1997 LPGA Tour
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The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th 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 January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events.
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won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,236,789. There were four first-time winners in 1997: Cindy Figg-Currier,
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Michele Redman Michele Redman (born April 15, 1965) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1992 through 2011. She is currently the women's golf coach at the University of Minnesota. Redman was born in Zanesville, Ohio. She attende ...
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Wendy Ward Wendy Ward (born May 6, 1973) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Early life, education and amateur career Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas. She attended Arizona State University where she had a successful Nationa ...
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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 ...
won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.


Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999
"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.
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are shown in bold. ''^ – weather-shortened tournament''


Awards


References


External links


LPGA Tour official site1997 season coverage at golfobserver.com
{{LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour seasons
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 ...