The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each. Sherri Turner led the money list with earnings of $350,851.
There were eight first-time winners in 1988: Mei-Chi Cheng, Shirley Furlong, Patty Jordan, Ok-Hee Ku, Terry-Jo Myers, Martha Nause, Liselotte Neumann, and Sherri Turner. Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the Standard Register Turquoise Classic.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 7 Mazda Classic Florida Nancy Lopez (37) 283 (−5) 200,000 30,000 Feb 14 Sarasota Classic Florida Patty Sheehan (18) 282 (−6) 225,000 33,750 Feb 27 Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Ayako Okamoto (12) 213 (−3) 300,000 45,000 Mar 6 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Betsy King (12) 280 (−8) 300,000 45,000 Mar 20 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Laura Davies (2) 278 (−10) 300,000 45,000 Mar 27 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Ok-Hee Ku (1) 281 (−7) 350,000 52,500 Apr 3 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Amy Alcott (27) 274 (−14) 500,000 80,000 Apr 10 San Diego Inamori Golf Classic California Ayako Okamoto (13) 272 (−12) 225,000 33,750 Apr 17 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Nancy Lopez (38) 210 (−6) 400,000 60,000 Apr 24 USX Golf Classic Florida Rosie Jones (2) 275 (−13) 225,000 33,750 May 1 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Patti Rizzo (3) 207 (−9) 335,000 50,250 May 8 Crestar Classic Virginia Juli Inkster (9) 209 (−7) 300,000 45,000 May 15 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Nancy Lopez (39) 204 (−12) 250,000 37,500 May 22 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Sherri Turner (1) 281 (−7) 350,000 52,500 May 29 LPGA Corning Classic New York Sherri Turner (2) 273 (−15) 325,000 48,750 Jun 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Laura Davies (3) 277 (−11) 275,000 41,250 Jun 12 Rochester International New York Mei-Chi Cheng (1) 287 (−1) 300,000 45,000 Jun 19 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Shirley Furlong (1) 205 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Jun 26 McDonald's Championship Delaware Kathy Postlewait (3) 276 (−8) 500,000 75,000 Jul 3 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Sally Little (15) 279 (−9) 500,000 75,000 Jul 10 Mayflower Classic Indiana Terry-Jo Myers (1) 276 (−8) 400,000 60,000 Jul 17 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Colleen Walker (2) 274 (−14) 300,000 45,000 Jul 24 U.S. Women's Open Maryland Liselotte Neumann (1) 277 (−7) 400,000 70,000 Jul 31 Greater Washington Open Maryland Ayako Okamoto (14) 206 (−7) 225,000 33,750 Aug 7 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Martha Nause (1) 14 points 400,000 62,500 Aug 21 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Juli Inkster (10) 206 (−7) 225,000 33,750 Aug 28 Nestle World Championship Georgia Rosie Jones (3) 279 (−9) 250,000 81,500 Aug 28 Ocean State Open Rhode Island Patty Jordan (1) 211 (−5) 150,000 22,500 Sep 5 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Betsy King (13) 207 (−9) 250,000 33,750 Sep 11 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Betsy King (14) 213 (−3) 250,000 37,500 Sep 18 Safeco Classic Washington Juli Inkster (11) 278 (−10) 225,000 33,750 Sep 26 Santa Barbara Open California Rosie Jones (4) 212 (−4) 300,000 45,000 Oct 2 Konica San Jose Classic California Kathy Guadagnino (2) 207 (−9) 300,000 45,000 Nov 6 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Patty Sheehan (19) 206 (−10) 450,000 67,500
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Sherri Turner Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Colleen Walker Player of the Year Nancy Lopez (4) Rookie of the Year Liselotte Neumann
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1988 season coverage at golfobserver.com