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The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $863,578.
The Mazda LPGA Championship was the first tournament to offer a $1,000,000 purse and the first to have a winner's share of over $100,000. There were seven first-time winners in 1990: Jane Crafter , Cathy Gerring , Cathy Johnston , Kris Monaghan , Barb Mucha , Tina Purtzer , and Maggie Will .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 21
The Jamaica Classic Jamaica Patty Sheehan (21)212 (-1)
500,000
75,000
Feb 4
Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida Pat Bradley (24)281 (-7)
300,000
45,000
Feb 18
The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Jane Crafter (1)209 (-7)
400,000
60,000
Feb 24
Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Beth Daniel (19)210 (-6)
350,000
52,500
Mar 4
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Beth Daniel (20)283 (-1)
500,000
75,000
Mar 11
Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada Maggie Will (1)214 (-2)
400,000
60,000
Mar 18
Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Colleen Walker (3)276 (-12)
300,000
45,000
Mar 25
Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Pat Bradley (25)280 (-12)
500,000
75,000
Apr 1
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Betsy King (21)283 (-5)
600,000
90,000
Apr 8
Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California Kris Monaghan (1)276 (-8)
300,000
45,000
May 6
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Ayako Okamoto (16)210 (-6)
425,000
63,750
May 13
Crestar Classic Virginia Dottie Mochrie (2)200 (-16)
350,000
52,500
May 20
Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Cindy Rarick (4)25 points
400,000
60,000
May 27
LPGA Corning Classic New York Pat Bradley (26)274 (-10)
350,000
52,500
Jun 3
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Cathy Gerring (1)208 (-8)
300,000
45,000
Jun 10
McDonald's Championship Delaware Patty Sheehan (22)275 (-9)
650,000
97,500
Jun 17
Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Christa Johnson (5)275 (-5)
300,000
45,000
Jun 24
Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (23)271 (-17)
400,000
60,000
Jul 1
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Cathy Johnston (1)276 (-16)
600,000
90,000
Jul 8
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Tina Purtzer (1)205 (-8)
325,000
48,750
Jul 15
U.S. Women's Open Georgia Betsy King (22)284 (-4)
500,000
85,000
Jul 22
The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio Beth Daniel (21)207 (-9)
400,000
60,000
Jul 29
Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Beth Daniel (22)280 (-4)
1,000,000
150,000
Aug 5
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Barb Mucha (1)277 (-11)
350,000
52,500
Aug 12
Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont Cathy Gerring (2)281 (-7)
450,000
67,500
Aug 19
JAL Big Apple Classic New York Betsy King (23)273 (-15)
400,000
60,000
Aug 26
Northgate Classic Minnesota Beth Daniel (23)203 (-13)
375,000
56,250
Sep 3
Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Beth Daniel (24)203 (-13)
300,000
45,000
Sep 9
Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship Oregon Patty Sheehan (24)208 (-8)
350,000
52,500
Sep 16
Safeco Classic Washington Patty Sheehan (25)270 (-18)
300,000
45,000
Sep 23
MBS LPGA Classic California Nancy Lopez (43)281 (-7)
325,000
48,750
Oct 7
Centel Classic Florida Beth Daniel (25)271 (-17)
1,000,000
150,000
Oct 14
Trophee Urban World Championship France Cathy Gerring (3)278 (-10)
325,000
100,000
Nov 4
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Debbie Massey (3)133 (-11)^
550,000
82,500
^ - weather-shortened tournament
Beth Daniel
Hiromi Kobayashi
United States