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1990 LPGA Tour

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1990 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1990 (1990-01-19) – November 4, 1990 (1990-11-04)
Number of official events34
Most wins7 United States Beth Daniel
Money leaderUnited States Beth Daniel
Player of the YearUnited States Beth Daniel
Rookie of the YearJapan Hiromi Kobayashi
1989
1991

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.

Tournament results

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 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 21 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica United States Patty Sheehan (21) 212 (-1) 500,000 75,000
Feb 4 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida United States Pat Bradley (24) 281 (-7) 300,000 45,000
Feb 18 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida Australia Jane Crafter (1) 209 (-7) 400,000 60,000
Feb 24 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii United States Beth Daniel (19) 210 (-6) 350,000 52,500
Mar 4 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii United States Beth Daniel (20) 283 (-1) 500,000 75,000
Mar 11 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada United States Maggie Will (1) 214 (-2) 400,000 60,000
Mar 18 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona United States Colleen Walker (3) 276 (-12) 300,000 45,000
Mar 25 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona United States Pat Bradley (25) 280 (-12) 500,000 75,000
Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore California United States Betsy King (21) 283 (-5) 600,000 90,000
Apr 8 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic California United States Kris Monaghan (1) 276 (-8) 300,000 45,000
May 6 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Japan Ayako Okamoto (16) 210 (-6) 425,000 63,750
May 13 Crestar Classic Virginia United States Dottie Mochrie (2) 200 (-16) 350,000 52,500
May 20 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina United States Cindy Rarick (4) 25 points 400,000 60,000
May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York United States Pat Bradley (26) 274 (-10) 350,000 52,500
Jun 3 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania United States Cathy Gerring (1) 208 (-8) 300,000 45,000
Jun 10 McDonald's Championship Delaware United States Patty Sheehan (22) 275 (-9) 650,000 97,500
Jun 17 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey United States Christa Johnson (5) 275 (-5) 300,000 45,000
Jun 24 Rochester International New York United States Patty Sheehan (23) 271 (-17) 400,000 60,000
Jul 1 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada United States Cathy Johnston (1) 276 (-16) 600,000 90,000
Jul 8 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Canada Tina Purtzer (1) 205 (-8) 325,000 48,750
Jul 15 U.S. Women's Open Georgia United States Betsy King (22) 284 (-4) 500,000 85,000
Jul 22 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio United States Beth Daniel (21) 207 (-9) 400,000 60,000
Jul 29 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland United States Beth Daniel (22) 280 (-4) 1,000,000 150,000
Aug 5 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts United States Barb Mucha (1) 277 (-11) 350,000 52,500
Aug 12 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont United States Cathy Gerring (2) 281 (-7) 450,000 67,500
Aug 19 JAL Big Apple Classic New York United States Betsy King (23) 273 (-15) 400,000 60,000
Aug 26 Northgate Classic Minnesota United States Beth Daniel (23) 203 (-13) 375,000 56,250
Sep 3 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois United States Beth Daniel (24) 203 (-13) 300,000 45,000
Sep 9 Ping-Cellular One Golf Championship Oregon United States Patty Sheehan (24) 208 (-8) 350,000 52,500
Sep 16 Safeco Classic Washington United States Patty Sheehan (25) 270 (-18) 300,000 45,000
Sep 23 MBS LPGA Classic California United States Nancy Lopez (43) 281 (-7) 325,000 48,750
Oct 7 Centel Classic Florida United States Beth Daniel (25) 271 (-17) 1,000,000 150,000
Oct 14 Trophee Urban World Championship France United States Cathy Gerring (3) 278 (-10) 325,000 100,000
Nov 4 Mazda Japan Classic Japan United States Debbie Massey (3) 133 (-11)^ 550,000 82,500

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Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Beth Daniel (3)  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Beth Daniel (2)  United States
Player of the Year Beth Daniel (2)  United States
Rookie of the Year Hiromi Kobayashi  Japan

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