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. She also led the money list with earnings of $492,021.
There were five first-time winners in 1986: Jane Geddes, Cindy Mackey, Becky Pearson, and Ai-Yu Tu. Tu was the first Taiwanese winner, winning the Mazda Japan Classic.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 26 Mazda Classic Florida Val Skinner (2) 280 (−8) 200,000 30,000 Feb 2 Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Ayako Okamoto (6) 280 (−8) 200,000 30,000 Feb 9 Sarasota Classic Florida Patty Sheehan (15) 279 (−9) 200,000 30,000 Feb 23 Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona Mary Beth Zimmerman (1) 278 (−10) 250,000 37,500 Mar 2 Uniden LPGA Invitational California Mary Beth Zimmerman (2) 281 (−7) 330,000 49,500 Mar 9 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Juli Inkster (5) 276 (−12) 300,000 45,000 Mar 16 GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California Christa Johnson (3) 212 (−4) 250,000 37,500 Mar 23 Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Penny Pulz (2) 276 (−12) 200,000 30,000 Apr 6 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Pat Bradley (17) 280 (−8) 430,000 75,000 Apr 13 Kyocera Inamori Classic California Patty Sheehan (16) 278 (−10) 200,000 30,000 Apr 27 S&H Golf Classic Florida Pat Bradley (18) 272 (−16) 200,000 30,000 May 11 United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2) 214 (−2) 250,000 37,500 May 18 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Becky Pearson (1) 212 (−7) 200,000 30,000 May 25 LPGA Corning Classic New York Laurie Rinker (2) 278 (−10) 250,000 37,500 Jun 1 LPGA Championship Ohio Pat Bradley (19) 277 (−11) 300,000 45,000 Jun 8 McDonald's Championship Pennsylvania Juli Inkster (6) 281 (−7) 450,000 67,500 Jun 15 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Juli Inkster (7) 210 (−6) 250,000 37,500 Jun 22 Rochester International New York Judy Dickinson (2) 281 (−7) 255,000 38,250 Jun 29 Mayflower Classic Indiana Sandra Palmer (19) 280 (−8) 350,000 52,500 Jul 6 Mazda Hall of Fame Championship Texas Amy Alcott (25) 284 (−4) 300,000 45,000 Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Ohio Jane Geddes (1) 287 (−1) 300,000 50,000 Jul 20 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Jane Geddes (2) 281 (−7) 275,000 41,250 Jul 27 du Maurier Classic Canada Pat Bradley (20) 276 (−12) 350,000 52,500 Aug 3 LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado Amy Alcott (26) 283 (−5) 300,000 45,000 Aug 10 Henredon Classic North Carolina Betsy King (6) 277 (−11) 230,000 34,500 Aug 17 MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Cindy Mackey (1) 276 (−12) 200,000 30,000 Aug 17 Nestle World Championship Georgia Pat Bradley (21) 279 (−9) 240,000 78,000 Aug 24 Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey Juli Inkster (8) 209 (−4) 225,000 33,750 Sep 1 Rail Charity Classic Illinois Betsy King (7) 205 (−11) 200,000 30,000 Sep 7 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Ayako Okamoto (7) 207 (−9) 200,000 30,000 Sep 14 Safeco Classic Washington Judy Dickinson (3) 274 (−14) 200,000 30,000 Sep 21 Konica San Jose Classic California Patty Sheehan (17) 212 (−4) 275,000 41,250 Nov 9 Mazda Japan Classic Japan Ai-Yu Tu (1*) 213 (−6) 300,000 45,000 * - non-member at time of win
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Pat Bradley Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley Player of the Year Pat Bradley Rookie of the Year Jody Rosenthal
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1986 season coverage at golfobserver.com