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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 $500,000 in a season.
There were nine first-time winners in 1993: Kristi Albers , Helen Alfredsson , Donna Andrews , Missie Berteotti , Helen Dobson , Trish Johnson , Hiromi Kobayashi , Kelly Robbins , and Cindy Schreyer .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Feb 7
HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic Florida Tammie Green (2)208 (-8)
400,000
60,000
Feb 20
Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Lisa Walters (2)210 (-6)
450,000
67,500
Mar 14
Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Meg Mallon (5)272 (-16)
400,000
60,000
Mar 21
Standard Register PING Arizona Patty Sheehan (30)275 (-17)
700,000
105,000
Mar 28
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Helen Alfredsson (1)284 (-4)
700,000
105,000
Apr 4
Las Vegas LPGA Nevada Trish Johnson (1)209 (-7)
450,000
67,500
Apr 18
Atlanta Women's Championship Georgia Trish Johnson (2)282 (-6)
600,000
90,000
May 2
Sprint Classic Florida Kristi Albers (1)279 (-9)
1,200,000
180,000
May 9
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Meg Mallon (6)205 (-11)
525,000
78,750
May 16
McDonald's Championship Delaware Laura Davies (6)277 (-7)
900,000
135,000
May 23
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Val Skinner (4)210 (-6)
400,000
60,000
May 30
LPGA Corning Classic New York Kelly Robbins (1)277 (-11)
500,000
75,000
Jun 6
Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Jane Geddes (10)277 (-11)
550,000
82,500
Jun 13
Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland Patty Sheehan (31)275 (-9)
1,000,000
150,000
Jun 20
Rochester International New York Tammie Green (3)276 (-12)
500,000
75,000
Jun 27
ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Shelley Hamlin (3)204 (-9)
450,000
67,500
Jul 4
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Brandie Burton (2)201 (-12)
450,000
67,500
Jul 11
Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Nancy Lopez (47)203 (-13)
500,000
75,000
Jul 18
JAL Big Apple Classic New York Hiromi Kobayashi (1)278 (-6)
600,000
90,000
Jul 25
U.S. Women's Open Indiana Lauri Merten (3)280 (-8)
800,000
144,000
Aug 1
PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Missie Berteotti (1)276 (-12)
450,000
67,500
Aug 8
McCall's LPGA Classic Vermont Dana Lofland-Dormann (2)275 (-13)
500,000
75,000
Aug 15
Sun-Times Challenge Illinois Cindy Schreyer (1)272 (-16)
475,000
71,250
Aug 22
Minnesota LPGA Classic Minnesota Hiromi Kobayashi (2)205 (-11)
450,000
67,500
Aug 29
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Brandie Burton (3)277 (-11)
800,000
120,000
Sep 6
State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Helen Dobson (1)203 (-13)
500,000
75,000
Sep 12
Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Donna Andrews (1)208 (-8)
450,000
67,500
Sep 19
Safeco Classic Washington Brandie Burton (4)274 (-14)
450,000
67,500
Sep 26
Kyocera Inamori Classic California Kris Monaghan (2)275 (-13)
425,000
63,750
Oct 17
World Championship of Women's Golf Florida Dottie Mochrie (7)283 (-5)
400,000
102,500
Nov 7
Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Betsy King (29)205 (-11)
650,000
97,500
Brandie Burton
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