1993 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 5, 1993 (1993-02-05) – November 7, 1993 (1993-11-07)
Number of official events31
Most wins3 United States Brandie Burton
Money leaderUnited States Betsy King
Player of the YearUnited States Betsy King
Rookie of the YearEngland Suzanne Strudwick
1992
1994

The 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $595,992, becoming the first to win over $500,000 in a season.

There were nine first-time winners in 1993: Kristi Albers, Helen Alfredsson, Donna Andrews, Missie Berteotti, Helen Dobson, Trish Johnson, Hiromi Kobayashi, Kelly Robbins, and Cindy Schreyer.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Feb 7HealthSouth Palm Beach ClassicFloridaUnited States Tammie Green (2)208 (-8)400,00060,000
Feb 20Itoki Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaiiCanada Lisa Walters (2)210 (-6)450,00067,500
Mar 14Ping/Welch's ChampionshipArizonaUnited States Meg Mallon (5)272 (-16)400,00060,000
Mar 21Standard Register PINGArizonaUnited States Patty Sheehan (30)275 (-17)700,000105,000
Mar 28Nabisco Dinah ShoreCaliforniaSweden Helen Alfredsson (1)284 (-4)700,000105,000
Apr 4Las Vegas LPGANevadaEngland Trish Johnson (1)209 (-7)450,00067,500
Apr 18Atlanta Women's ChampionshipGeorgiaEngland Trish Johnson (2)282 (-6)600,00090,000
May 2Sprint ClassicFloridaUnited States Kristi Albers (1)279 (-9)1,200,000180,000
May 9Sara Lee ClassicTennesseeUnited States Meg Mallon (6)205 (-11)525,00078,750
May 16McDonald's ChampionshipDelawareEngland Laura Davies (6)277 (-7)900,000135,000
May 23Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Val Skinner (4)210 (-6)400,00060,000
May 30LPGA Corning ClassicNew YorkUnited States Kelly Robbins (1)277 (-11)500,00075,000
Jun 6Oldsmobile ClassicMichiganUnited States Jane Geddes (10)277 (-11)550,00082,500
Jun 13Mazda LPGA ChampionshipMarylandUnited States Patty Sheehan (31)275 (-9)1,000,000150,000
Jun 20Rochester InternationalNew YorkUnited States Tammie Green (3)276 (-12)500,00075,000
Jun 27ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Shelley Hamlin (3)204 (-9)450,00067,500
Jul 4Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhioUnited States Brandie Burton (2)201 (-12)450,00067,500
Jul 11Youngstown-Warren LPGA ClassicOhioUnited States Nancy Lopez (47)203 (-13)500,00075,000
Jul 18JAL Big Apple ClassicNew YorkJapan Hiromi Kobayashi (1)278 (-6)600,00090,000
Jul 25U.S. Women's OpenIndianaUnited States Lauri Merten (3)280 (-8)800,000144,000
Aug 1PING/Welch's ChampionshipMassachusettsUnited States Missie Berteotti (1)276 (-12)450,00067,500
Aug 8McCall's LPGA ClassicVermontUnited States Dana Lofland-Dormann (2)275 (-13)500,00075,000
Aug 15Sun-Times ChallengeIllinoisUnited States Cindy Schreyer (1)272 (-16)475,00071,250
Aug 22Minnesota LPGA ClassicMinnesotaJapan Hiromi Kobayashi (2)205 (-11)450,00067,500
Aug 29du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanadaUnited States Brandie Burton (3)277 (-11)800,000120,000
Sep 6State Farm Rail ClassicIllinoisEngland Helen Dobson (1)203 (-13)500,00075,000
Sep 12Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregonUnited States Donna Andrews (1)208 (-8)450,00067,500
Sep 19Safeco ClassicWashingtonUnited States Brandie Burton (4)274 (-14)450,00067,500
Sep 26Kyocera Inamori ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Kris Monaghan (2)275 (-13)425,00063,750
Oct 17World Championship of Women's GolfFloridaUnited States Dottie Mochrie (7)283 (-5)400,000102,500
Nov 7Toray Japan Queens CupJapanUnited States Betsy King (29)205 (-11)650,00097,500

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBetsy King (3) United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Betsy King (2) United States
Player of the YearBetsy King (3) United States
Rookie of the YearSuzanne Strudwick England

References

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