The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959, setting the LPGA Tour record. She also won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average (69.43), besting the previous record (Annika Sörenstam, 1998, 69.99) by more than 0.5 strokes.
The season saw the first tournament with a winner's share of over $300,000, the U.S. Women's Open. There were seven first-time winners in 1999: Akiko Fukushima, Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Maria Hjorth, Mi Hyun Kim, Kelli Kuehne, Mardi Lunn, and Catrin Nilsmark.
The Jamie Farr Kroger Classic saw the first ever six-way playoff in LPGA Tour history. It was won by Se Ri Pak.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 17 HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Kelly Robbins (9) 205 (−11) 550,000 82,500 Jan 24 Naples LPGA Memorial Florida Meg Mallon (10) 272 (−16) 750,000 112,500 Jan 30 The Office Depot Florida Karrie Webb (11) 278 (−10) 675,000 101,250 Feb 14 Valley of the Stars Championship California Catrin Nilsmark (1) 204 (−12) 650,000 97,500 Feb 20 Sunrise Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Alison Nicholas (4) 209 (−7) 650,000 97,500 Feb 28 Australian Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (12) 262 (−26) 750,000 112,500 Mar 14 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Juli Inkster (18) 273 (−15) 625,000 93,750 Mar 21 Standard Register PING Arizona Karrie Webb (13) 274 (−14) 850,000 127,500 Mar 28 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Dottie Pepper (15) 269 (−19) 1,000,000 150,000 Apr 4 Longs Drugs Challenge California Juli Inkster (19) 280 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Apr 25 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Rachel Hetherington (2) 204 (−12) 800,000 120,000 May 2 City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic South Carolina Rachel Hetherington (3) 137 (−7)^ 675,000 101,250 May 9 Mercury Titleholders Championship Florida Karrie Webb (14) 271 (−17) 900,000 135,000 May 16 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Meg Mallon (11) 199 (−17) 750,000 112,500 May 23 The Philips Invitational Texas Akiko Fukushima (1) 267 (−13) 800,000 120,000 May 30 LPGA Corning Classic New York Kelli Kuehne (1) 278 (−10) 750,000 112,500 Jun 6 U.S. Women's Open Mississippi Juli Inkster (20) 272 (−16) 1,750,000 315,000 Jun 13 Wegmans Rochester International New York Karrie Webb (15) 280 (−8) 1,000,000 150,000 Jun 20 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Se Ri Pak (5) 198 (−15) 1,000,000 150,000 Jun 27 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Juli Inkster (21) 268 (−16) 1,400,000 210,000 Jul 4 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (6) 276 (−8) 900,000 135,000 Jul 11 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Annika Sörenstam (17) 278 (−10) 800,000 120,000 Jul 18 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic New York Sherri Steinhauer (4) 273 (−11) 850,000 127,500 Jul 25 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Jackie Gallagher-Smith (1) 199 (−17) 1,000,000 150,000 Aug 1 du Maurier Classic Canada Karrie Webb (16) 277 (−11) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 8 areaWEB.COM Challenge Massachusetts Mardi Lunn (1) 275 (−13) 800,000 120,000 Aug 15 Weetabix Women's British Open England Sherri Steinhauer (5) 283 (−9) 1,000,000 160,000 Aug 22 Firstar LPGA Classic Ohio Rosie Jones (10) 207 (−9) 650,000 97,500 Aug 29 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Dottie Pepper (16) 270 (−18) 700,000 105,000 Sep 6 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Mi Hyun Kim (1) 204 (−12) 775,000 116,250 Sep 12 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf Minnesota Se Ri Pak (7) 280 (−8) 700,000 150,000 Sep 19 Safeco Classic Washington Maria Hjorth (1) 271 (−17) 650,000 97,500 Sep 26 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Juli Inkster (22) 207 (−9) 800,000 120,000 Oct 3 New Albany Golf Classic Ohio Annika Sörenstam (18) 269 (−19) 1,000,000 150,000 Oct 10 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Mi Hyun Kim (2) 280 (−8) 725,000 108,750 Oct 17 AFLAC Champions Alabama Akiko Fukushima (2) 279 (−9) 750,000 122,000 Nov 7 Mizuno Classic Japan Maria Hjorth (2) 201 (−15) 800,000 120,000 Nov 14 PageNet Championship Nevada Se Ri Pak (8) 276 (−12) 1,000,000 215,000 ^ – weather-shortened tournament
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Karrie Webb (2) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Karrie Webb (2) Player of the Year Karrie Webb Rookie of the Year Mi Hyun Kim
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 1999 season coverage at golfobserver.com