Golf tour season
The1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since theLPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events.Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,236,789, setting the LPGA Tour record.[1]Karrie Webb won theVare Trophy for having the lowest scoring average. Her average of 70.00 was the lowest in the 45-year history of the award.[2]
There were four first-time winners in 1997:Cindy Figg-Currier,Pat Hurst,Michele Redman, andWendy Ward.Nancy Lopez won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season.[3] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.Majors are shown inbold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) |
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| Jan 12 | Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions | Florida |  Annika Sörenstam (7) | 272 (−16) | 700,000 | 115,000 |
| Jan 19 | HealthSouth Inaugural | Florida |  Michelle McGann (6) | 207 (−9) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Feb 9 | Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am | Florida | Kelly Robbins (5) | 271 (−17) | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| Feb 16 | Los Angeles Women's Championship | California | Terry-Jo Myers (2) | 206 (−10) | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Feb 22 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | Hawaii | Annika Sörenstam (8) | 206 (−10) | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Mar 2 | Alpine Australian Ladies Masters | Australia |  Gail Graham (2) | 273 (−15) | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Mar 16 | Welch's/Circle K Championship | Arizona | Donna Andrews (5) | 273 (−15) | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| Mar 23 | Standard Register PING | Arizona |  Laura Davies (16) | 277 (−15) | 850,000 | 127,500 |
| Mar 30 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | California | Betsy King (31) | 276 (−12) | 900,000 | 135,000 |
| Apr 6 | Longs Drugs Challenge | California | Annika Sörenstam (9) | 285 (−3) | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| Apr 20 | Susan G. Komen International | South Carolina |  Karrie Webb (6) | 276 (−12) | 500,000 | 75,000 |
| Apr 27 | Chick-fil-A Charity Championship | Georgia | Nancy Lopez (48) | 137 (−7)^ | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| May 4 | Sprint Titleholders Championship | Florida | Tammie Green (5) | 274 (−14) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| May 11 | Sara Lee Classic | Tennessee | Terry-Jo Myers (3) | 207 (−9) | 675,000 | 101,250 |
| May 18 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | Delaware | Christa Johnson (8) | 281 (−3) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| May 25 | LPGA Corning Classic | New York | Rosie Jones (8) | 277 (−11) | 650,000 | 97,500 |
| Jun 1 | Michelob Light Classic | Missouri | Annika Sörenstam (10) | 277 (−11) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 8 | Oldsmobile Classic | Michigan | Pat Hurst (1) | 279 (−9) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 15 | Edina Realty LPGA Classic | Minnesota | Danielle Ammaccapane (5) | 208 (−8) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 22 | Rochester International | New York | Penny Hammel (4) | 279 (−9) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Jun 29 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey | Michelle McGann (7) | 201 (−12) | 900,000 | 135,000 |
| Jul 6 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic | Ohio | Kelly Robbins (6) | 265 (−19) | 700,000 | 105,000 |
| Jul 13 | U.S. Women's Open | Oregon | Alison Nicholas (3) | 274 (−10) | 1,300,000 | 232,500 |
| Jul 20 | JAL Big Apple Classic | New York | Michele Redman (1) | 272 (−12) | 750,000 | 112,500 |
| Jul 27 | Giant Eagle LPGA Classic | Ohio | Tammie Green (6) | 203 (−13) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Aug 1 | du Maurier Classic | Canada | Colleen Walker (8) | 278 (−14) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Aug 10 | Friendly's Classic | Massachusetts | Deb Richard (5) | 277 (−11) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Aug 17 | Weetabix Women's British Open | England | Karrie Webb (7) | 269 (−19) | 900,000 | 129,938 |
| Aug 24 | Star Bank LPGA Classic | Ohio | Colleen Walker (9) | 203 (−13) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Sep 1 | State Farm Rail Classic | Illinois | Cindy Figg-Currier (1) | 200 (−16) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Sep 7 | Safeway LPGA Golf Championship | Oregon | Christa Johnson (9) | 206 (−10) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Sep 14 | Safeco Classic | Washington | Karrie Webb (8) | 272 (−16) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Sep 21 | Welch's Championship | Massachusetts | Liselotte Neumann (9) | 276 (−12) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Sep 28 | Fieldcrest Cannon Classic | North Carolina | Wendy Ward (1) | 265 (−23) | 550,000 | 82,500 |
| Oct 5 | CoreStates Betsy King Classic | Pennsylvania | Annika Sörenstam (11) | 274 (−14) | 600,000 | 90,000 |
| Oct 19 | Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf | South Korea | Juli Inkster (16) | 280 (−8) | 525,000 | 131,000 |
| Nov 9 | Toray Japan Queens Cup | Japan | Liselotte Neumann (10) | 205 (−11) | 750,000 | 112,500 |
| Nov 23 | ITT LPGA Tour Championship | Nevada | Annika Sörenstam (12) | 277 (−11) | 750,000 | 160,000 |
^ – weather-shortened tournament
