The 1986 LPGA Tour was the 37th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 23 to November 9. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley won the most tournaments, five, including three of the four majors .[ 1]
There were five first-time winners in 1986: Jane Geddes , Cindy Mackey , Becky Pearson , and Ai-Yu Tu . Tu was the first Taiwanese winner, winning the Mazda Japan Classic .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 season.[ 2] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 26
Mazda Classic Florida Val Skinner (2)280 (−8)
200,000
30,000
Feb 2
Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Ayako Okamoto (6)280 (−8)
200,000
30,000
Feb 9
Sarasota Classic Florida Patty Sheehan (15)279 (−9)
200,000
30,000
Feb 23
Standard Register/Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona Mary Beth Zimmerman (1)278 (−10)
250,000
37,500
Mar 2
Uniden LPGA Invitational California Mary Beth Zimmerman (2)281 (−7)
330,000
49,500
Mar 9
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Juli Inkster (5)276 (−12)
300,000
45,000
Mar 16
GNA/Glendale Federal Classic California Christa Johnson (3)212 (−4)
250,000
37,500
Mar 23
Circle K Tucson Open Arizona Penny Pulz (2)276 (−12)
200,000
30,000
Apr 6
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Pat Bradley (17)280 (−8)
430,000
75,000
Apr 13
Kyocera Inamori Classic California Patty Sheehan (16)278 (−10)
200,000
30,000
Apr 27
S&H Golf Classic Florida Pat Bradley (18)272 (−16)
200,000
30,000
May 11
United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Muffin Spencer-Devlin (2)214 (−2)
250,000
37,500
May 18
Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey Becky Pearson (1)212 (−7)
200,000
30,000
May 25
LPGA Corning Classic New York Laurie Rinker (2)278 (−10)
250,000
37,500
Jun 1
LPGA Championship Ohio Pat Bradley (19)277 (−11)
300,000
45,000
Jun 8
McDonald's Championship Pennsylvania Juli Inkster (6)281 (−7)
450,000
67,500
Jun 15
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Juli Inkster (7)210 (−6)
250,000
37,500
Jun 22
Rochester International New York Judy Dickinson (2)281 (−7)
255,000
38,250
Jun 29
Mayflower Classic Indiana Sandra Palmer (19)280 (−8)
350,000
52,500
Jul 6
Mazda Hall of Fame Championship Texas Amy Alcott (25)284 (−4)
300,000
45,000
Jul 13
U.S. Women's Open Ohio Jane Geddes (1)287 (−1)
300,000
50,000
Jul 20
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Jane Geddes (2)281 (−7)
275,000
41,250
Jul 27
du Maurier Classic Canada Pat Bradley (20)276 (−12)
350,000
52,500
Aug 3
LPGA National Pro-Am Colorado Amy Alcott (26)283 (−5)
300,000
45,000
Aug 10
Henredon Classic North Carolina Betsy King (6)277 (−11)
230,000
34,500
Aug 17
MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Cindy Mackey (1)276 (−12)
200,000
30,000
Aug 17
Nestle World Championship Georgia Pat Bradley (21)279 (−9)
240,000
78,000
Aug 24
Atlantic City LPGA Classic New Jersey Juli Inkster (8)209 (−4)
225,000
33,750
Sep 1
Rail Charity Classic Illinois Betsy King (7)205 (−11)
200,000
30,000
Sep 7
Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon Ayako Okamoto (7)207 (−9)
200,000
30,000
Sep 14
Safeco Classic Washington Judy Dickinson (3)274 (−14)
200,000
30,000
Sep 21
Konica San Jose Classic California Patty Sheehan (17)212 (−4)
275,000
41,250
Nov 9
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Ai-Yu Tu (1*)213 (−6)
300,000
45,000
* - non-member at time of win
Pat Bradley
