy King 280 300,00045,000
Mar 20Circle K LPGA Tucson OpenArizona Laura Davies 278 300,00045,000
Mar 27Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Ok-Hee Ku 281 350,00052,500
Apr 3Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Amy Alcott 274 500,00080,000
Apr 10San Diego Inamori Golf ClassicCalifornia Ayako Okamoto 272 225,00033,750
Apr 17AI Star/Centinela Hospital ClassicCalifornia Nancy Lopez 210 400,00060,000
Apr 24USX Golf ClassicFlorida Rosie Jones 275 225,00033,750
May 1Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Patti Rizzo 207 335,00050,250
May 8Crestar ClassicVirginia Juli Inkster 209 300,00045,000
May 15Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Nancy Lopez 204 250,00037,500
May 22Mazda LPGA ChampionshipOhio Sherri Turner 281 350,00052,500
May 29LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Sherri Turner 273 325,00048,750
Jun 5Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Laura Davies 277 275,00041,250
Jun 12Rochester InternationalNew York Mei-Chi Cheng 287 300,00045,000
Jun 19Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Shirley Furlong 205 300,00045,000
Jun 26McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Kathy Postlewait 276 500,00075,000
Jul 3du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Sally Little 279 500,00075,000
Jul 10Mayflower ClassicIndiana Terry-Jo Myers 276 400,00060,000
Jul 17Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Colleen Walker 274 300,00045,000
Jul 24U.S. Women's OpenMaryland Liselotte Neumann 277 400,00070,000
Jul 31Greater Washington OpenMaryland Ayako Okamoto 206 225,00033,750
Aug 7Planters Pat Bradley InternationalNorth Carolina Martha Nause 14 points400,00062,500
Aug 21Atlantic City ClassicNew Jersey Juli Inkster 206 225,00033,750
Aug 28Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Rosie Jones 279 250,00081,500
Aug 28Ocean State OpenRhode Island Patty Jordan 211 150,00022,500
Sep 5Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois Betsy King 207 250,00033,750
Sep 11Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Betsy King 213 250,00037,500
Sep 18Safeco ClassicWashington Juli Inkster 278 225,00033,750
Sep 26Santa Barbara OpenCalifornia Rosie Jones 212 300,00045,000
Oct 2Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Kathy Guadagnino 207 300,00045,000
Nov 6Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Patty Sheehan 206 450,00067,500

Awards