The 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three. Betsy King

Betsy King

Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

 led the money list with earnings of $595,992, becoming the first to win over $500,000 in a season.

There were nine first-time winners in 1993: Kristi Albers

Kristi Albers

Kristi Albers is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name Kristi Arrington before her marriage in 1987.Albers won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :...

, Helen Alfredsson

Helen Alfredsson

Helen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...

, Donna Andrews, Missie Berteotti

Missie Berteotti

Missie Berteotti is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Berteotti won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :LPGA Tour playoff record -External links:...

, Helen Dobson

Helen Dobson

Helen Dobson is an English professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Dobson won the 1989 British Ladies Amateur.Dobson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :1Defeated Mochrie with birdie on fifth extra hole....

, Trish Johnson

Trish Johnson

Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson is an English professional golfer.-Amateur career:Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion...

, Hiromi Kobayashi

Hiromi Kobayashi

is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American LPGA Tour.-Professional career:Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of...

, Kelly Robbins, and Cindy Schreyer

Cindy Schreyer

Cynthia "Cindy" Schreyer is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also competed as Cindy McCurdy from 1998 to 2000....

.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1993 season. "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

Women's major golf championships

Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

 are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	1st prize ($)
Feb 7	HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Tammie Green Tammie Green Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...  (2)	208 (-8)	400,000	60,000
Feb 20	Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open	Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...	Lisa Walters Lisa Walters Lisa Walters is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She competed under her maiden name Lisa Young until 1988....  (2)	210 (-6)	450,000	67,500
Mar 14	Ping/Welch's Championship Welch's/Fry's Championship The Welch's/Fry's Championship was a golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 2004. It was played at the Randolph Golf Course in Tucson, Arizona...	Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...	Meg Mallon (5)	272 (-16)	400,000	60,000
Mar 21	Standard Register PING	Arizona Arizona Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...	Patty Sheehan Patty Sheehan Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....  (30)	275 (-17)	700,000	105,000
Mar 28	Nabisco Dinah Shore	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Helen Alfredsson Helen Alfredsson Helen Christine Alfredsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the U.S. based LPGA Tour and is also a life member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...  (1)	284 (-4)	700,000	105,000
Apr 4	Las Vegas LPGA Las Vegas LPGA The Las Vegas LPGA was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 1993. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club in 1992 and the Canyon Gate Country Club in 1993.-Winners:Las Vegas LPGA*1993 Trish Johnson...	Nevada Nevada Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...	Trish Johnson Trish Johnson Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson is an English professional golfer.-Amateur career:Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion...  (1)	209 (-7)	450,000	67,500
Apr 18	Atlanta Women's Championship	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...	Trish Johnson Trish Johnson Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson is an English professional golfer.-Amateur career:Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion...  (2)	282 (-6)	600,000	90,000
May 2	Sprint Classic	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Kristi Albers Kristi Albers Kristi Albers is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name Kristi Arrington before her marriage in 1987.Albers won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :...  (1)	279 (-9)	1,200,000	180,000
May 9	Sara Lee Classic Sara Lee Classic The Sara Lee Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1988 to 2002. It was played at Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee from 1988 to 1999. In 2000, the tournament moved to the Legends Club of Tennessee in Franklin, Tennessee and changed its name to the Electrolux USA...	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...	Meg Mallon (6)	205 (-11)	525,000	78,750
May 16	McDonald's Championship McDonald's Championship (golf) The McDonald's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 1993. It was played at the White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1986 and at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware from 1987 to 1993.-Winners:...	Delaware Delaware Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...	Laura Davies Laura Davies Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...  (6)	277 (-7)	900,000	135,000
May 23	Lady Keystone Open Lady Keystone Open The Lady Keystone Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1975 to 1994. In its first year it was a satellite tour event but became a full event in 1976...	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...	Val Skinner Val Skinner Val Skinner is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Skinner was born in Hamilton, Montana. She was the 1974 Nebraska Junior Girls champion and the 1976 Nebraska High School State champion and won both these titles in 1978. She was also the 1980 Nebraska Match...  (4)	210 (-6)	400,000	60,000
May 30	LPGA Corning Classic LPGA Corning Classic The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	Kelly Robbins (1)	277 (-11)	500,000	75,000
Jun 6	Oldsmobile Classic Oldsmobile Classic The Oldsmobile Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 2000. It was played at Walnut Hills Country Club in East Lansing, Michigan.-Winners:*2000 Karrie Webb*1999 Dottie Pepper*1998 Lisa Walters*1997 Pat Hurst*1996 Michelle McGann...	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....	Jane Geddes Jane Geddes Jane Geddes is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1983 and won two major championships and 11 LPGA Tour victories overall.-Career:...  (10)	277 (-11)	550,000	82,500
