1996 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 11, 1996 (1996-01-11) – November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)
Number of official events34
Most wins4 England Laura Davies, United States Dottie Pepper and Australia Karrie Webb
Money leaderAustralia Karrie Webb
Player of the YearEngland Laura Davies
Rookie of the YearAustralia Karrie Webb
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each. Webb led the money list with earnings of $1,002,000, the first player to win over $1 million in a season.

The season saw the first winner's share over $200,000, at the U.S. Women's Open. There were four first-time winners in 1996: Mayumi Hirase, Emilee Klein, Caroline Pierce, and Joan Pitcock.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 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 14Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of ChampionsFloridaSweden Liselotte Neumann (6)275 (−13)725,000117,500
Jan 21HealthSouth InauguralFloridaAustralia Karrie Webb (2)209 (−7)450,00067,500
Feb 24Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaiiUnited States Meg Mallon (7)212 (−4)600,00090,000
Mar 17Ping/Welch's ChampionshipArizonaSweden Liselotte Neumann (7)276 (−12)450,00067,500
Mar 24Standard Register PINGArizonaEngland Laura Davies (12)284 (−8)700,000105,000
Mar 31Nabisco Dinah ShoreCaliforniaUnited States Patty Sheehan (35)281 (−7)900,000135,000
Apr 7Twelve Bridges LPGA ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Kelly Robbins (4)273 (−11)500,00075,000
Apr 21Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgiaUnited States Barb Mucha (4)208 (−8)550,00082,500
Apr 28Sara Lee ClassicTennesseeUnited States Meg Mallon (8)210 (−6)600,00090,000
May 5Sprint Titleholders ChampionshipFloridaAustralia Karrie Webb (3)272 (−16)1,200,000180,000
May 12McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelawareEngland Laura Davies (13)213 (E)1,200,000180,000
May 26LPGA Corning ClassicNew YorkUnited States Rosie Jones (7)276 (−12)600,00090,000
Jun 2U.S. Women's OpenNorth CarolinaSweden Annika Sörenstam (4)272 (−8)1,200,000212,500
Jun 9Oldsmobile ClassicMichiganUnited States Michelle McGann (3)272 (−16)600,00090,000
Jun 16Edina Realty LPGA ClassicMinnesotaSweden Liselotte Neumann (8)207 (−9)550,00082,500
Jun 23Rochester InternationalNew YorkUnited States Dottie Pepper (11)206 (−10)600,00090,000
Jun 30ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Dottie Pepper (12)202 (−11)750,000112,500
Jul 7Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhioUnited States Joan Pitcock (1)204 (−9)575,00086,250
Jul 14Youngstown-Warren LPGA ClassicOhioUnited States Michelle McGann (4)200 (−16)600,00090,000
Jul 21Friendly's ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Dottie Pepper (13)279 (−9)500,00075,000
Jul 28Michelob Light Heartland ClassicMissouriUnited States Vicki Fergon (3)276 (−12)550,00082,500
Aug 4du Maurier ClassicCanadaEngland Laura Davies (14)277 (−11)1,000,000150,000
Aug 11PING/Welch's ChampionshipMassachusettsUnited States Emilee Klein (1)277 (−15)500,00075,000
Aug 18Weetabix Women's British OpenEnglandUnited States Emilee Klein (2)277 (−15)850,000124,000
Aug 25Star Bank LPGA ClassicOhioEngland Laura Davies (15)204 (−12)550,00082,500
Sep 2State Farm Rail ClassicIllinoisUnited States Michelle McGann (5)202 (−14)575,00086,250
Sep 8Safeway LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregonUnited States Dottie Pepper (14)202 (−14)550,00082,500
Sep 15Safeco ClassicWashingtonAustralia Karrie Webb (4)277 (−11)550,00082,500
Sep 29Fieldcrest Cannon ClassicNorth CarolinaEngland Trish Johnson (3)270 (−18)500,00075,000
Oct 5JAL Big Apple ClassicNew YorkEngland Caroline Pierce (1)211 (−2)725,000108,750
Oct 13CoreStates Betsy King ClassicPennsylvaniaSweden Annika Sörenstam (5)270 (−18)600,00090,000
Oct 20Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfSouth KoreaSweden Annika Sörenstam (6)274 (−14)500,000125,000
Nov 3Toray Japan Queens CupJapanJapan Mayumi Hirase (1)212 (−4)750,000112,500
Nov 24ITT LPGA Tour ChampionshipNevadaAustralia Karrie Webb (5)272 (−16)700,000150,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerKarrie Webb Australia
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Annika Sörenstam (2) Sweden
Player of the YearLaura Davies England
Rookie of the YearKarrie Webb Australia

References

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