1984 LPGA Tour

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.

1984 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26) – November 4, 1984 (1984-11-04)
Number of official events	36
Most wins	4 Amy Alcott, Patty Sheehan
Money leader	Betsy King
Player of the Year	Betsy King
Rookie of the Year	Juli Inkster
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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. "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 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

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Betsy King	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Patty Sheehan	United States
Player of the Year	Betsy King	United States
Rookie of the Year	Juli Inkster	United States

External links

• LPGA Tour official site
• 1984 season coverage at golfobserver.com