1987 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 1987 LPGA Tour 1987 1 29 – 1987 11 8 33 5 USA Jane Geddes Money leader JP Ayako Okamoto Player of the Year JP Ayako Okamoto Vare Trophy USA Betsy King Rookie of the Year USA Tammie Green 1986 1988 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 $466,034. There were seven first-time winners in 1987: Laura Davies, Rosie Jones, Yuko Moriguchi, Cindy Rarick, Deb Richard, Jody Rosenthal, and Colleen Walker. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf June 29, 2011 "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold. Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Feb 1 Mazda Classic Florida USA Kathy Postlewait (2) 286 (−2) 200,000 30,000 Feb 8 Sarasota Classic Florida USA Nancy Lopez (35) 281 (−7) 200,000 30,000 Feb 21 Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii USA Cindy Rarick (1) 207 (−9) 300,000 45,000 Mar 1 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii USA Jane Geddes (3) 276 (−12) 300,000 45,000 Mar 8 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California USA Jane Geddes (4) 286 (−2) 250,000 37,500 Mar 22 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona USA Betsy King (8) 281 (−7) 200,000 30,000 Mar 29 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona USA Pat Bradley (22) 286 (−2) 300,000 45,000 Apr 5 Nabisco Dinah Shore California USA Betsy King (9) 283 (−5) 500,000 80,000 Apr 12 Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic California JPN Ayako Okamoto (8) 275 (−13) 200,000 30,000 Apr 19 Santa Barbara Open California AUS Jan Stephenson (14) 215 (−1) 300,000 45,000 May 3 S&H Golf Classic Florida USA Cindy Hill (2) 271 (−17) 225,000 33,750 May 10 United Virginia Bank Golf Classic Virginia USA Jody Rosenthal (1) 209 (−7) 250,000 37,500 May 17 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey JPN Ayako Okamoto (9) 215 (−4) 225,000 33,750 May 24 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio USA Jane Geddes (5) 275 (−13) 350,000 52,500 May 31 LPGA Corning Classic New York USA Cindy Rarick (2) 275 (−13) 275,000 41,250 Jun 7 McDonald's Championship Delaware USA Betsy King (10) 278 (−6) 500,000 75,000 Jun 14 Mayflower Classic Indiana USA Colleen Walker (1) 278 (−10) 350,000 52,500 Jun 21 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania JPN Ayako Okamoto (10) 208 (−8) 300,000 45,000 Jun 28 Rochester International New York USA Deb Richard (1) 280 (−8) 300,000 45,000 Jul 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio USA Jane Geddes (6) 280 (−8) 225,000 33,750 Jul 12 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada USA Jody Rosenthal (2) 272 (−16) 400,000 60,000 Jul 19 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts USA Jane Geddes (7) 277 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Jul 26 U.S. Women's Open New Jersey ENG Laura Davies (1*) 285 (−3) 325,000 55,000 Aug 2 Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado USA Christa Johnson (4) 277 (−11) 250,000 37,500 Aug 9 Henredon Classic North Carolina USA Mary Beth Zimmerman (3) 206 (−10) 300,000 45,000 Aug 16 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York USA Val Skinner (3) 212 (−4) 225,000 33,750 Aug 23 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey USA Betsy King (11) 207 (−6) 225,000 33,750 Aug 30 Nestle World Championship Georgia JPN Ayako Okamoto (11) 282 (−6) 250,000 81,500 Sep 7 Rail Charity Classic Illinois USA Rosie Jones (1) 208 (−8) 200,000 30,000 Sep 13 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon USA Nancy Lopez (36) 210 (−6) 225,000 33,750 Sep 20 Safeco Classic Washington AUS Jan Stephenson (15) 277 (−11) 225,000 33,750 Sep 27 Konica San Jose Classic California AUS Jan Stephenson (16) 205 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Nov 8 Mazda Japan Classic Japan JPN Yuko Moriguchi (1*) 206 (−10) 350,000 52,500 * - non-member at time of win Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Ayako Okamoto Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Betsy King Player of the Year Ayako Okamoto Rookie of the Year Tammie Green References External links LPGA Tour official site 1987 season coverage at golfobserver.com Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour