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The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.
The season saw the first tournament in South Korea , the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf . There were 12 first-time winners in 1995: Nanci Bowen , Gail Graham , Becky Iverson , Tracy Kerdyk , Julie Larsen , Jenny Lidback , Kathryn Marshall , Michelle McGann , Alison Nicholas , Annika Sörenstam , Barb Thomas , and Karrie Webb . Sörenstam went on to win 72 LPGA events in her career, the third most all-time.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 15
Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Dawn Coe-Jones (3)281 (−7)
700,000
115,000
Jan 22
HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Pat Bradley (31)211 (−5)
450,000
67,500
Feb 18
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Barb Thomas (1)204 (−12)
550,000
82,500
Mar 12
Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Dottie Mochrie (9)278 (−10)
450,000
67,500
Mar 19
Standard Register PING Arizona Laura Davies (10)280 (−12)
700,000
105,000
Mar 26
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Nanci Bowen (1)285 (−3)
850,000
127,500
Apr 16
Pinewild Women's Championship North Carolina Rosie Jones (6)211 (−5)
650,000
97,500
Apr 23
Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Laura Davies (11)201 (−15)
500,000
75,000
Apr 30
Sprint Championship Florida Val Skinner (6)273 (−15)
1,200,000
180,000
May 7
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Michelle McGann (1)202 (−14)
525,000
78,750
May 14
McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Kelly Robbins (3)274 (−10)
1,200,000
180,000
May 21
Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Christa Johnson (7)210 (−6)
500,000
75,000
May 28
LPGA Corning Classic New York Alison Nicholas (1)275 (−13)
550,000
82,500
Jun 4
Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Dale Eggeling (2)274 (−14)
600,000
90,000
Jun 11
Edina Realty LPGA Classic Minnesota Julie Larsen (1)205 (−11)
500,000
75,000
Jun 18
Rochester International New York Patty Sheehan (33)278 (−10)
550,000
82,500
Jun 25
ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Betsy King (30)204 (−9)
650,000
97,500
Jul 2
Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Michelle McGann (2)205 (−11)
550,000
82,500
Jul 9
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio Kathryn Marshall (1)205 (−8)
500,000
75,000
Jul 16
U.S. Women's Open Colorado Annika Sörenstam (1)278 (−2)
1,000,000
175,000
Jul 23
JAL Big Apple Classic New York Tracy Kerdyk (1)273 (−11)
700,000
105,000
Jul 30
Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Becky Iverson (1)276 (−12)
500,000
75,000
Aug 6
McCall's LPGA Classic Vermont Dottie Mochrie (10)204 (−12)
500,000
75,000
Aug 13
PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Beth Daniel (32)271 (−17)
450,000
67,500
Aug 20
Weetabix Women's British Open England Karrie Webb (1*)278 (−14)
600,000
92,400
Aug 27
du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada Jenny Lidback (1)280 (−8)
1,000,000
150,000
Sep 4
State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Mary Beth Zimmerman (4)206 (−10)
550,000
82,500
Sep 10
Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Alison Nicholas (2)207 (−9)
500,000
75,000
Sep 17
Safeco Classic Washington Patty Sheehan (34)274 (−14)
500,000
75,000
Sep 24
GHP Heartland Classic Missouri Annika Sörenstam (2)278 (−10)
525,000
78,750
Oct 1
Fieldcrest Cannon Classic North Carolina Gail Graham (1)273 (−15)
500,000
75,000
Oct 15
Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf South Korea Annika Sörenstam (3)282 (−6)
475,000
117,500
Nov 5
Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Woo-Soon Ko (2*)207 (−9)
700,000
105,000
* – non-member at time of win
Annika Sörenstam
Pat Hurst
United States