1987 LPGA Tour

The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five. Ayako Okamoto led the money list with earnings of $466,034.

There were seven first-time winners in 1987: Laura Davies, Rosie Jones, Yuko Moriguchi, Cindy Rarick, Deb Richard, Jody Rosenthal, and Colleen Walker.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 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 1Mazda ClassicFlorida Kathy Postlewait (2)286 (-2)200,00030,000
Feb 8Sarasota ClassicFlorida Nancy Lopez (35)281 (-7)200,00030,000
Feb 21Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Cindy Rarick (1)207 (-9)300,00045,000
Mar 1Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Jane Geddes (3)276 (-12)300,00045,000
Mar 8GNA/Glendale Federal ClassicCalifornia Jane Geddes (4)286 (-2)250,00037,500
Mar 22Circle K Tucson OpenArizona Betsy King (8)281 (-7)200,00030,000
Mar 29Standard Register Turquoise ClassicArizona Pat Bradley (22)286 (-2)300,00045,000
Apr 5Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Betsy King (9)283 (-5)500,00080,000
Apr 12Kyocera Inamori Golf ClassicCalifornia Ayako Okamoto (8)275 (-13)200,00030,000
Apr 19Santa Barbara OpenCalifornia Jan Stephenson (14)215 (-1)300,00045,000
May 3S&H Golf ClassicFlorida Cindy Hill (2)271 (-17)225,00033,750
May 10United Virginia Bank Golf ClassicVirginia Jody Rosenthal (1)209 (-7)250,00037,500
May 17Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Ayako Okamoto (9)215 (-4)225,00033,750
May 24Mazda LPGA ChampionshipOhio Jane Geddes (5)275 (-13)350,00052,500
May 31LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Cindy Rarick (2)275 (-13)275,00041,250
Jun 7McDonald's ChampionshipDelaware Betsy King (10)278 (-6)500,00075,000
Jun 14Mayflower ClassicIndiana Colleen Walker (1)278 (-10)350,00052,500
Jun 21Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Ayako Okamoto (10)208 (-8)300,00045,000
Jun 28Rochester InternationalNew York Deb Richard (1)280 (-8)300,00045,000
Jul 5Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhio Jane Geddes (6)280 (-8)225,00033,750
Jul 12du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanada Jody Rosenthal (2)272 (-16)400,00060,000
Jul 19Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Jane Geddes (7)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Jul 26U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Laura Davies (1*)285 (-3)325,00055,000
Aug 2Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-AmColorado Christa Johnson (4)277 (-11)250,00037,500
Aug 9Henredon ClassicNorth Carolina Mary Beth Zimmerman (3)206 (-10)300,00045,000
Aug 16MasterCard International Pro-AmNew York Val Skinner (3)212 (-4)225,00033,750
Aug 23Atlantic City LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Betsy King (11)207 (-6)225,00033,750
Aug 30Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Ayako Okamoto (11)282 (-6)250,00081,500
Sep 7Rail Charity ClassicIllinois Rosie Jones (1)208 (-8)200,00030,000
Sep 13Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Nancy Lopez (36)210 (-6)225,00033,750
Sep 20Safeco ClassicWashington Jan Stephenson (15)277 (-11)225,00033,750
Sep 27Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Jan Stephenson (16)205 (-11)300,00045,000
Nov 8Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Yuko Moriguchi (1*)206 (-10)350,00052,500

* - non-member at time of win

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerAyako Okamoto Japan
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Betsy King United States
Player of the YearAyako Okamoto Japan
Rookie of the YearTammie Green United States

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