1995 LPGA Tour


The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.
The season saw the first tournament in South Korea, the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf. There were 12 first-time winners in 1995: Nanci Bowen, Gail Graham, Becky Iverson, Tracy Kerdyk, Julie Larsen, Jenny Lidback, Kathryn Marshall, Michelle McGann, Alison Nicholas, Annika Sörenstam, Barb Thomas, and Karrie Webb. Sörenstam went on to win 72 LPGA events in her career, the third most all-time.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 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 15Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of ChampionsFlorida Dawn Coe-Jones 281 700,000115,000
Jan 22HealthSouth InauguralFlorida Pat Bradley 211 450,00067,500
Feb 18Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Barb Thomas 204 550,00082,500
Mar 12Ping/Welch's ChampionshipArizona Dottie Mochrie 278 450,00067,500
Mar 19Standard Register PINGArizona Laura Davies 280 700,000105,000
Mar 26Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Nanci Bowen 285 850,000127,500
Apr 16Pinewild Women's ChampionshipNorth Carolina Rosie Jones 211 650,00097,500
Apr 23Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Laura Davies 201 500,00075,000
Apr 30Sprint ChampionshipFlorida Val Skinner 273 1,200,000180,000
May 7Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Michelle McGann 202 525,00078,750
May 14McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Kelly Robbins 274 1,200,000180,000
May 21Star Bank LPGA ClassicOhio Christa Johnson 210 500,00075,000
May 28LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Alison Nicholas 275 550,00082,500
Jun 4Oldsmobile ClassicMichigan Dale Eggeling 274 600,00090,000
Jun 11Edina Realty LPGA ClassicMinnesota Julie Larsen 205 500,00075,000
Jun 18Rochester InternationalNew York Patty Sheehan 278 550,00082,500
Jun 25ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Betsy King 204 650,00097,500
Jul 2Youngstown-Warren LPGA ClassicOhio Michelle McGann 205 550,00082,500
Jul 9Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Kathryn Marshall 205 500,00075,000
Jul 16U.S. Women's OpenColorado Annika Sörenstam 278 1,000,000175,000
Jul 23JAL Big Apple ClassicNew York Tracy Kerdyk 273 700,000105,000
Jul 30Friendly's ClassicMassachusetts Becky Iverson 276 500,00075,000
Aug 6McCall's LPGA ClassicVermont Dottie Mochrie 204 500,00075,000
Aug 13PING/Welch's ChampionshipMassachusetts Beth Daniel 271 450,00067,500
Aug 20Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Karrie Webb 278 600,00092,400
Aug 27du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Jenny Lidback 280 1,000,000150,000
Sep 4State Farm Rail ClassicIllinois Mary Beth Zimmerman 206 550,00082,500
Sep 10Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregon Alison Nicholas 207 500,00075,000
Sep 17Safeco ClassicWashington Patty Sheehan 274 500,00075,000
Sep 24GHP Heartland ClassicMissouri Annika Sörenstam 278 525,00078,750
Oct 1Fieldcrest Cannon ClassicNorth Carolina Gail Graham 273 500,00075,000
Oct 15Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfSouth Korea Annika Sörenstam 282 475,000117,500
Nov 5Toray Japan Queens CupJapan Woo-Soon Ko 207 700,000105,000

* – non-member at time of win

Awards