Jun 13	Mazda LPGA Championship	Maryland Maryland Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...	Patty Sheehan Patty Sheehan Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....  (31)	275 (-9)	1,000,000	150,000
Jun 20	Rochester International	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	Tammie Green Tammie Green Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...  (3)	276 (-12)	500,000	75,000
Jun 27	ShopRite LPGA Classic ShopRite LPGA Classic The ShopRite LPGA Classic is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, held near Atlantic City, New Jersey. It took place annually from 1986 through 2006 and returned to the tour schedule in 2010 at a new venue, the Bay Course at the Dolce Seaview Resort, with a prize fund of $1.5...	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...	Shelley Hamlin Shelley Hamlin Shelley Lee Hamlin is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hamlin was born in San Mateo, California. As an amateur golfer she won the California Women's Amateur four times. She played at Stanford University and won the 1971 AIAW National Collegiate Championship...  (3)	204 (-9)	450,000	67,500
Jul 4	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Brandie Burton (2)	201 (-12)	450,000	67,500
Jul 11	Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic	Ohio Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...	Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...  (47)	203 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Jul 18	JAL Big Apple Classic	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	Hiromi Kobayashi Hiromi Kobayashi is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American LPGA Tour.-Professional career:Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of...  (1)	278 (-6)	600,000	90,000
Jul 25	U.S. Women's Open	Indiana Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...	Lauri Merten Lauri Merten Lauri Merten is an American golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson Lauri Merten (born July 6, 1960) is an American golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson Lauri Merten (born July 6, 1960) is an American golfer. She also competed under the names Lauri Peterson...  (3)	280 (-8)	800,000	144,000
Aug 1	PING/Welch's Championship PING/Welch's Championship The PING/Welch's Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1980 as the Boston Five Classic, it took place every year in the Boston, Massachusetts area from 1980 through 1997...	Massachusetts Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...	Missie Berteotti Missie Berteotti Missie Berteotti is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Berteotti won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :LPGA Tour playoff record -External links:...  (1)	276 (-12)	450,000	67,500
Aug 8	McCall's LPGA Classic McCall's LPGA Classic The McCall's LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1995. It was played at the Stratton Mountain Country Club in Stratton Mountain, Vermont.-Winners:McCall's LPGA Classic at Stratton Mountain*1995 Dottie Mochrie*1994 Carolyn Hill...	Vermont Vermont Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...	Dana Lofland-Dormann (2)	275 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Aug 15	Sun-Times Challenge	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	Cindy Schreyer Cindy Schreyer Cynthia "Cindy" Schreyer is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also competed as Cindy McCurdy from 1998 to 2000....  (1)	272 (-16)	475,000	71,250
Aug 22	Minnesota LPGA Classic	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...	Hiromi Kobayashi Hiromi Kobayashi is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the American LPGA Tour.-Professional career:Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of...  (2)	205 (-11)	450,000	67,500
Aug 29	du Maurier Ltd. Classic	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	Brandie Burton (3)	277 (-11)	800,000	120,000
Sep 6	State Farm Rail Classic	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...	Helen Dobson Helen Dobson Helen Dobson is an English professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Dobson won the 1989 British Ladies Amateur.Dobson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1993.-LPGA Tour wins :1Defeated Mochrie with birdie on fifth extra hole....  (1)	203 (-13)	500,000	75,000
Sep 12	Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship	Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...	Donna Andrews (1)	208 (-8)	450,000	67,500
Sep 19	Safeco Classic Safeco Classic The Safeco Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the Seattle area, sponsored by Safeco Insurance. It was played 18 times, from 1982 to 1999, at in Kent, Washington, usually in mid-September, the week following the Safeway Classic in Portland...	Washington	Brandie Burton (4)	274 (-14)	450,000	67,500
Sep 26	Kyocera Inamori Classic Kyocera Inamori Classic The Kyocera Inamori Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1980 to 1993. It was played at several different courses in California, mostly in the San Diego area....	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	Kris Monaghan Kris Monaghan Kris Monaghan is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Monaghan won twice on the LPGA Tour, in 1990 and 1993.-LPGA Tour wins:*1990 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic*1993 Kyocera Inamori Classic...  (2)	275 (-13)	425,000	63,750
Oct 17	World Championship of Women's Golf	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...	Dottie Mochrie (7)	283 (-5)	400,000	102,500
Nov 7	Toray Japan Queens Cup	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...  (29)	205 (-11)	650,000	97,500

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...  (3)
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...  (2)
Player of the Year	Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...  (3)
Rookie of the Year	Suzanne Strudwick Suzanne Strudwick Suzanne Strudwick is an English professional golfer. She turned professional in 1983 and joined the Women Professional Golfers' European Tour the same year. In 1993 she joined the U.S. based LPGA Tour and was rookie of the year in her first season...

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1993 season coverage at golfobserver.com