1995 LPGA Tour

The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.

The season saw the first tournament in South Korea, the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf. There were 12 first-time winners in 1995: Nanci Bowen, Gail Graham, Becky Iverson, Tracy Kerdyk, Julie Larsen, Jenny Lidback, Kathryn Marshall, Michelle McGann, Alison Nicholas, Annika Sörenstam, Barb Thomas, and Karrie Webb. Sörenstam went on to win 72 LPGA events in her career, the third most all-time.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 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 ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 15Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of ChampionsFloridaCanada Dawn Coe-Jones (3)281 (−7)700,000115,000
Jan 22HealthSouth InauguralFloridaUnited States Pat Bradley (31)211 (−5)450,00067,500
Feb 18Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaiiUnited States Barb Thomas (1)204 (−12)550,00082,500
Mar 12Ping/Welch's ChampionshipArizonaUnited States Dottie Mochrie (9)278 (−10)450,00067,500
Mar 19Standard Register PINGArizonaEngland Laura Davies (10)280 (−12)700,000105,000
Mar 26Nabisco Dinah ShoreCaliforniaUnited States Nanci Bowen (1)285 (−3)850,000127,500
Apr 16Pinewild Women's ChampionshipNorth CarolinaUnited States Rosie Jones (6)211 (−5)650,00097,500
Apr 23Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgiaEngland Laura Davies (11)201 (−15)500,00075,000
Apr 30Sprint ChampionshipFloridaUnited States Val Skinner (6)273 (−15)1,200,000180,000
May 7Sara Lee ClassicTennesseeUnited States Michelle McGann (1)202 (−14)525,00078,750
May 14McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelawareUnited States Kelly Robbins (3)274 (−10)1,200,000180,000
May 21Star Bank LPGA ClassicOhioUnited States Christa Johnson (7)210 (−6)500,00075,000
May 28LPGA Corning ClassicNew YorkEngland Alison Nicholas (1)275 (−13)550,00082,500
Jun 4Oldsmobile ClassicMichiganUnited States Dale Eggeling (2)274 (−14)600,00090,000
Jun 11Edina Realty LPGA ClassicMinnesotaUnited States Julie Larsen (1)205 (−11)500,00075,000
Jun 18Rochester InternationalNew YorkUnited States Patty Sheehan (33)278 (−10)550,00082,500
Jun 25ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Betsy King (30)204 (−9)650,00097,500
Jul 2Youngstown-Warren LPGA ClassicOhioUnited States Michelle McGann (2)205 (−11)550,00082,500
Jul 9Jamie Farr Toledo ClassicOhioScotland Kathryn Marshall (1)205 (−8)500,00075,000
Jul 16U.S. Women's OpenColoradoSweden Annika Sörenstam (1)278 (−2)1,000,000175,000
Jul 23JAL Big Apple ClassicNew YorkUnited States Tracy Kerdyk (1)273 (−11)700,000105,000
Jul 30Friendly's ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Becky Iverson (1)276 (−12)500,00075,000
Aug 6McCall's LPGA ClassicVermontUnited States Dottie Mochrie (10)204 (−12)500,00075,000
Aug 13PING/Welch's ChampionshipMassachusettsUnited States Beth Daniel (32)271 (−17)450,00067,500
Aug 20Weetabix Women's British OpenEnglandAustralia Karrie Webb (1*)278 (−14)600,00092,400
Aug 27du Maurier Ltd. ClassicCanadaPeru Sweden Jenny Lidback (1)280 (−8)1,000,000150,000
Sep 4State Farm Rail ClassicIllinoisUnited States Mary Beth Zimmerman (4)206 (−10)550,00082,500
Sep 10Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregonEngland Alison Nicholas (2)207 (−9)500,00075,000
Sep 17Safeco ClassicWashingtonUnited States Patty Sheehan (34)274 (−14)500,00075,000
Sep 24GHP Heartland ClassicMissouriSweden Annika Sörenstam (2)278 (−10)525,00078,750
Oct 1Fieldcrest Cannon ClassicNorth CarolinaCanada Gail Graham (1)273 (−15)500,00075,000
Oct 15Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfSouth KoreaSweden Annika Sörenstam (3)282 (−6)475,000117,500
Nov 5Toray Japan Queens CupJapanSouth Korea Woo-Soon Ko (2*)207 (−9)700,000105,000

* – non-member at time of win

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerAnnika Sörenstam Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Annika Sörenstam Sweden
Player of the YearAnnika Sörenstam Sweden
Rookie of the YearPat Hurst United States

References

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