1989 - Women (All)
The winners in the category "1989 - Women (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
du Maurier
Played as the du Maurier Classic (Jun 29-Jul 2). Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Betsy King (USA) finished 1 shot behind 29-year-old Tammie Green (USA), who recorded the first of her seven LPGA Tour wins ... and a major championship title! [Beaconsfield GC, Pointe-Claire, Québec].
Majors
Nabisco
Played as the Nabisco Dinah Shore (18th) (Mar 30-Apr 2). Second-placed Tammie Green (USA) and JoAnne Carner (USA) finished 5 shots behind Inkster (USA). [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (44th) (July 13-16). Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 4 shots behind King (USA), who won her second major championship title. [Old course, Indianwood G&CC, Lake Orion, Mich.].
Majors
Mazda
The Mazda LPGA Championship (35th) (May 18-31). Second-placed Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) finished 3 shots behind Lopez (USA). Lopez recorded the last of her three major championship wins, all of which came in the LPGA Championship at Kings Island. [Grizzly course, The Golf Center at Kings Island, Mason, OH].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (86th). Dobson (Eng) beat Elaine Farquharson (Scot) 6 and 5 in the final. [Royal Liverpool GC, Hoylake, Wirral, Merseyside].
Amateur
EGA
International European Ladies' Amateur Championship not played in 1989.
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Burton (USA) beat Camie Hoshino (USA) by 1 hole in the final. [Pine Needles Lodge & GC, Southern Pines, NC].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (89th). Goetze (USA) beat Brandie Burton (USA) 4 and 3 in the final. [No.2 Course, Pinehurst Resort, NC].
Amateur
USGA
Played as the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship. Defending champion Sinn (USA) beat Kelli Akers (USA) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final. [Indian Canyon GC, Spokane, Washington].
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Cathy Marino (USA) finished 3 shots behind Alcott (USA). [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
America
AI Star/Centinela Hosp.
Played as the AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic. Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) and defending champion Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bradley (USA). [Rancho Park GC, Los Angeles, CA].
America
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler-Plymouth Classic. Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Rarick (USA). [Bamm Hollow CC, Lincroft, New Jersey; course permanently closed in 2011].
America
Crestar
Played as the Crestar Classic. Second-placed Beth Daniel (USA) and Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 5 shots behind defending champion Inkster (USA). [Greenbrier CC, Chesapeake, Virginia].
America
Jamie Farr
Played as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic (July 7-9). Hollis Stacy (USA), Nancy Lopez (USA) and Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Penny Hammell (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win ... both coming in this event. [Highland Meadows GC, Sylvania, nr Toledo, Ohio].
America
x
Played as the Greater Washington Open. Second-placed Sherri Turner (USA) finished 4 shots behind Daniel (USA). [Bethesda CC, Bethesda, Maryland].
America
Orix
Played as the Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open. Second-placed Sara Anne McGetrick (USA) finished 4 shots behind Turner (USA), who recorded the last of her three LPGA Tour wins. [Fazio course, Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii].
America
Oldsmobile
Played as the Oldsmobile LPGA Classic. First-time LPGA Tour winner Dottie Mochrie (USA, née Pepper) beat Beth Daniel (USA) with a par at the fifth playoff hole. [Stonebridge CC, Boca Raton, Florida].
America
Planters
Played as the Planters Pat Bradley International. Second-placed Patti Rizzo (USA) and Kathy Postlewait (USA) finished 5 points behind Hood (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Willow Creek CC, High Point, North Carolina; now known as the Willow Creek course of High Point CC].
America
Kyocera
Played as the Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Classic. Second-placed Martha Nause (USA) finished 2 shots behind Rizzo (USA), who claimed the last of her four LPGA Tour wins. [StoneRidge CC, Poway, nr San Diego, CA].
America
x
Played as the Jamaica Classic. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 1 shot behind King (USA). [Tryall Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica].
America
JCPenney
Played as the JCPenney Classic (Nov 30-Dec 3; two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Winning team of Bill Glasson (USA) & Pat Bradley (USA) beat Duffy Waldorf (USA) & Patty Sheehan (USA) with an eagle at the fourth playoff hole (par-5 16th). [Bardmoor CC, Largo, FL].
America
x
Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Davies (Eng). [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].
America
Corning
Played as the LPGA Corning Classic. Second-placed Beth Daniel (USA) finished 6 shots behind Okamoto (Jpn), who recorded her 15th LPGA Tour win. [Corning CC, Corning, nr Elmira, New York].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Champions (Dec 15-17; unofficial 54-hole better-ball team event; the 12 teams each comprised an LPGA Tr and Snr PGA Tr player). Second-placed team of Tammie Green (USA) & Don Bies (USA) and Sherri Turner (USA) & Charles Coody (USA) finished 1 shot behind Patti Rizzo (USA) & Mike Hill (USA). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].
