1986 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1986 LPGA Tour 1986 1 23 – 1986 11 9 33 5 USA Pat Bradley Money leader USA Pat Bradley Player of the Year USA Pat Bradley Vare Trophy USA Pat Bradley Rookie of the Year USA Jody Rosenthal 1985 1987 The 1986 LPGA Tour was the 37th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 23 to November 9. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley won the most tournaments, five, including three of the four majors.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065280/index.htm https://archive.today/20130717214922/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065280/index.htm dead July 17, 2013 Sports Illustrated McDermott Barry Now they call her Payday Pat September 29, 1986 82 She also led the money list with earnings of $492,021. There were five first-time winners in 1986: Jane Geddes, Cindy Mackey, Becky Pearson, and Ai-Yu Tu. Tu was the first Taiwanese winner, winning the Mazda Japan Classic. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf June 29, 2011 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 26 Mazda Classic Florida USA Val Skinner (2) 280 (−8) 200,000 30,000 Feb 2 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida JPN Ayako Okamoto (6) 280 (−8) 200,000 30,000 Feb 9 Sarasota Classic Florida USA Patty Sheehan (15) 279 (−9) 200,000 30,000 Feb 23 Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona USA Mary Beth Zimmerman (1) 278 (−10) 250,000 37,500 Mar 2 Uniden LPGA Invitational California USA Mary Beth Zimmerman (2) 281 (−7) 330,000 49,500 Mar 9 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii USA Juli Inkster (5) 276 (−12) 300,000 45,000 Mar 16 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California USA Christa Johnson (3) 212 (−4) 250,000 37,500 Mar 23 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona AUS Penny Pulz (2) 276 (−12) 200,000 30,000 Apr 6 Nabisco Dinah Shore California USA Pat Bradley (17) 280 (−8) 430,000 75,000 Apr 13 Kyocera Inamori Classic California USA Patty Sheehan (16) 278 (−10) 200,000 30,000 Apr 27 S&H Golf Classic Florida USA Pat Bradley (18) 272 (−16) 200,000 30,000 May 11 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia USA Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2) 214 (−2) 250,000 37,500 May 18 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey USA Becky Pearson (1) 212 (−7) 200,000 30,000 May 25 LPGA Corning Classic New York USA Laurie Rinker (2) 278 (−10) 250,000 37,500 Jun 1 LPGA Championship Ohio USA Pat Bradley (19) 277 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Jun 8 McDonald's Championship Pennsylvania USA Juli Inkster (6) 281 (−7) 450,000 67,500 Jun 15 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania USA Juli Inkster (7) 210 (−6) 250,000 37,500 Jun 22 Rochester International New York USA Judy Dickinson (2) 281 (−7) 255,000 38,250 Jun 29 Mayflower Classic Indiana USA Sandra Palmer (19) 280 (−8) 350,000 52,500 Jul 6 Mazda Hall of Fame Championship Texas USA Amy Alcott (25) 284 (−4) 300,000 45,000 Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Ohio USA Jane Geddes (1) 287 (−1) 300,000 50,000 Jul 20 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts USA Jane Geddes (2) 281 (−7) 275,000 41,250 Jul 27 du Maurier Classic Canada USA Pat Bradley (20) 276 (−12) 350,000 52,500 Aug 3 LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado USA Amy Alcott (26) 283 (−5) 300,000 45,000 Aug 10 Henredon Classic North Carolina USA Betsy King (6) 277 (−11) 230,000 34,500 Aug 17 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York USA Cindy Mackey (1) 276 (−12) 200,000 30,000 Aug 17 Nestle World Championship Georgia USA Pat Bradley (21) 279 (−9) 240,000 78,000 Aug 24 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey USA Juli Inkster (8) 209 (−4) 225,000 33,750 Sep 1 Rail Charity Classic Illinois USA Betsy King (7) 205 (−11) 200,000 30,000 Sep 7 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon JPN Ayako Okamoto (7) 207 (−9) 200,000 30,000 Sep 14 Safeco Classic Washington USA Judy Dickinson (3) 274 (−14) 200,000 30,000 Sep 21 Konica San Jose Classic California USA Patty Sheehan (17) 212 (−4) 275,000 41,250 Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan TWN Ai-Yu Tu (1*) 213 (−6) 300,000 45,000 * - non-member at time of win Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Pat Bradley Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley Player of the Year Pat Bradley Rookie of the Year Jody Rosenthal References External links LPGA Tour official site 1986 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour