1999 LPGA Tour


The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.
The season saw the first tournament with a winner's share of over $300,000, the U.S. Women's Open. There were seven first-time winners in 1999: Akiko Fukushima, Jackie Gallagher-Smith, Maria Hjorth, Mi Hyun Kim, Kelli Kuehne, Mardi Lunn, and Catrin Nilsmark.
The Jamie Farr Kroger Classic saw the first ever six-way playoff in LPGA Tour history. It was won by Se Ri Pak.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 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 17HealthSouth InauguralFlorida Kelly Robbins 205 550,00082,500
Jan 24Naples LPGA MemorialFlorida Meg Mallon 272 750,000112,500
Jan 30The Office DepotFlorida Karrie Webb 278 675,000101,250
Feb 14Valley of the Stars ChampionshipCalifornia Catrin Nilsmark 204 650,00097,500
Feb 20Sunrise Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Alison Nicholas 209 650,00097,500
Feb 28Australian Ladies MastersAustralia Karrie Webb 262 750,000112,500
Mar 14Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizona Juli Inkster 273 625,00093,750
Mar 21Standard Register PINGArizona Karrie Webb 274 850,000127,500
Mar 28Nabisco Dinah ShoreCalifornia Dottie Pepper 269 1,000,000150,000
Apr 4Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Juli Inkster 280 600,00090,000
Apr 25Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Rachel Hetherington 204 800,000120,000
May 2City of Hope Myrtle Beach ClassicSouth Carolina Rachel Hetherington 137 ^675,000101,250
May 9Mercury Titleholders ChampionshipFlorida Karrie Webb 271 900,000135,000
May 16Sara Lee ClassicTennessee Meg Mallon 199 750,000112,500
May 23The Philips InvitationalTexas Akiko Fukushima 267 800,000120,000
May 30LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Kelli Kuehne 278 750,000112,500
Jun 6U.S. Women's OpenMississippi Juli Inkster 272 1,750,000315,000
Jun 13Wegmans Rochester InternationalNew York Karrie Webb 280 1,000,000150,000
Jun 20ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Se Ri Pak 198 1,000,000150,000
Jun 27McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Juli Inkster 268 1,400,000210,000
Jul 4Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhio Se Ri Pak 276 900,000135,000
Jul 11Michelob Light ClassicMissouri Annika Sörenstam 278 800,000120,000
Jul 18Japan Airlines Big Apple ClassicNew York Sherri Steinhauer 273 850,000127,500
Jul 25Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhio Jackie Gallagher-Smith 199 1,000,000150,000
Aug 1du Maurier ClassicCanada Karrie Webb 277 1,200,000180,000
Aug 8areaWEB.COM ChallengeMassachusetts Mardi Lunn 275 800,000120,000
Aug 15Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Sherri Steinhauer 283 1,000,000160,000
Aug 22Firstar LPGA ClassicOhio Rosie Jones 207 650,00097,500
Aug 29Oldsmobile ClassicMichigan Dottie Pepper 270 700,000105,000
Sep 6State Farm Rail ClassicIllinois Mi Hyun Kim 204 775,000116,250
Sep 12Samsung World Championship of Women's GolfMinnesota Se Ri Pak 280 700,000150,000
Sep 19Safeco ClassicWashington Maria Hjorth 271 650,00097,500
Sep 26Safeway LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregon Juli Inkster 207 800,000120,000
Oct 3New Albany Golf ClassicOhio Annika Sörenstam 269 1,000,000150,000
Oct 10First Union Betsy King ClassicPennsylvania Mi Hyun Kim 280 725,000108,750
Oct 17AFLAC ChampionsAlabama Akiko Fukushima 279 750,000122,000
Nov 7Mizuno ClassicJapan Maria Hjorth 201 800,000120,000
Nov 14PageNet ChampionshipNevada Se Ri Pak 276 1,000,000215,000

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Awards