The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies , Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each. Webb led the money list with earnings of $1,002,000, the first player to win over $1 million in a season.
The season saw the first winner's share over $200,000, at the U.S. Women's Open . There were four first-time winners in 1996: Mayumi Hirase , Emilee Klein , Caroline Pierce , and Joan Pitcock .
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
Jan 14
Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions Florida Liselotte Neumann (6)275 (−13)
725,000
117,500
Jan 21
HealthSouth Inaugural Florida Karrie Webb (2)209 (−7)
450,000
67,500
Feb 24
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Meg Mallon (7)212 (−4)
600,000
90,000
Mar 17
Ping/Welch's Championship Arizona Liselotte Neumann (7)276 (−12)
450,000
67,500
Mar 24
Standard Register PING Arizona Laura Davies (12)284 (−8)
700,000
105,000
Mar 31
Nabisco Dinah Shore California Patty Sheehan (35)281 (−7)
900,000
135,000
Apr 7
Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic California Kelly Robbins (4)273 (−11)
500,000
75,000
Apr 21
Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Barb Mucha (4)208 (−8)
550,000
82,500
Apr 28
Sara Lee Classic Tennessee Meg Mallon (8)210 (−6)
600,000
90,000
May 5
Sprint Titleholders Championship Florida Karrie Webb (3)272 (−16)
1,200,000
180,000
May 12
McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Laura Davies (13)213 (E)
1,200,000
180,000
May 26
LPGA Corning Classic New York Rosie Jones (7)276 (−12)
600,000
90,000
Jun 2
U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Annika Sörenstam (4)272 (−8)
1,200,000
212,500
Jun 9
Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Michelle McGann (3)272 (−16)
600,000
90,000
Jun 16
Edina Realty LPGA Classic Minnesota Liselotte Neumann (8)207 (−9)
550,000
82,500
Jun 23
Rochester International New York Dottie Pepper (11)206 (−10)
600,000
90,000
Jun 30
ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Dottie Pepper (12)202 (−11)
750,000
112,500
Jul 7
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Joan Pitcock (1)204 (−9)
575,000
86,250
Jul 14
Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Ohio Michelle McGann (4)200 (−16)
600,000
90,000
Jul 21
Friendly's Classic Massachusetts Dottie Pepper (13)279 (−9)
500,000
75,000
Jul 28
Michelob Light Heartland Classic Missouri Vicki Fergon (3)276 (−12)
550,000
82,500
Aug 4
du Maurier Classic Canada Laura Davies (14)277 (−11)
1,000,000
150,000
Aug 11
PING/Welch's Championship Massachusetts Emilee Klein (1)277 (−15)
500,000
75,000
Aug 18
Weetabix Women's British Open England Emilee Klein (2)277 (−15)
850,000
124,000
Aug 25
Star Bank LPGA Classic Ohio Laura Davies (15)204 (−12)
550,000
82,500
Sep 2
State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Michelle McGann (5)202 (−14)
575,000
86,250
Sep 8
Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Dottie Pepper (14)202 (−14)
550,000
82,500
Sep 15
Safeco Classic Washington Karrie Webb (4)277 (−11)
550,000
82,500
Sep 29
Fieldcrest Cannon Classic North Carolina Trish Johnson (3)270 (−18)
500,000
75,000
Oct 5
JAL Big Apple Classic New York Caroline Pierce (1)211 (−2)
725,000
108,750
Oct 13
CoreStates Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Annika Sörenstam (5)270 (−18)
600,000
90,000
Oct 20
Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf South Korea Annika Sörenstam (6)274 (−14)
500,000
125,000
Nov 3
Toray Japan Queens Cup Japan Mayumi Hirase (1)212 (−4)
750,000
112,500
Nov 24
ITT LPGA Tour Championship Nevada Karrie Webb (5)272 (−16)
700,000
150,000
Laura Davies, 
Dottie Pepper and 
Karrie Webb
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