America
Nippon Travel
Played as the inaugural Nippon Travel MBS Classic. Second-placed Alice Ritzman (USA) and Pamela Wright (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Lopez (USA). [Los Coyotes CC, Buena Park, nr Los Angeles, CA].
America
McDonald's
Played as the McDonald's Championship. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Shirley Furlong (USA) finished 2 shots behind King (USA). [DuPont CC, Wilmington, Delaware].
America
Mitsubishi
Played as the Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Open (Aug 25-27). Second-placed Nancy Brown (USA, née Scranton) finished 2 shots behind Barrett (USA), who recorded her only win on the LPGA Tour. [Alpine CC, Cranston, Rhode Island].
America
Std Register
Played as the Standard Register Turquoise Classic. Second-placed Beth Daniel (USA) finished 1 shot behind Finney (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [Moon Valley CC, Phoenix, Arizona].
America
Cellular One-PING
Played as the Cellular One-Ping LPGA Golf Championship (Sept 8-10). Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA), Tammie Green (USA), Susan Saunders (USA) and Dawn Coe (Can) finished 1 shot behind Muffin Spencer-Devlin (USA), who recorded the last of her three LPGA Tour wins. [Riverside G&CC, Portland, Oregon].
America
Safeco
Played as the Safeco Classic. Second-placed Cindy Rarick (USA) finished 6 shots behind Daniel (USA). [Meridian Valley CC, Kent, nr Seattle, WA].
America
Nestle
Played as the Nestle World Championship. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) and Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 1 shot behind King (USA). [PineIsle Resort, Lake Lanier, Georgia; now called Legacy Course on Lake Lanier].
America
Konica
Played as the Konica San Jose Classic. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Daniel (USA). [Almaden G&CC, San Jose, California].
America
Sara Lee
Played as the Sara Lee Classic. Second-placed Val Skinner (USA) finished 1 shot behind Postlewait (USA), who recorded the last of her four LPGA Tour wins. [General's Retreat course, Hermitage GC, Old Hickory, Nashville, TN].
America
x
Played as the Atlantic City Classic (June 28-30). Second-placed Vicki Fergon (USA) and Christa Johnson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Nancy Lopez (USA). [Greate Bay CC, Somers Point, NJ; at the time known as Sands CC].
America
x
Played as the Rail Charity Golf Classic. Second-placed Alice Ritzman (USA) and defending champion Betsy King (USA) finished 3 shots behind Daniel (USA). [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].
America
USX
Played as the USX Golf Classic. King (USA) beat Lynn Adams (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].
America
x
Played as the Rochester International. Sheehan (USA) beat Ayaka Okamoto (Jpn) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Locust Hill CC, Pittsford, Rochester, NY].
America
Circle K
Played as the Circle K LPGA Tucson Open. Second-placed Nancy Lopez (USA) finished 4 shots behind Garbacz (USA), who recorded her first (and only) LPGA Tour win. [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
America
Kemper
Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Jane Geddes (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion King (USA). [Makai Club at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii].
Europe
B&H
Played as the Benson & Hedges Trophy (Nov 9-12; European and LET Trs mixed pairs unofficial money event). Second-placed Carl Mason (Eng) & Gillian Stewart (Scot) finished 2 shots behind the winning team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) & Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz (Esp). [Aloha GC, Costa del Sol, Spain].
Europe
AGF
Played as the AGF Biarritz Ladies Open (Oct 26-29). Dennise Hutton (Aus) beat Peggy Conley (USA) in a playoff. [Golf de Biarritz-Le Phare, Biarritz, France].
Europe
BMW
Played as the inaugural BMW Ladies Classic (June 8-11). Second-placed Dennise Hutton (Aus) finished 1 shot behind de Lorenzi (Fra). [Hubbelrath GC, nr Dusseldorf, Germany].
Europe
Woolmark
Played as the Woolmark Ladies Match Play Championship (Oct 20-22). Hutton (Aus) beat Maureen Garner (N.Ire; née Madill) by 2 holes in the final. [Barcelona GC, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, nr Barcelona].
Europe
Weetabix
Played as the Weetabix Women's British Open (Aug 3-6). Second-placed Florence Descampe (Belg) finished 2 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Geddes (USA). [Ferndown GC, Ferndown, Dorset].
Europe
Bloor Homes
Played as the Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic. Dowling (Eng) beat Rae Hast (RSA), Cathy Panton (Scot) and Melissa McNamara (USA) in a playoff. [Fleming Park GC, Eastleigh, Hants, England; course permanently closed in 2008].
Europe
Godiva
Played as the Godiva Ladies European Masters. Kitrina Douglas (Eng) beat Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) in a playoff. [Royal Bercuit GC, Grez-Doiceau, Walloon Brabant; at the time known as Bercuit GC].
Europe
Ford
Played as the Ford Ladies Classic (April 27-30). Second-placed Gillian Stewart (Scot) finished 8 shots behind de Lorenzi (Fra). [Duchess course, Woburn GC, nr Milton Keynes, Bucks].
