1986 LPGA Tour

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.[1] 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.[2] "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 ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 26Mazda ClassicFlorida Val Skinner (2)280 (-8)200,00030,000
Feb 2Elizabeth Arden ClassicFlorida Ayako Okamoto (6)280 (-8)200,00030,000
Feb 9Sarasota ClassicFlorida Patty Sheehan (15)279 (-9)200,00030,000
Feb 23Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise ClassicArizona Mary Beth Zimmerman (1)278 (-10)250,00037,500
Mar 2Uniden LPGA InvitationalCalifornia Mary Beth Zimmerman (2)281 (-7)330,00049,500
Mar 9Women's Kemper OpenHawaii Juli Inkster (5)276 (-12)300,00045,000
Mar 16GNA/Glendale Federal ClassicCalifornia Christa Johnson (3)212 (-4)250,00037,500
Mar 23Circle K Tucson OpenArizona Penny Pulz (2)276 (-12)200,00030,000
Apr 6Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Pat Bradley (17)280 (-8)430,00075,000
Apr 13Kyocera Inamori ClassicCalifornia Patty Sheehan (16)278 (-10)200,00030,000
Apr 27S&H Golf ClassicFlorida Pat Bradley (18)272 (-16)200,00030,000
May 11United Virginia Bank ClassicVirginia Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2)214 (-2)250,00037,500
May 18Chrysler-Plymouth ClassicNew Jersey Becky Pearson (1)212 (-7)200,00030,000
May 25LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Laurie Rinker (2)278 (-10)250,00037,500
Jun 1LPGA ChampionshipOhio Pat Bradley (19)277 (-11)300,00045,000
Jun 8McDonald's ChampionshipPennsylvania Juli Inkster (6)281 (-7)450,00067,500
Jun 15Lady Keystone OpenPennsylvania Juli Inkster (7)210 (-6)250,00037,500
Jun 22Rochester InternationalNew York Judy Dickinson (2)281 (-7)255,00038,250
Jun 29Mayflower ClassicIndiana Sandra Palmer (19)280 (-8)350,00052,500
Jul 6Mazda Hall of Fame ChampionshipTexas Amy Alcott (25)284 (-4)300,00045,000
Jul 13U.S. Women's OpenOhio Jane Geddes (1)287 (-1)300,00050,000
Jul 20Boston Five ClassicMassachusetts Jane Geddes (2)281 (-7)275,00041,250
Jul 27du Maurier ClassicCanada Pat Bradley (20)276 (-12)350,00052,500
Aug 3LPGA National Pro-AmColorado Amy Alcott (26)283 (-5)300,00045,000
Aug 10Henredon ClassicNorth Carolina Betsy King (6)277 (-11)230,00034,500
Aug 17MasterCard International Pro-AmNew York Cindy Mackey (1)276 (-12)200,00030,000
Aug 17Nestle World ChampionshipGeorgia Pat Bradley (21)279 (-9)240,00078,000
Aug 24Atlantic City LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Juli Inkster (8)209 (-4)225,00033,750
Sep 1Rail Charity ClassicIllinois Betsy King (7)205 (-11)200,00030,000
Sep 7Cellular One-Ping Golf ChampionshipOregon Ayako Okamoto (7)207 (-9)200,00030,000
Sep 14Safeco ClassicWashington Judy Dickinson (3)274 (-14)200,00030,000
Sep 21Konica San Jose ClassicCalifornia Patty Sheehan (17)212 (-4)275,00041,250
Nov 9Mazda Japan ClassicJapan Ai-Yu Tu (1*)213 (-6)300,00045,000

* - non-member at time of win

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerPat Bradley United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Pat Bradley United States
Player of the YearPat Bradley United States
Rookie of the YearJody Rosenthal United States

References
  1. McDermott, Barry (September 29, 1986). "Now they call her Payday Pat". Sports Illustrated. p. 82.
  2. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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