The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each. Sherri Turner led the money list with earnings of $350,851.

1988 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 4, 1988 (1988-02-04) – November 6, 1988 (1988-11-06)
Number of official events34
Most wins3 United States Juli Inkster, United States Rosie Jones, United States Nancy Lopez, Japan Ayako Okamoto
Money leaderUnited States Sherri Turner
Player of the YearUnited States Nancy Lopez
Rookie of the YearSweden Liselotte Neumann
1987
1989

There were eight first-time winners in 1988: Mei-Chi Cheng, Shirley Furlong, Patty Jordan, Ok-Hee Ku, Terry-Jo Myers, Martha Nause, Liselotte Neumann, and Sherri Turner. Ku was the first South Korean winner, winning the Standard Register Turquoise Classic.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

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The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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 ($) 1st prize ($)
Feb 7 Mazda Classic Florida   Nancy Lopez (37) 283 (-5) 200,000 30,000
Feb 14 Sarasota Classic Florida   Patty Sheehan (18) 282 (-6) 225,000 33,750
Feb 27 Orient Leasing Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii   Ayako Okamoto (12) 213 (-3) 300,000 45,000
Mar 6 Women's Kemper Open Hawaii   Betsy King (12) 280 (-8) 300,000 45,000
Mar 20 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open Arizona   Laura Davies (2) 278 (-10) 300,000 45,000
Mar 27 Standard Register Turquoise Classic Arizona   Ok-Hee Ku (1) 281 (-7) 350,000 52,500
Apr 3 Nabisco Dinah Shore California   Amy Alcott (27) 274 (-14) 500,000 80,000
Apr 10 San Diego Inamori Golf Classic California   Ayako Okamoto (13) 272 (-12) 225,000 33,750
Apr 17 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic California   Nancy Lopez (38) 210 (-6) 400,000 60,000
Apr 24 USX Golf Classic Florida   Rosie Jones (2) 275 (-13) 225,000 33,750
May 1 Sara Lee Classic Tennessee   Patti Rizzo (3) 207 (-9) 335,000 50,250
May 8 Crestar Classic Virginia   Juli Inkster (9) 209 (-7) 300,000 45,000
May 15 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic New Jersey   Nancy Lopez (39) 204 (-12) 250,000 37,500
May 22 Mazda LPGA Championship Ohio   Sherri Turner (1) 281 (-7) 350,000 52,500
May 29 LPGA Corning Classic New York   Sherri Turner (2) 273 (-15) 325,000 48,750
Jun 5 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio   Laura Davies (3) 277 (-11) 275,000 41,250
Jun 12 Rochester International New York   Mei-Chi Cheng (1) 287 (-1) 300,000 45,000
Jun 19 Lady Keystone Open Pennsylvania   Shirley Furlong (1) 205 (-11) 300,000 45,000
Jun 26 McDonald's Championship Delaware   Kathy Postlewait (3) 276 (-8) 500,000 75,000
Jul 3 du Maurier Ltd. Classic Canada     Sally Little (15) 279 (-9) 500,000 75,000
Jul 10 Mayflower Classic Indiana   Terry-Jo Myers (1) 276 (-8) 400,000 60,000
Jul 17 Boston Five Classic Massachusetts   Colleen Walker (2) 274 (-14) 300,000 45,000
Jul 24 U.S. Women's Open Maryland   Liselotte Neumann (1) 277 (-7) 400,000 70,000
Jul 31 Greater Washington Open Maryland   Ayako Okamoto (14) 206 (-7) 225,000 33,750
Aug 7 Planters Pat Bradley International North Carolina   Martha Nause (1) 14 points 400,000 62,500
Aug 21 Atlantic City Classic New Jersey   Juli Inkster (10) 206 (-7) 225,000 33,750
Aug 28 Nestle World Championship Georgia   Rosie Jones (3) 279 (-9) 250,000 81,500
Aug 28 Ocean State Open Rhode Island   Patty Jordan (1) 211 (-5) 150,000 22,500
Sep 5 Rail Charity Golf Classic Illinois   Betsy King (13) 207 (-9) 250,000 33,750
Sep 11 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship Oregon   Betsy King (14) 213 (-3) 250,000 37,500
Sep 18 Safeco Classic Washington   Juli Inkster (11) 278 (-10) 225,000 33,750
Sep 26 Santa Barbara Open California   Rosie Jones (4) 212 (-4) 300,000 45,000
Oct 2 Konica San Jose Classic California   Kathy Guadagnino (2) 207 (-9) 300,000 45,000
Nov 6 Mazda Japan Classic Japan   Patty Sheehan (19) 206 (-10) 450,000 67,500

Awards

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Award Winner Country
Money winner Sherri Turner   United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Colleen Walker   United States
Player of the Year Nancy Lopez (4)   United States
Rookie of the Year Liselotte Neumann   Sweden

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