Year: | 1983 |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 33 |
Most Wins: | 4 Pat Bradley, Patty Sheehan |
Honor1: | Money leader |
Honoree1: | JoAnne Carner |
Honor2: | Player of the Year |
Honoree2: | Patty Sheehan |
Honor3: | Rookie of the Year |
Honoree3: | Stephanie Farwig |
Prevseason: | 1982 |
Nextseason: | 1984 |
The 1983 LPGA Tour was the 34th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 27 to November 13, 1983. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, with four each. JoAnne Carner led the money list with earnings of $291,404.
There were nine first-time winners in 1983: Lynn Adams, Lauren Howe, Juli Inkster, Alice Miller, Lenore Muraoka, Anne Marie Palli, Lauri Peterson, Kathy Postlewait, and Patti Rizzo. This was the first year that the Nabisco Dinah Shore (now called the Kraft Nabisco Championship) was classified as an LPGA major.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1983 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) | |
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Jan 30 | Pat Bradley (10) | 272 (-16) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Feb 6 | Nancy Lopez (26) | 285 (-3) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Feb 13 | Donna White (3) | 284 (-4) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Feb 27 | Jan Stephenson (10) | 207 (-9) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Mar 6 | Anne Marie Palli (1) | 205 (-14) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Mar 20 | Kathy Whitworth (84) | 288 (-4) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Apr 3 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | Amy Alcott (17) | 282 (-6) | 400,000 | 55,000 | ||
Apr 10 | Nancy Lopez (27) | 283 (-6) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Apr 17 | Lynn Adams (1) | 208 (-8) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Apr 24 | Hollis Stacy (13) | 277 (-11) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
May 1 | Hollis Stacy (14) | 285 (-3) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
May 8 | Janet Coles (2) | 206 (-10) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
May 15 | Lenore Muraoka (1) | 212 (-4) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
May 22 | Pat Bradley (11) | 212 (-7) | 125,000 | 18,750 | |||
May 29 | Patty Sheehan (5) | 272 (-16) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Jun 5 | Alice Miller (1) | 216 (E) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Jun 12 | LPGA Championship | Patty Sheehan (6) | 279 (-9) | 200,000 | 30,000 | ||
Jun 19 | Jan Stephenson (11) | 205 (-11) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Jun 26 | Ayako Okamoto (2) | 282 (-6) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Jul 3 | Peter Jackson Classic | Hollis Stacy (15) | 277 (-11) | 250,000 | 37,500 | ||
Jul 17 | Beth Daniel (13) | 286 (-2) | 350,000 | 52,500 | |||
Jul 24 | Lauren Howe (1) | 280 (-8) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Jul 31 | U.S. Women's Open | Jan Stephenson (12) | 290 (+6) | 200,000 | 32,780 | ||
Aug 7 | Patti Rizzo (1) | 277 (-11) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Aug 14 | Patty Sheehan (7) | 272 (-16) | 180,000 | 27,000 | |||
Aug 21 | JoAnne Carner (39) | 282 (-6) | 200,000 | 65,000 | |||
Aug 28 | Pat Bradley (12) | 277 (-11) | 200,000 | 30,000 | |||
Sep 5 | Lauri Peterson (1) | 210 (-6) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Sep 11 | JoAnne Carner (40) | 212 (-4) | 150,000 | 22,500 | |||
Sep 18 | Juli Inkster (1) | 283 (-6) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Sep 26 | Patty Sheehan (8) | 209 (-10) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Oct 2 | Kathy Postlewait (1) | 213 (-5) | 175,000 | 26,250 | |||
Nov 13 | Pat Bradley (13) | 206 (-10) | 300,000 | 37,500 |
Award | Winner | Country | |
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JoAnne Carner (3) | |||
JoAnne Carner (5) | |||