The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th 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 wee ...

officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events.

Laura Davies Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA ...

Dottie Pepper Dottie Pepper (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17 LPGA T ...

and

Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...

won the most tournaments, four each. Webb led the money list with earnings of $1,002,000, the first player to win over $1 million in a season. The season saw the first winner's share over $200,000, at the U.S. Women's Open. There were four first-time winners in 1996: Mayumi Hirase,

Emilee Klein Emilee Klein (born June 11, 1974) is an American professional golfer and college golf coach who played on the LPGA Tour. Klein was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California, where she attended Notre Dame High Sc ...

, Caroline Pierce, and

Joan Pitcock Joan Pitcock (born July 12, 1967) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. Pitcock has won once on the LPGA Tour in 1996. At the 1991 U.S. Women's Open, Pitcock was the co-leader after 54 holes. Pitccock then shot a final ...

. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 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. Majors are shown in bold.

Awards

References

External links

LPGA Tour official site1996 season coverage at golfobserver.com
{{LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour seasons