The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events.
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson; June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 29 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA ...
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Rosie Jones,
Betsy King
:''Betsy King was also a childhood name for Lizzie Lloyd King.''
Betsy King (born August 13, 1955) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in a ...
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Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.
Amateur career
Lopez won the New Mexico Women's ...
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Ayako Okamoto
is a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Early career
Okamoto was born in Akitsu, Hiroshima, now part of Higashihiroshima ...
won the most tournaments, three each.
Sherri Turner
Sherri Turner (born October 4, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1984 and won three LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Amateur career
Turner was born in Greenvil ...
led the money list with earnings of $350,851.
There were eight first-time winners in 1988:
Mei-Chi Cheng,
Shirley Furlong
Shirley Furlong (born December 5, 1959) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the ...
,
Patty Jordan,
Ok-Hee Ku
Ku Ok-hee ( ko, 구옥희; 1 August 195610 July 2013) was a South Korean professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour.
Ku won 23 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1985 and 2005 and won once on the LPGA Tour in ...
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Terry-Jo Myers
Terry-Jo Myers (born July 23, 1962) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Myers won three times on the LPGA Tour between 1988 and 1997.
Myers suffered from interstitial cystitis throughout her career.Martha Nause
Martha Nause (born September 10, 1954) is an American professional golfer. She is a three-time winner on the LPGA tour, including one major championship, the 1994 du Maurier Classic.
Nause was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She attended St. Olaf ...
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Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a ...
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Sherri Turner
Sherri Turner (born October 4, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1984 and won three LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Amateur career
Turner was born in Greenvil ...
. Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the
Standard Register Turquoise Classic
The J Golf Phoenix LPGA International, in full the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Presented by Mirassou Winery, was a women's professional golf tournament in Arizona on the LPGA Tour. Founded as the "Sun City Classic" in 1980, it was held ann ...
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The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989
"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.
Awards
References
External links
LPGA Tour official site
1988 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...