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 $1,236,789.
There were four first-time winners in 1997: Cindy Figg-Currier , Pat Hurst , Michele Redman , and Wendy Ward . Nancy Lopez won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($ ) 1st prize ($) Jan 12 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Annika Sörenstam (7)272 (−16) 700,000 115,000 Jan 19 HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Michelle McGann (6)207 (−9) 600,000 90,000 Feb 9 Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am Florida Kelly Robbins (5)271 (−17) 500,000 75,000 Feb 16 Los Angeles Women's Championship California Terry-Jo Myers (2)206 (−10) 650,000 97,500 Feb 22 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Annika Sörenstam (8)206 (−10) 650,000 97,500 Mar 2 Alpine Australian Ladies Masters Australia Gail Graham (2)273 (−15) 650,000 97,500 Mar 16 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Donna Andrews (5)273 (−15) 500,000 75,000 Mar 23 Standard Register PING Arizona Laura Davies (16)277 (−15) 850,000 127,500 Mar 30 Nabisco Dinah Shore California Betsy King (31)276 (−12) 900,000 135,000 Apr 6 Longs Drugs Challenge California Annika Sörenstam (9)285 (−3) 500,000 75,000 Apr 20 Susan G. Komen International South Carolina Karrie Webb (6)276 (−12) 500,000 75,000 Apr 27 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Nancy Lopez (48)137 (−7)^ 550,000 82,500 May 4 Sprint Titleholders Championship Florida Tammie Green (5)274 (−14) 1,200,000 180,000 May 11 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Terry-Jo Myers (3)207 (−9) 675,000 101,250 May 18 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Christa Johnson (8)281 (−3) 1,200,000 180,000 May 25 LPGA Corning Classic New York Rosie Jones (8)277 (−11) 650,000 97,500 Jun 1 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Annika Sörenstam (10)277 (−11) 600,000 90,000 Jun 8 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Pat Hurst (1)279 (−9) 600,000 90,000 Jun 15 Edina Realty LPGA Classic Minnesota Danielle Ammaccapane (5)208 (−8) 600,000 90,000 Jun 22 Rochester International New York Penny Hammel (4)279 (−9) 600,000 90,000 Jun 29 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Michelle McGann (7)201 (−12) 900,000 135,000 Jul 6 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Kelly Robbins (6)265 (−19) 700,000 105,000 Jul 13 U.S. Women's Open Oregon Alison Nicholas (3)274 (−10) 1,300,000 232,500 Jul 20 JAL Big Apple Classic New York Michele Redman (1)272 (−12) 750,000 112,500 Jul 27 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Tammie Green (6)203 (−13) 600,000 90,000 Aug 1 du Maurier Classic Canada Colleen Walker (8)278 (−14) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 10 Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Deb Richard (5)277 (−11) 550,000 82,500 Aug 17 Weetabix Women's British Open England Karrie Webb (7)269 (−19) 900,000 129,938 Aug 24 Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Colleen Walker (9)203 (−13) 550,000 82,500 Sep 1 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Cindy Figg-Currier (1)200 (−16) 600,000 90,000 Sep 7 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Christa Johnson (9)206 (−10) 550,000 82,500 Sep 14 Safeco Classic Washington Karrie Webb (8)272 (−16) 550,000 82,500 Sep 21 Welch's Championship Massachusetts Liselotte Neumann (9)276 (−12) 550,000 82,500 Sep 28 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic North Carolina Wendy Ward (1)265 (−23) 550,000 82,500 Oct 5 CoreStates Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Annika Sörenstam (11)274 (−14) 600,000 90,000 Oct 19 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf South Korea Juli Inkster (16)280 (−8) 525,000 131,000 Nov 9 Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Liselotte Neumann (10)205 (−11) 750,000 112,500 Nov 23 ITT LPGA Tour Championship Nevada Annika Sörenstam (12)277 (−11) 750,000 160,000
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