1989 LPGA Tour

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.

1989 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 13, 1989 (1989-01-13) – November 5, 1989 (1989-11-05)
Number of official events	33
Most wins	6 Betsy King
Money leader	Betsy King
Player of the Year	Betsy King
Rookie of the Year	Pamela Wright
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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.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 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 ($)	1st prize ($)
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

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Betsy King (2)	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Beth Daniel	United States
Player of the Year	Betsy King (2)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Pamela Wright	Scotland