1989 LPGA Tour


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.
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. "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 15The Jamaica ClassicJamaica Betsy King 202 500,00075,000
Jan 29Oldsmobile LPGA ClassicFlorida Dottie Mochrie 279 300,00045,000
Feb 18Orix Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Sherri Turner 205 300,00045,000
Feb 26Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Betsy King 202 400,00060,000
Mar 19Circle K LPGA Tucson OpenArizona Lori Garbacz 274 300,00045,000
Mar 26Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Allison Finney 282 400,00060,000
Apr 2Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Juli Inkster 279 500,00080,000
Apr 9Red Robin Kyocera Inamori ClassicCalifornia Patti Rizzo 277 300,00045,000
Apr 16AI Star/Centinela Hospital ClassicCalifornia Pat Bradley 208 450,00067,500
Apr 23USX Golf ClassicFlorida Betsy King 275 250,00037,500
Apr 30Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Kathy Postlewait 203 425,00063,750
May 7Crestar ClassicVirginia Juli Inkster 210 300,00045,000
May 14Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Cindy Rarick 214 275,00041,250
May 21Mazda LPGA ChampionshipOhio Nancy Lopez 274 500,00075,000
May 28LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Ayako Okamoto 272 325,00048,750
Jun 4Rochester InternationalNew York Patty Sheehan 278 300,00045,000
Jun 11Planters Pat Bradley InternationalNorth Carolina Robin Hood 16 points400,00062,500
Jun 18Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Laura Davies 207 300,00045,000
Jun 25McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Betsy King 272 550,00082,500
Jul 2du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Tammie Green 279 600,00090,000
Jul 9Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Penny Hammel 206 275,00041,250
Jul 16U.S. Women's OpenMichigan Betsy King 278 450,00080,000
Jul 23Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Amy Alcott 272 350,00052,500
Jul 30Atlantic City ClassicNew Jersey Nancy Lopez 206 225,00033,750
Aug 6Greater Washington OpenMaryland Beth Daniel 205 300,00045,000
Aug 27Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Betsy King 275 265,00083,500
Aug 27Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State OpenRhode Island Tina Barrett 210 150,00022,500
Sep 4Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois Beth Daniel 203 250,00041,250
Sep 10Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Muffin Spencer-Devlin 214 300,00045,000
Sep 17Safeco ClassicWashington Beth Daniel 273 300,00045,000
Sep 24Nippon Travel-MBS ClassicCalifornia Nancy Lopez 277 300,00045,000
Oct 1Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Beth Daniel 205 325,00048,750
Nov 5Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Elaine Crosby 205 500,00075,000

Awards