The 1981 LPGA Tour was the 32nd 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 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 36 official money events.

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won the most tournaments, five.

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led the money list with earnings of $206,998, becoming the first player to win over $200,000 in a season. The season saw the first tournament with a $50,000 first prize, the World Championship of Women's Golf. There were five first-time winners in 1981: Patty Hayes, Kathy Hite, Cathy Reynolds,

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, and

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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 1981 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.

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are shown in bold. ''^ - weather-shortened tournament''

Awards

References

External links

LPGA Tour official site1981 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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