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The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $654,132.
There were seven first-time winners in 1989: Tina Barrett , Elaine Crosby , Allison Finney , Lori Garbacz , Tammie Green , Robin Hood , and Dottie Mochrie .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 15
The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Betsy King (15)202 (-11)
500,000
75,000
Jan 29
Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Dottie Mochrie (1)279 (-9)
300,000
45,000
Feb 18
Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Sherri Turner (3)205 (-11)
300,000
45,000
Feb 26
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Betsy King (16)202 (-7)
400,000
60,000
Mar 19
Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Lori Garbacz (1)274 (-14)
300,000
45,000
Mar 26
Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Allison Finney (1)282 (-6)
400,000
60,000
Apr 2
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Juli Inkster (12)279 (-9)
500,000
80,000
Apr 9
Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Patti Rizzo (4)277 (-7)
300,000
45,000
Apr 16
AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Pat Bradley (23)208 (-8)
450,000
67,500
Apr 23
USX Golf Classic Florida Betsy King (17)275 (-13)
250,000
37,500
Apr 30
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Kathy Postlewait (4)203 (-13)
425,000
63,750
May 7
Crestar Classic Virginia Juli Inkster (13)210 (-6)
300,000
45,000
May 14
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Cindy Rarick (3)214 (-5)
275,000
41,250
May 21
Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Nancy Lopez (40)274 (-14)
500,000
75,000
May 28
LPGA Corning Classic New York Ayako Okamoto (15)272 (-12)
325,000
48,750
Jun 4
Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (20)278 (-10)
300,000
45,000
Jun 11
Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Robin Hood (1)16 points
400,000
62,500
Jun 18
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Laura Davies (4)207 (-9)
300,000
45,000
Jun 25
McDonald's Championship Delaware Betsy King (18)272 (-12)
550,000
82,500
Jul 2
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Tammie Green (1)279 (-9)
600,000
90,000
Jul 9
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Penny Hammel (2)206 (-7)
275,000
41,250
Jul 16
U.S. Women's Open Michigan Betsy King (19)278 (-6)
450,000
80,000
Jul 23
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Amy Alcott (28)272 (-16)
350,000
52,500
Jul 30
Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Nancy Lopez (41)206 (-4)
225,000
33,750
Aug 6
Greater Washington Open Maryland Beth Daniel (15)205 (-8)
300,000
45,000
Aug 27
Nestle World Championship Georgia Betsy King (20)275 (-13)
265,000
83,500
Aug 27
Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Open Rhode Island Tina Barrett (1)210 (-6)
150,000
22,500
Sep 4
Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Beth Daniel (16)203 (-13)
250,000
41,250
Sep 10
Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Muffin Spencer-Devlin (3)214 (-2)
300,000
45,000
Sep 17
Safeco Classic Washington Beth Daniel (17)273 (-15)
300,000
45,000
Sep 24
Nippon Travel-MBS Classic California Nancy Lopez (42)277 (-11)
300,000
45,000
Oct 1
Konica San Jose Classic California Beth Daniel (18)205 (-11)
325,000
48,750
Nov 5
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Elaine Crosby (1)205 (-11)
500,000
75,000
Betsy King
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