The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of $763,118.

1991 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 1991 (1991-01-18) – November 10, 1991 (1991-11-10)
Number of official events34
Most wins4 United States Pat Bradley and United States Meg Mallon
Money leaderUnited States Pat Bradley
Player of the YearUnited States Pat Bradley
Rookie of the YearUnited States Brandie Burton
1990
1992

The season saw the first tournament in Australia, the Daikyo World Championship. There were five first-time winners in 1991: Danielle Ammaccapane, Michelle Estill, Meg Mallon, Melissa McNamara, and Nancy Scranton.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1991 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 20 The Jamaica Classic Jamaica   Jane Geddes (8) 207 (−6) 500,000 75,000
Feb 3 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Florida   Meg Mallon (1) 276 (−12) 400,000 60,000
Feb 10 The Phar-Mor at Inverrary Florida   Beth Daniel (26) 209 (−7) 500,000 75,000
Feb 23 Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii   Patty Sheehan (26) 207 (−9) 350,000 52,500
Mar 2 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii   Deb Richard (2) 275 (−9) 500,000 75,000
Mar 10 Inamori Classic California   Laura Davies (5) 277 (−11) 400,000 60,000
Mar 17 Desert Inn LPGA International Nevada   Penny Hammel (3) 211 (−5) 400,000 60,000
Mar 24 Standard Register PING Arizona   Danielle Ammaccapane (1) 283 (−9) 500,000 82,500
Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore California   Amy Alcott (29) 273 (−15) 600,000 90,000
Apr 7 Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona   Christa Johnson (6) 273 (−15) 350,000 52,500
May 5 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee   Nancy Lopez (44) 206 (−10) 425,000 63,750
May 12 Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic Virginia   Hollis Stacy (18) 282 (−6) 400,000 60,000
May 19 Centel Classic Florida   Pat Bradley (27) 278 (−10) 1,100,000 165,000
May 26 LPGA Corning Classic New York   Betsy King (24) 273 (−15) 400,000 60,000
Jun 2 Rochester International New York   Rosie Jones (5) 276 (−12) 400,000 60,000
Jun 9 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey   Jane Geddes (9) 208 (−8) 300,000 45,000
Jun 16 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania   Colleen Walker (4) 207 (−9) 400,000 60,000
Jun 23 McDonald's Championship Delaware   Beth Daniel (27) 273 (−11) 750,000 112,500
Jun 30 Mazda LPGA Championship Maryland   Meg Mallon (2) 274 (−10) 1,000,000 150,000
Jul 7 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio   Alice Miller (8) 205 (−8) 350,000 75,000
Jul 14 U.S. Women's Open Texas   Meg Mallon (3) 283 (−1) 600,000 110,000
Jul 21 JAL Big Apple Classic New York   Betsy King (25) 279 (−5) 500,000 75,000
Jul 28 LPGA Bay State Classic Massachusetts   Juli Inkster (14) 275 (−13) 400,000 60,000
Aug 4 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Ohio   Deb Richard (3) 207 (−9) 500,000 75,000
Aug 11 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Vermont   Melissa McNamara (1) 278 (−10) 450,000 67,500
Aug 18 Northgate Computer Classic Minnesota   Cindy Rarick (5) 211 (−5) 400,000 60,000
Aug 25 LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Illinois   Martha Nause (2) 275 (−13) 425,000 63,500
Sep 2 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois   Pat Bradley (28) 197 (−19) 400,000 60,000
Sep 8 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Oregon   Michelle Estill (1) 208 (−8) 400,000 60,000
Sep 15 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada   Nancy Scranton (1) 279 (−9) 700,000 105,000
Sep 22 Safeco Classic Washington   Pat Bradley (29) 280 (−8) 400,000 60,000
Sep 29 MBS LPGA Classic California   Pat Bradley (30) 277 (−11) 350,000 52,500
Oct 6 Daikyo World Championship Australia   Meg Mallon (4) 216 (−3) 325,000 100,000
Nov 10 Mazda Japan Classic Japan   Liselotte Neumann (2) 211 (−5) 550,000 82,500

Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Pat Bradley (2)   United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Pat Bradley (2)   United States
Player of the Year Pat Bradley (2)   United States
Rookie of the Year Brandie Burton   United States

References

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  1. ^ "LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2007.
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