1981 LPGA Tour

The 1981 LPGA Tour was the 32nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Donna Caponi won the most tournaments, five. Beth Daniel led the money list with earnings of $206,998, becoming the first player to win over $200,000 in a season.

The season saw the first tournament with a $50,000 first prize, the World Championship of Women's Golf. There were five first-time winners in 1981: Patty Hayes, Kathy Hite, Cathy Reynolds, Patty Sheehan, and Beth Solomon.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1981 season.[1] "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 1Whirlpool Championship of Deer CreekFlorida Sandra Palmer (17)284 (-8)100,00015,000
Feb 8Elizabeth Arden ClassicFlorida Sally Little (8)283 (-5)125,00018,750
Feb 15S&H Golf ClassicFlorida JoAnne Carner (30)215 (-1)100,00015,000
Feb 22Bent Tree Ladies ClassicFlorida Amy Alcott (14)276 (-12)150,00022,500
Mar 1Olympia Gold ClassicCalifornia Sally Little (9)142 (-4)^150,00022,500
Mar 8Arizona Copper ClassicArizona Nancy Lopez (21)278 (-14)125,00018,750
Mar 15Sun City ClassicArizona Patty Hayes (1)277 (-15)100,00015,000
Mar 22LPGA Desert Inn Pro-AmNevada Donna Caponi (20)286 (-3)200,00030,000
Mar 29Women's Kemper OpenCalifornia Pat Bradley (8)284 (E)175,00026,250
Apr 5Colgate-Dinah ShoreCalifornia Nancy Lopez (22)277 (-11)250,00037,500
Apr 12American Defender/WRAL Golf ClassicNorth Carolina Donna Caponi (21)208 (-8)125,00018,750
Apr 19Florida Lady CitrusFlorida Beth Daniel (6)281 (-7)100,00015,000
Apr 26Birmingham ClassicAlabama Beth Solomon (1)206 (-10)100,00015,000
May 3CPC Women's InternationalSouth Carolina Sally Little (10)287 (-1)125,00018,750
May 10Lady MichelobGeorgia Amy Alcott (15)209 (-8)125,00018,750
May 17Coca-Cola ClassicNew Jersey Kathy Whitworth (81)211 (-8)125,00018,750
May 24Corning ClassicNew York Kathy Hite (1)282 (-6)125,00018,750
May 31Golden Lights ChampionshipConnecticut Cathy Reynolds (1)285 (-3)125,00018,750
Jun 7McDonald's ClassicPennsylvania Sandra Post (8)282 (-6)150,00022,500
Jun 14LPGA ChampionshipOhio Donna Caponi (22)280 (-8)150,00022,500
Jun 21Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania JoAnne Carner (31)203 (-13)125,00018,750
Jun 28The Sarah CoventryNew York Nancy Lopez (23)285 (-7)125,00018,750
Jul 5Peter Jackson ClassicCanada Jan Stephenson (5)278 (-10)200,00030,000
Jul 12Mayflower ClassicIndiana Debbie Austin (7)279 (-9)150,00022,500
Jul 19WUI ClassicNew York Donna Caponi (23)282 (-2)125,00018,750
Jul 26U.S. Women's OpenIllinois Pat Bradley (9)279 (-9)150,00022,000
Aug 2Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Donna Caponi (24)276 (-12)150,00022,500
Aug 9West Virginia Bank ClassicWest Virginia Hollis Stacy (8)212 (-4)125,00018,750
Aug 16Mary Kay ClassicTexas Jan Stephenson (6)198 (-18)155,00023,250
Aug 23World Championship of Women's GolfOhio Beth Daniel (7)284 (-4)150,00050,000
Aug 30Columbia Savings LPGA ClassicColorado JoAnne Carner (32)278 (-10)150,00022,500
Sep 7Rail Charity Golf ClassicIllinois JoAnne Carner (33)205 (-11)125,00018,750
Sep 13United Virginia Bank ClassicVirginia Jan Stephenson (7)205 (-14)125,00018,750
Sep 20Henredon ClassicNorth Carolina Sandra Haynie (40)281 (-7)165,00024,750
Oct 11Inamori ClassicCalifornia Hollis Stacy (9)286 (-6)150,00022,500
Nov 8Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Patty Sheehan (1)213 (-9)250,00030,000

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBeth Daniel (2) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)JoAnne Carner (3) United States
Player of the YearJoAnne Carner (2) United States
Rookie of the YearPatty Sheehan United States

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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