1993 LPGA Tour

The 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $595,992, becoming the first to win over $500,000 in a season.

There were nine first-time winners in 1993: Kristi Albers, Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews, Missie Berteotti, Helen Dobson, Trish Johnson, Hiromi Kobayashi, Kelly Robbins, and Cindy Schreyer.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 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 ($)	1st prize ($)
Feb 7	HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic	Florida	Tammie Green (2)	208 (-8)	400,000	60,000
Feb 20	Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open	Hawaii	Lisa Walters (2)	210 (-6)	450,000	67,500
Mar 14	Ping/Welch's Championship	Arizona	Meg Mallon (5)	272 (-16)	400,000	60,000
Mar 21	Standard Register PING	Arizona	Patty Sheehan (30)	275 (-17)	700,000	105,000
Mar 28	Nabisco Dinah Shore	California	Helen Alfredsson (1)	284 (-4)	700,000	105,000
Apr 4	Las Vegas LPGA	Nevada	Trish Johnson (1)	209 (-7)	450,000	67,500
Apr 18	Atlanta Women's Championship	Georgia	Trish Johnson (2)	282 (-6)	600,000	90,000
May 2	Sprint Classic	Florida	Kristi Albers (1)	279 (-9)	1,200,000	180,000
May 9	Sara Lee Classic	Tennessee	Meg Mallon (6)	205 (-11)	525,000	78,750
May 16	McDonald's Championship	Delaware	Laura Davies (6)	277 (-7)	900,000	135,000
May 23	Lady Keystone Open	Pennsylvania	Val Skinner (4)	210 (-6)	400,000	60,000
May 30	LPGA Corning Classic	New York	Kelly Robbins (1)	277 (-11)	500,000	75,000
Jun 6	Oldsmobile Classic	Michigan	Jane Geddes (10)	277 (-11)	550,000	82,500
Jun 13	Mazda LPGA Championship	Maryland	Patty Sheehan (31)	275 (-9)	1,000,000	150,000
Jun 20	Rochester International	New York	Tammie Green (3)	276 (-12)	500,000	75,000
Jun 27	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Shelley Hamlin (3)	204 (-9)	450,000	67,500
Jul 4	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	Ohio	Brandie Burton (2)	201 (-12)	450,000	67,500
Jul 11	Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic	Ohio	Nancy Lopez (47)	203 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Jul 18	JAL Big Apple Classic	New York	Hiromi Kobayashi (1)	278 (-6)	600,000	90,000
Jul 25	U.S. Women's Open	Indiana	Lauri Merten (3)	280 (-8)	800,000	144,000
Aug 1	PING/Welch's Championship	Massachusetts	Missie Berteotti (1)	276 (-12)	450,000	67,500
Aug 8	McCall's LPGA Classic	Vermont	Dana Lofland-Dormann (2)	275 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Aug 15	Sun-Times Challenge	Illinois	Cindy Schreyer (1)	272 (-16)	475,000	71,250
Aug 22	Minnesota LPGA Classic	Minnesota	Hiromi Kobayashi (2)	205 (-11)	450,000	67,500
Aug 29	du Maurier Ltd. Classic	Canada	Brandie Burton (3)	277 (-11)	800,000	120,000
Sep 6	State Farm Rail Classic	Illinois	Helen Dobson (1)	203 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Sep 12	Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship	Oregon	Donna Andrews (1)	208 (-8)	450,000	67,500
Sep 19	Safeco Classic	Washington	Brandie Burton (4)	274 (-14)	450,000	67,500
Sep 26	Kyocera Inamori Classic	California	Kris Monaghan (2)	275 (-13)	425,000	63,750
Oct 17	World Championship of Women's Golf	Florida	Dottie Mochrie (7)	283 (-5)	400,000	102,500
Nov 7	Toray Japan Queens Cup	Japan	Betsy King (29)	205 (-11)	650,000	97,500

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Betsy King (3)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Betsy King (2)	United States
Player of the Year	Betsy King (3)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Suzanne Strudwick	England

References

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1993 season coverage at golfobserver.com