Golf tour season
The 1984 LPGA Tour was the 35th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 26 to November 4. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Amy Alcott and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $266,771.
There were eight first-time winners in 1984: Sharon Barrett , Barb Bunkowsky , Cindy Hill , Christa Johnson , Betsy King , Sally Quinlan , Laurie Rinker , and Nayoko Yoshikawa .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 29
Mazda Classic of Deer Creek Florida Silvia Bertolaccini (4)280 (−8)
200,000
30,000
Feb 5
Elizabeth Arden Classic Florida Patty Sheehan (9)280 (−8)
175,000
26,250
Feb 12
Sarasota Classic Florida Alice Miller (2)280 (−8)
175,000
26,250
Mar 4
Uniden LPGA Invitational California Nancy Lopez (28)284 (E)
300,000
45,000
Mar 11
Samaritan Turquoise Classic Arizona Christa Johnson (1)276 (−12)
150,000
22,500
Mar 18
Tucson Conquistadores Open Arizona Christa Johnson (2)272 (−16)
150,000
22,500
Mar 25
Women's Kemper Open Hawaii Betsy King (1)283 (−9)
200,000
30,000
Apr 8
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Juli Inkster (2)280 (−8)
400,000
55,000
Apr 15
J&B Scotch Pro-Am Nevada Ayako Okamoto (3)275 (−14)
200,000
30,000
Apr 22
S&H Golf Classic Florida Vicki Fergon (2)275 (−14)
150,000
22,500
Apr 29
Freedom/Orlando Classic Florida Betsy King (2)202 (−14)
150,000
22,500
May 7
Potamkin Cadillac Classic Georgia Sharon Barrett (1)213 (−3)
200,000
30,000
May 13
United Virginia Bank Classic Virginia Amy Alcott (18)210 (−6)
175,000
26,250
May 20
Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Classic New Jersey Barb Bunkowsky (1)209 (−10)
175,000
26,250
May 27
LPGA Corning Classic New York JoAnne Carner (41)281 (−7)
150,000
22,500
Jun 3
LPGA Championship Ohio Patty Sheehan (10)272 (−16)
250,000
37,500
Jun 10
McDonald's Kids Classic Pennsylvania Patty Sheehan (11)281 (−7)
350,000
52,500
Jun 17
Mayflower Classic Indiana Ayako Okamoto (4)281 (−7)
250,000
37,500
Jun 24
Boston Five Classic Massachusetts Laurie Rinker (1)286 (−2)
225,000
33,750
Jul 1
Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania Amy Alcott (19)208 (−8)
200,000
30,000
Jul 8
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Lauri Peterson (2)278 (−10)
175,000
26,250
Jul 15
U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Hollis Stacy (16)290 (+2)
225,000
36,000
Jul 22
Rochester International New York Kathy Whitworth (85)281 (−7)
200,000
30,000
Jul 29
du Maurier Classic Canada Juli Inkster (3)279 (−9)
275,000
41,250
Aug 5
West Virginia LPGA Classic West Virginia Alice Miller (3)209 (−7)
150,000
22,500
Aug 12
Henredon Classic North Carolina Patty Sheehan (12)277 (−11)
180,000
27,000
Aug 19
Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf Ohio Nancy Lopez (29)281 (−7)
200,000
65,000
Aug 19
MasterCard International Pro-Am New York Sally Quinlan (1)284 (−4)
100,000
15,287
Aug 26
Columbia Savings Classic Colorado Betsy King (3)281 (−3)
200,000
30,000
Sep 3
Rail Charity Classic Illinois Cindy Hill (1)207 (−9)
175,000
26,250
Sep 9
Portland Ping Championship Oregon Amy Alcott (20)212 (−4)
150,000
22,500
Sep 16
Safeco Classic Washington Kathy Whitworth (86)279 (−9)
175,000
26,250
Sep 23
San Jose Classic California Amy Alcott (21)211 (−8)
175,000
26,250
Oct 6
Hitachi Ladies British Open England Ayako Okamoto (5)289 (−3)
200,000
30,039
Oct 14
Smirnoff Ladies Irish Open Northern Ireland Kathy Whitworth (87)285 (−3)
150,000
22,500
Nov 4
Mazda Japan Classic Japan Nayoko Yoshikawa (1*)210 (−6)
300,000
41,250
* - non-member at time of win
Awards
References
External links
Amy Alcott, 
