The 1978 LPGA Tour was the 29th 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 week ...

officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 10 to November 12. The season consisted of 34 official money events.

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 most tournaments, nine. She also led the money list with earnings of $189,814. There were four first-time winners in 1978:

Janet Coles Janet Coles (born August 4, 1954) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Coles won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1978 and 1983. On August 22, 2011, Coles was named head coach of the Dartmouth College Dartmouth Colle ...

, Shelley Hamlin,

, and Michiko Okada. Lopez was the first (and as of 2011, only) player to be named LPGA Rookie of the Year and LPGA Player of the Year in the same year. She won 48 LPGA events in her career. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1978 season.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-1979
"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. ''* - non-member at time of win''

Awards

References

External links

LPGA Tour official site1978 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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