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.
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. "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 ClassicJamaica Patty Sheehan 212 500,00075,000
Feb 4Oldsmobile LPGA ClassicFlorida Pat Bradley 281 300,00045,000
Feb 18The Phar-Mor at InverraryFlorida Jane Crafter 209 400,00060,000
Feb 24Orix Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Beth Daniel 210 350,00052,500
Mar 4Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Beth Daniel 283 500,00075,000
Mar 11Desert Inn LPGA InternationalNevada Maggie Will 214 400,00060,000
Mar 18Circle K LPGA Tucson OpenArizona Colleen Walker 276 300,00045,000
Mar 25Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Pat Bradley 280 500,00075,000
Apr 1Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Betsy King 283 600,00090,000
Apr 8Red Robin Kyocera Inamori ClassicCalifornia Kris Monaghan 276 300,00045,000
May 6Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Ayako Okamoto 210 425,00063,750
May 13Crestar ClassicVirginia Dottie Mochrie 200 350,00052,500
May 20Planters Pat Bradley InternationalNorth Carolina Cindy Rarick 25 points400,00060,000
May 27LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Pat Bradley 274 350,00052,500
Jun 3Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Cathy Gerring 208 300,00045,000
Jun 10McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Patty Sheehan 275 650,00097,500
Jun 17Atlantic City ClassicNew Jersey Christa Johnson 275 300,00045,000
Jun 24Rochester InternationalNew York Patty Sheehan 271 400,00060,000
Jul 1du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Cathy Johnston 276 600,00090,000
Jul 8Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Tina Purtzer 205 325,00048,750
Jul 15U.S. Women's OpenGeorgia Betsy King 284 500,00085,000
Jul 22The Phar-Mor in YoungstownOhio Beth Daniel 207 400,00060,000
Jul 29Mazda LPGA ChampionshipMaryland Beth Daniel 280 1,000,000150,000
Aug 5Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Barb Mucha 277 350,00052,500
Aug 12Stratton Mountain LPGA ClassicVermont Cathy Gerring 281 450,00067,500
Aug 19JAL Big Apple ClassicNew York Betsy King 273 400,00060,000
Aug 26Northgate ClassicMinnesota Beth Daniel 203 375,00056,250
Sep 3Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois Beth Daniel 203 300,00045,000
Sep 9Ping-Cellular One Golf ChampionshipOregon Patty Sheehan 208 350,00052,500
Sep 16Safeco ClassicWashington Patty Sheehan 270 300,00045,000
Sep 23MBS LPGA ClassicCalifornia Nancy Lopez 281 325,00048,750
Oct 7Centel ClassicFlorida Beth Daniel 271 1,000,000150,000
Oct 14Trophee Urban World ChampionshipFrance Cathy Gerring 278 325,000100,000
Nov 4Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Debbie Massey 133 ^550,00082,500

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Awards