The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of $763,118.
The season saw the first tournament in Australia, the Daikyo World Championship. There were five first-time winners in 1991: Danielle Ammaccapane, Michelle Estill, Meg Mallon, Melissa McNamara, and Nancy Scranton.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1991 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 20 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Jane Geddes (8) 207 (−6) 500,000 75,000 Feb 3 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Meg Mallon (1) 276 (−12) 400,000 60,000 Feb 10 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Beth Daniel (26) 209 (−7) 500,000 75,000 Feb 23 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Patty Sheehan (26) 207 (−9) 350,000 52,500 Mar 2 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Deb Richard (2) 275 (−9) 500,000 75,000 Mar 10 Inamori Classic California Laura Davies (5) 277 (−11) 400,000 60,000 Mar 17 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada Penny Hammel (3) 211 (−5) 400,000 60,000 Mar 24 Standard Register PING Arizona Danielle Ammaccapane (1) 283 (−9) 500,000 82,500 Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Amy Alcott (29) 273 (−15) 600,000 90,000 Apr 7 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Christa Johnson (6) 273 (−15) 350,000 52,500 May 5 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Nancy Lopez (44) 206 (−10) 425,000 63,750 May 12 Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic Virginia Hollis Stacy (18) 282 (−6) 400,000 60,000 May 19 Centel Classic Florida Pat Bradley (27) 278 (−10) 1,100,000 165,000 May 26 LPGA Corning Classic New York Betsy King (24) 273 (−15) 400,000 60,000 Jun 2 Rochester International New York Rosie Jones (5) 276 (−12) 400,000 60,000 Jun 9 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Jane Geddes (9) 208 (−8) 300,000 45,000 Jun 16 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Colleen Walker (4) 207 (−9) 400,000 60,000 Jun 23 McDonald's Championship Delaware Beth Daniel (27) 273 (−11) 750,000 112,500 Jun 30 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Meg Mallon (2) 274 (−10) 1,000,000 150,000 Jul 7 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Alice Miller (8) 205 (−8) 350,000 75,000 Jul 14 U.S. Women's Open Texas Meg Mallon (3) 283 (−1) 600,000 110,000 Jul 21 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Betsy King (25) 279 (−5) 500,000 75,000 Jul 28 LPGA Bay State Classic Massachusetts Juli Inkster (14) 275 (−13) 400,000 60,000 Aug 4 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Deb Richard (3) 207 (−9) 500,000 75,000 Aug 11 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont Melissa McNamara (1) 278 (−10) 450,000 67,500 Aug 18 Northgate Computer Classic Minnesota Cindy Rarick (5) 211 (−5) 400,000 60,000 Aug 25 LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Illinois Martha Nause (2) 275 (−13) 425,000 63,500 Sep 2 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Pat Bradley (28) 197 (−19) 400,000 60,000 Sep 8 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Michelle Estill (1) 208 (−8) 400,000 60,000 Sep 15 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Nancy Scranton (1) 279 (−9) 700,000 105,000 Sep 22 Safeco Classic Washington Pat Bradley (29) 280 (−8) 400,000 60,000 Sep 29 MBS LPGA Classic California Pat Bradley (30) 277 (−11) 350,000 52,500 Oct 6 Daikyo World Championship Australia Meg Mallon (4) 216 (−3) 325,000 100,000 Nov 10 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Liselotte Neumann (2) 211 (−5) 550,000 82,500
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Pat Bradley (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley (2) Player of the Year Pat Bradley (2) Rookie of the Year Brandie Burton
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1991 season coverage at golfobserver.com