The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster , Rosie Jones , Betsy King , Nancy Lopez , and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each. Sherri Turner led the money list with earnings of $350,851.
There were eight first-time winners in 1988: Mei-Chi Cheng , Shirley Furlong , Patty Jordan , Ok-Hee Ku , Terry-Jo Myers , Martha Nause , Liselotte Neumann , and Sherri Turner . Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the Standard Register Turquoise Classic .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Feb 7
Mazda Classic Florida Nancy Lopez (37)283 (−5)
200,000
30,000
Feb 14
Sarasota Classic Florida Patty Sheehan (18)282 (−6)
225,000
33,750
Feb 27
Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Ayako Okamoto (12)213 (−3)
300,000
45,000
Mar 6
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Betsy King (12)280 (−8)
300,000
45,000
Mar 20
Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona Laura Davies (2)278 (−10)
300,000
45,000
Mar 27
Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona Ok-Hee Ku (1)281 (−7)
350,000
52,500
Apr 3
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Amy Alcott (27)274 (−14)
500,000
80,000
Apr 10
San Diego Inamori Golf Classic California Ayako Okamoto (13)272 (−12)
225,000
33,750
Apr 17
AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California Nancy Lopez (38)210 (−6)
400,000
60,000
Apr 24
USX Golf Classic Florida Rosie Jones (2)275 (−13)
225,000
33,750
May 1
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Patti Rizzo (3)207 (−9)
335,000
50,250
May 8
Crestar Classic Virginia Juli Inkster (9)209 (−7)
300,000
45,000
May 15
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Nancy Lopez (39)204 (−12)
250,000
37,500
May 22
Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio Sherri Turner (1)281 (−7)
350,000
52,500
May 29
LPGA Corning Classic New York Sherri Turner (2)273 (−15)
325,000
48,750
Jun 5
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Laura Davies (3)277 (−11)
275,000
41,250
Jun 12
Rochester International New York Mei-Chi Cheng (1)287 (−1)
300,000
45,000
Jun 19
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Shirley Furlong (1)205 (−11)
300,000
45,000
Jun 26
McDonald's Championship Delaware Kathy Postlewait (3)276 (−8)
500,000
75,000
Jul 3
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Sally Little (15)279 (−9)
500,000
75,000
Jul 10
Mayflower Classic Indiana Terry-Jo Myers (1)276 (−8)
400,000
60,000
Jul 17
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Colleen Walker (2)274 (−14)
300,000
45,000
Jul 24
U.S. Women's Open Maryland Liselotte Neumann (1)277 (−7)
400,000
70,000
Jul 31
Greater Washington Open Maryland Ayako Okamoto (14)206 (−7)
225,000
33,750
Aug 7
Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina Martha Nause (1)14 points
400,000
62,500
Aug 21
Atlantic City Classic New Jersey Juli Inkster (10)206 (−7)
225,000
33,750
Aug 28
Nestle World Championship Georgia Rosie Jones (3)279 (−9)
250,000
81,500
Aug 28
Ocean State Open Rhode Island Patty Jordan (1)211 (−5)
150,000
22,500
Sep 5
Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois Betsy King (13)207 (−9)
250,000
33,750
Sep 11
Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Betsy King (14)213 (−3)
250,000
37,500
Sep 18
Safeco Classic Washington Juli Inkster (11)278 (−10)
225,000
33,750
Sep 26
Santa Barbara Open California Rosie Jones (4)212 (−4)
300,000
45,000
Oct 2
Konica San Jose Classic California Kathy Guadagnino (2)207 (−9)
300,000
45,000
Nov 6
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Patty Sheehan (19)206 (−10)
450,000
67,500
Juli Inkster, 
Ayako Okamoto
Liselotte Neumann
