The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $654,132, becoming the first to win over $500,000 in a season.
There were seven first-time winners in 1989: Tina Barrett, Elaine Crosby, Allison Finney, Lori Garbacz, Tammie Green, Robin Hood, and Dottie Mochrie.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 15 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Betsy King (15) 202 (−11) 500,000 75,000 Jan 29 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Dottie Mochrie (1) 279 (−9) 300,000 45,000 Feb 18 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Sherri Turner (3) 205 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Feb 26 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Betsy King (16) 202 (−7) 400,000 60,000 Mar 19 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Lori Garbacz (1) 274 (−14) 300,000 45,000 Mar 26 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Allison Finney (1) 282 (−6) 400,000 60,000 Apr 2 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Juli Inkster (12) 279 (−9) 500,000 80,000 Apr 9 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Patti Rizzo (4) 277 (−7) 300,000 45,000 Apr 16 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Pat Bradley (23) 208 (−8) 450,000 67,500 Apr 23 USX Golf Classic Florida Betsy King (17) 275 (−13) 250,000 37,500 Apr 30 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Kathy Postlewait (4) 203 (−13) 425,000 63,750 May 7 Crestar Classic Virginia Juli Inkster (13) 210 (−6) 300,000 45,000 May 14 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Cindy Rarick (3) 214 (−5) 275,000 41,250 May 21 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Nancy Lopez (40) 274 (−14) 500,000 75,000 May 28 LPGA Corning Classic New York Ayako Okamoto (15) 272 (−12) 325,000 48,750 Jun 4 Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (20) 278 (−10) 300,000 45,000 Jun 11 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Robin Hood (1) 16 points 400,000 62,500 Jun 18 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Laura Davies (4) 207 (−9) 300,000 45,000 Jun 25 McDonald's Championship Delaware Betsy King (18) 272 (−12) 550,000 82,500 Jul 2 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Tammie Green (1) 279 (−9) 600,000 90,000 Jul 9 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Penny Hammel (2) 206 (−7) 275,000 41,250 Jul 16 U.S. Women's Open Michigan Betsy King (19) 278 (−6) 450,000 80,000 Jul 23 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Amy Alcott (28) 272 (−16) 350,000 52,500 Jul 30 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Nancy Lopez (41) 206 (−4) 225,000 33,750 Aug 6 Greater Washington Open Maryland Beth Daniel (15) 205 (−8) 300,000 45,000 Aug 27 Nestle World Championship Georgia Betsy King (20) 275 (−13) 265,000 83,500 Aug 27 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Open Rhode Island Tina Barrett (1) 210 (−6) 150,000 22,500 Sep 4 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Beth Daniel (16) 203 (−13) 250,000 41,250 Sep 10 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Muffin Spencer-Devlin (3) 214 (−2) 300,000 45,000 Sep 17 Safeco Classic Washington Beth Daniel (17) 273 (−15) 300,000 45,000 Sep 24 Nippon Travel-MBS Classic California Nancy Lopez (42) 277 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Oct 1 Konica San Jose Classic California Beth Daniel (18) 205 (−11) 325,000 48,750 Nov 5 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Elaine Crosby (1) 205 (−11) 500,000 75,000
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Betsy King (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel Player of the Year Betsy King (2) Rookie of the Year Pamela Wright
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1989 season coverage at golfobserver.com