1995 LPGA Tour
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 $666,533.
The season saw the first tournament in South Korea, the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf. There were 12 first-time winners in 1995: Nanci Bowen, Gail Graham, Becky Iverson, Tracy Kerdyk, Julie Larsen, Jenny Lidback, Kathryn Marshall, Michelle McGann, Alison Nicholas, Annika Sörenstam, Barb Thomas, and Karrie Webb. Sörenstam went on to win 72 LPGA events in her career, the third most all-time.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1995 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | Purse ($) | 1st prize ($) |
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| Jan 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
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