1988 LPGA Tour

1988 LPGA Tour seasonDuration| February 4, 1988 (1988-02-04) – November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06)

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Number of official events| 34
Most wins| 3  Juli Inkster,  Rosie Jones,  Nancy Lopez,  Ayako Okamoto
Money leader|  Sherri Turner
Player of the Year|  Nancy Lopez
Rookie of the Year|  Liselotte Neumann

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1989 →

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

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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.

Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($)

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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

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Award | Winner | Country

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Money winner | Sherri Turner |  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) | Colleen Walker |  United States
Player of the Year | Nancy Lopez (4) |  United States
Rookie of the Year | Liselotte Neumann |  Sweden

## References

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

## External links

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* LPGA Tour official site
* 1988 season coverage at golfobserver.com

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