The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA 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 $1,236,789.
There were four first-time winners in 1997: Cindy Figg-Currier , Pat Hurst , Michele Redman , and Wendy Ward . Nancy Lopez won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997.
The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season.[ 1] Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
Purse ($ )
1st prize ($)
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
Annika Sörenstam
Lisa Hackney