1997 LPGA Tour


The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,236,789.
There were four first-time winners in 1997: Cindy Figg-Currier, Pat Hurst, Michele Redman, and Wendy Ward. Nancy Lopez won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 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 are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 12Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of ChampionsFlorida Annika Sörenstam 272 700,000115,000
Jan 19HealthSouth InauguralFlorida Michelle McGann 207 600,00090,000
Feb 9Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-AmFlorida Kelly Robbins 271 500,00075,000
Feb 16Los Angeles Women's ChampionshipCalifornia Terry-Jo Myers 206 650,00097,500
Feb 22Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Annika Sörenstam 206 650,00097,500
Mar 2Alpine Australian Ladies MastersAustralia Gail Graham 273 650,00097,500
Mar 16Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizona Donna Andrews 273 500,00075,000
Mar 23Standard Register PINGArizona Laura Davies 277 850,000127,500
Mar 30Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Betsy King 276 900,000135,000
Apr 6Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Annika Sörenstam 285 500,00075,000
Apr 20Susan G. Komen InternationalSouth Carolina Karrie Webb 276 500,00075,000
Apr 27Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Nancy Lopez 137 ^550,00082,500
May 4Sprint Titleholders ChampionshipFlorida Tammie Green 274 1,200,000180,000
May 11Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Terry-Jo Myers 207 675,000101,250
May 18McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Christa Johnson 281 1,200,000180,000
May 25LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Rosie Jones 277 650,00097,500
Jun 1Michelob Light ClassicMissouri Annika Sörenstam 277 600,00090,000
Jun 8Oldsmobile ClassicMichigan Pat Hurst 279 600,00090,000
Jun 15Edina Realty LPGA ClassicMinnesota Danielle Ammaccapane 208 600,00090,000
Jun 22Rochester InternationalNew York Penny Hammel 279 600,00090,000
Jun 29ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Michelle McGann 201 900,000135,000
Jul 6Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhio Kelly Robbins 265 700,000105,000
Jul 13U.S. Women's OpenOregon Alison Nicholas 274 1,300,000232,500
Jul 20JAL Big Apple ClassicNew York Michele Redman 272 750,000112,500
Jul 27Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhio Tammie Green 203 600,00090,000
Aug 1du Maurier ClassicCanada Colleen Walker 278 1,200,000180,000
Aug 10Friendly's ClassicMassachusetts Deb Richard 277 550,00082,500
Aug 17Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Karrie Webb 269 900,000129,938
Aug 24Star Bank LPGA ClassicOhio Colleen Walker 203 550,00082,500
Sep 1State Farm Rail ClassicIllinois Cindy Figg-Currier 200 600,00090,000
Sep 7Safeway LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregon Christa Johnson 206 550,00082,500
Sep 14Safeco ClassicWashington Karrie Webb 272 550,00082,500
Sep 21Welch's ChampionshipMassachusetts Liselotte Neumann 276 550,00082,500
Sep 28Fieldcrest Cannon ClassicNorth Carolina Wendy Ward 265 550,00082,500
Oct 5CoreStates Betsy King ClassicPennsylvania Annika Sörenstam 274 600,00090,000
Oct 19Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfSouth Korea Juli Inkster 280 525,000131,000
Nov 9Toray Japan Queens CupJapan Liselotte Neumann 205 750,000112,500
Nov 23ITT LPGA Tour ChampionshipNevada Annika Sörenstam 277 750,000160,000

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Awards