Europe
Gisvaled
Played as the Gisvaled Ladies Open (Aug 24-27). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Nicholas (Eng). [GC Wörthsee, nr Munich, Germany].
Europe
Hennessy
Played as the Hennessy Ladies Cup. Second-placed Corinne Dibnah (Aus) and Jody Rosenthal (USA) finished 2 shots behind defending champion de Lorenzi (Fra). [Saint Germain GC, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, nr Paris].
Europe
x
Played as the Ladies Danish Open (not played again until 1995). Abitbol (Esp) beat Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) in a playoff. [Rungsted GK, nr Copenhagen, Denmark].
Europe
Expedier
Played as the Expedier Ladies European Open. Second-placed Gillian Stewart (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Connachan (Scot). [Kingswood GC, Tadworth, nr London].
Europe
x
Played as the Open de France Dames (June 15-18; not played again until 1993). 23-year-old Strudwick (Eng) beat Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) in a playoff. [G&CC Fourqueux, Fourqueux, nr Paris].
Europe
Lufthansa
Played as the Lufthansa Ladies German Open. Second-placed Patricia Gonzales (Colombia) finished 5 shots behind Nicholas (Eng). [GC Wörthsee, nr Munich, Germany].
Europe
x
Played as the Ladies Italian Open. Second-placed Jane Connachan (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz (Esp). [Golf Club Carimate, Carimate, nr Milan, Italy].
Europe
Laing
Played as the Laing Ladies Charity Classic. Second-placed Dale Reid (Scot), Jane Connachan (Scot), Corinne Dibnah (Aus) and Susan Moon (USA) finished 3 shots behind Davies (Eng). [Stoke Park CC, Stoke Poges, Bucks; at the time known as Stoke Poges GC].
Europe
Qualitair
Played as the Qualitair Classic. Second-placed Sofia Gronberg (Swe) and Peggy Conley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Nicholas (Eng). [La Manga Club, nr Cartagena, Murcia, Spain].
Europe
x
Played as the inaugural Rome Classic. Second-placed Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) finished 1 shot behind Gronberg (Swe; later played as Gronberg-Whitmore), who recorded her first win on the Women's Professional Golf European Tour. [Olgiata GC, nr Rome, Italy].
Europe
x
Played as the St Moritz Ladies Classic. Douglas (Eng) beat Suzanne Strudwick (Eng) in a playoff. [Samedan course, Engadine GC, Samedan, nr St Moritz, Switz].
Europe
TEC
Played as the TEC Players' Championship. Second-placed Laurette Maritz (RSA) finished 2 shots behind Oxenstierna (Swe). [The Tytherington Club, Macclesfield, Cheshire].
Europe
Variety Club
Played as the Variety Club Celebrity Classic. Second-placed Peggy Conley (USA) finished 1 shot behind Dibnah (Aus). [Calcot Park GC, Reading, Berks, England].
Asia
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Japan Classic (LPGA & Jpn LPGA Trs event). Dawn Coe (Can) finished in second place behind Crosby (USA). [Seta GC, Shiga, Japan].
Asia
Nichirei Foods
Played as the Nichirei International (Oct 27-29; individual low score prize within the US-Japan team match). Hiromi Kobayashi (Jpn) finished in second place behind Walker (USA). [Tsukuba CC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan].
Aus/NZ
x
Played as the Victorian Open (Nov 17-19; ALPG Tr event). Tonkin (Aus; Sue Daniels from 1990) beat Nadene Gole (Aus) in a playoff. [Commonwealth GC, South Oakleigh, Melbourne, Vic].
Africa
MAID
Played as the MAID Lady South African Women's Open. Won by Maritz (RSA). [Germiston CC, Germiston, nr J'burg, RSA].
Awards
WPG Eurpn Tr
de Lorenzi (Fra) recorded the season's lowest stroke average on the Women Professional Golfers' European Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Daniel (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Awards
LPGA Tr
King (USA) won her second LPGA Tour Money List, with 1989 season earnings of $654,132 on the Tour. Beth Daniel (USA) was second with $504,851; Nancy Lopez (USA) was third with $487,153.
Awards
Woolmark
de Lorenzi (Fra) won her second straight WPG European Tour Woolmark Order of Merit, with 1989 season earnings of $77,534 on the Tour. Alison Nicholas (Eng) was second with £56,529; Kitrina Douglas (Eng) was third with £48,534.
Awards
LPGA Tr
King (USA) won her second LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.
Awards
WPG Eurpn Tr
Alfredsson (Swe) won the WPG European Tour 1989 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished 20th on the Tour's (money-based) Order of Merit, with earnings of £20,356.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Wright (Scot) won the LPGA Tour 1989 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. Award based on a points accumulation for finishes in Tour events. Wright finished 39th on the LPGA money list, with earnings of $77,951.
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