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1986 LPGA Tour

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1986 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 1986 (1986-01-23) – November 9, 1986 (1986-11-09)
Number of official events33
Most wins5 United States Pat Bradley
Money leaderUnited States Pat Bradley
Player of the YearUnited States Pat Bradley
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jody Rosenthal
1985
1987

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

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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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 26 Mazda Classic Florida United States Val Skinner (2) 280 (-8) 200,000 30,000
Feb 2 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Japan Ayako Okamoto (6) 280 (-8) 200,000 30,000
Feb 9 Sarasota Classic Florida United States Patty Sheehan (15) 279 (-9) 200,000 30,000
Feb 23 Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona United States Mary Beth Zimmerman (1) 278 (-10) 250,000 37,500
Mar 2 Uniden LPGA Invitational California United States Mary Beth Zimmerman (2) 281 (-7) 330,000 49,500
Mar 9 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii United States Juli Inkster (5) 276 (-12) 300,000 45,000
Mar 16 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California United States Christa Johnson (3) 212 (-4) 250,000 37,500
Mar 23 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Australia Penny Pulz (2) 276 (-12) 200,000 30,000
Apr 6 Nabisco Dinah Shore California United States Pat Bradley (17) 280 (-8) 430,000 75,000
Apr 13 Kyocera Inamori Classic California United States Patty Sheehan (16) 278 (-10) 200,000 30,000
Apr 27 S&H Golf Classic Florida United States Pat Bradley (18) 272 (-16) 200,000 30,000
May 11 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia United States Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2) 214 (-2) 250,000 37,500
May 18 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey United States Becky Pearson (1) 212 (-7) 200,000 30,000
May 25 LPGA Corning Classic New York United States Laurie Rinker (2) 278 (-10) 250,000 37,500
Jun 1 LPGA Championship Ohio United States Pat Bradley (19) 277 (-11) 300,000 45,000
Jun 8 McDonald's Championship Pennsylvania United States Juli Inkster (6) 281 (-7) 450,000 67,500
Jun 15 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania United States Juli Inkster (7) 210 (-6) 250,000 37,500
Jun 22 Rochester International New York United States Judy Dickinson (2) 281 (-7) 255,000 38,250
Jun 29 Mayflower Classic Indiana United States Sandra Palmer (19) 280 (-8) 350,000 52,500
Jul 6 Mazda Hall of Fame Championship Texas United States Amy Alcott (25) 284 (-4) 300,000 45,000
Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Ohio United States Jane Geddes (1) 287 (-1) 300,000 50,000
Jul 20 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts United States Jane Geddes (2) 281 (-7) 275,000 41,250
Jul 27 du Maurier Classic Canada United States Pat Bradley (20) 276 (-12) 350,000 52,500
Aug 3 LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado United States Amy Alcott (26) 283 (-5) 300,000 45,000
Aug 10 Henredon Classic North Carolina United States Betsy King (6) 277 (-11) 230,000 34,500
Aug 17 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York United States Cindy Mackey (1) 276 (-12) 200,000 30,000
Aug 17 Nestle World Championship Georgia United States Pat Bradley (21) 279 (-9) 240,000 78,000
Aug 24 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey United States Juli Inkster (8) 209 (-4) 225,000 33,750
Sep 1 Rail Charity Classic Illinois United States Betsy King (7) 205 (-11) 200,000 30,000
Sep 7 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Japan Ayako Okamoto (7) 207 (-9) 200,000 30,000
Sep 14 Safeco Classic Washington United States Judy Dickinson (3) 274 (-14) 200,000 30,000
Sep 21 Konica San Jose Classic California United States Patty Sheehan (17) 212 (-4) 275,000 41,250
Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Taiwan Ai-Yu Tu (1*) 213 (-6) 300,000 45,000

* - non-member at time of win

Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Pat Bradley  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley  United States
Player of the Year Pat Bradley  United States
Rookie of the Year Jody Rosenthal  United States

References

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  1. ^ McDermott, Barry (September 29, 1986). "Now they call her Payday Pat". Sports Illustrated. p. 82. Archived from the original on July 17, 2013.
  2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
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