The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each. Webb led the money list with earnings of $1,002,000, the first player to win over $1 million in a season.
The season saw the first winner's share over $200,000, at the U.S. Women's Open. There were four first-time winners in 1996: Mayumi Hirase, Emilee Klein, Caroline Pierce, and Joan Pitcock.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 14 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Liselotte Neumann (6) 275 (−13) 725,000 117,500 Jan 21 HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Karrie Webb (2) 209 (−7) 450,000 67,500 Feb 24 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Meg Mallon (7) 212 (−4) 600,000 90,000 Mar 17 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Liselotte Neumann (7) 276 (−12) 450,000 67,500 Mar 24 Standard Register PING Arizona Laura Davies (12) 284 (−8) 700,000 105,000 Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Patty Sheehan (35) 281 (−7) 900,000 135,000 Apr 7 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic California Kelly Robbins (4) 273 (−11) 500,000 75,000 Apr 21 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Barb Mucha (4) 208 (−8) 550,000 82,500 Apr 28 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Meg Mallon (8) 210 (−6) 600,000 90,000 May 5 Sprint Titleholders Championship Florida Karrie Webb (3) 272 (−16) 1,200,000 180,000 May 12 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Laura Davies (13) 213 (E) 1,200,000 180,000 May 26 LPGA Corning Classic New York Rosie Jones (7) 276 (−12) 600,000 90,000 Jun 2 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Annika Sörenstam (4) 272 (−8) 1,200,000 212,500 Jun 9 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Michelle McGann (3) 272 (−16) 600,000 90,000 Jun 16 Edina Realty LPGA Classic Minnesota Liselotte Neumann (8) 207 (−9) 550,000 82,500 Jun 23 Rochester International New York Dottie Pepper (11) 206 (−10) 600,000 90,000 Jun 30 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Dottie Pepper (12) 202 (−11) 750,000 112,500 Jul 7 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Joan Pitcock (1) 204 (−9) 575,000 86,250 Jul 14 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Michelle McGann (4) 200 (−16) 600,000 90,000 Jul 21 Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Dottie Pepper (13) 279 (−9) 500,000 75,000 Jul 28 Michelob Light Heartland Classic Missouri Vicki Fergon (3) 276 (−12) 550,000 82,500 Aug 4 du Maurier Classic Canada Laura Davies (14) 277 (−11) 1,000,000 150,000 Aug 11 PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Emilee Klein (1) 277 (−15) 500,000 75,000 Aug 18 Weetabix Women's British Open England Emilee Klein (2) 277 (−15) 850,000 124,000 Aug 25 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Laura Davies (15) 204 (−12) 550,000 82,500 Sep 2 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Michelle McGann (5) 202 (−14) 575,000 86,250 Sep 8 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Dottie Pepper (14) 202 (−14) 550,000 82,500 Sep 15 Safeco Classic Washington Karrie Webb (4) 277 (−11) 550,000 82,500 Sep 29 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic North Carolina Trish Johnson (3) 270 (−18) 500,000 75,000 Oct 5 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Caroline Pierce (1) 211 (−2) 725,000 108,750 Oct 13 CoreStates Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Annika Sörenstam (5) 270 (−18) 600,000 90,000 Oct 20 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf South Korea Annika Sörenstam (6) 274 (−14) 500,000 125,000 Nov 3 Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Mayumi Hirase (1) 212 (−4) 750,000 112,500 Nov 24 ITT LPGA Tour Championship Nevada Karrie Webb (5) 272 (−16) 700,000 150,000
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Karrie Webb Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Annika Sörenstam (2) Player of the Year Laura Davies Rookie of the Year Karrie Webb
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1996 season coverage at golfobserver.com