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The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five. Ayako Okamoto led the money list with earnings of $466,034.
There were seven first-time winners in 1987: Laura Davies , Rosie Jones , Yuko Moriguchi , Cindy Rarick , Deb Richard , Jody Rosenthal , and Colleen Walker .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Feb 1
Mazda Classic Florida Kathy Postlewait (2)286 (-2)
200,000
30,000
Feb 8
Sarasota Classic Florida Nancy Lopez (35)281 (-7)
200,000
30,000
Feb 21
Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Cindy Rarick (1)207 (-9)
300,000
45,000
Mar 1
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Jane Geddes (3)276 (-12)
300,000
45,000
Mar 8
GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California Jane Geddes (4)286 (-2)
250,000
37,500
Mar 22
Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Betsy King (8)281 (-7)
200,000
30,000
Mar 29
Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Pat Bradley (22)286 (-2)
300,000
45,000
Apr 5
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Betsy King (9)283 (-5)
500,000
80,000
Apr 12
Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic California Ayako Okamoto (8)275 (-13)
200,000
30,000
Apr 19
Santa Barbara Open California Jan Stephenson (14)215 (-1)
300,000
45,000
May 3
S&H Golf Classic Florida Cindy Hill (2)271 (-17)
225,000
33,750
May 10
United Virginia Bank Golf Classic Virginia Jody Rosenthal (1)209 (-7)
250,000
37,500
May 17
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Ayako Okamoto (9)215 (-4)
225,000
33,750
May 24
Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Jane Geddes (5)275 (-13)
350,000
52,500
May 31
LPGA Corning Classic New York Cindy Rarick (2)275 (-13)
275,000
41,250
Jun 7
McDonald's Championship Delaware Betsy King (10)278 (-6)
500,000
75,000
Jun 14
Mayflower Classic Indiana Colleen Walker (1)278 (-10)
350,000
52,500
Jun 21
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Ayako Okamoto (10)208 (-8)
300,000
45,000
Jun 28
Rochester International New York Deb Richard (1)280 (-8)
300,000
45,000
Jul 5
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Jane Geddes (6)280 (-8)
225,000
33,750
Jul 12
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Jody Rosenthal (2)272 (-16)
400,000
60,000
Jul 19
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Jane Geddes (7)277 (-11)
300,000
45,000
Jul 26
U.S. Women's Open New Jersey Laura Davies (1*)285 (-3)
325,000
55,000
Aug 2
Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado Christa Johnson (4)277 (-11)
250,000
37,500
Aug 9
Henredon Classic North Carolina Mary Beth Zimmerman (3)206 (-10)
300,000
45,000
Aug 16
MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Val Skinner (3)212 (-4)
225,000
33,750
Aug 23
Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey Betsy King (11)207 (-6)
225,000
33,750
Aug 30
Nestle World Championship Georgia Ayako Okamoto (11)282 (-6)
250,000
81,500
Sep 7
Rail Charity Classic Illinois Rosie Jones (1)208 (-8)
200,000
30,000
Sep 13
Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Nancy Lopez (36)210 (-6)
225,000
33,750
Sep 20
Safeco Classic Washington Jan Stephenson (15)277 (-11)
225,000
33,750
Sep 27
Konica San Jose Classic California Jan Stephenson (16)205 (-11)
300,000
45,000
Nov 8
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Yuko Moriguchi (1*)206 (-10)
350,000
52,500
* - non-member at time of win
Awards
References
External links
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