The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the

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officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. 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 $1,591,959. The season saw the first tournament with a winner's share of over $300,000, the

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. There were seven first-time winners in 1999:

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, Jackie Gallagher-Smith,

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Mi Hyun Kim Mi-Hyun Kim ( ko, 김미현, born 13 January 1977) is a professional golfer from South Korea. She turned professional in 1996 and won 11 events on the LPGA of Korea Tour (KLPGA) between 1996 and 2000. In 1999, she joined the LPGA Tour and was na ...

Kelli Kuehne Kelli Kuehne Doremus (born May 11, 1977) is a retired American professional golfer. Amateur career Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. She was the Texas UIL 4A Girls Individual State Champion four years in a row, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 while att ...

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, and

Catrin Nilsmark Catrin Maria Nilsmark (born 30 August 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on both the United States-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Early life Nilsmark was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She grew up in Lerum east of Go ...

. The

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saw the first ever six-way playoff in LPGA Tour history. It was won by

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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 1999 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 site1999 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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