Played as the Elizabeth Arden Classic. Second-placed Jane Blalock (USA) and defending champion Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 6 shots behind JoAnne Carner (USA). [Soffer course, Miami Turnberry Resort, Aventura, FL; at the time called the South course, Turnberry Isle Resort].

Played as the Safeco Classic. Second-placed Jan Stephenson (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA), who recorded the last of her 43 LPGA Tour wins. [Meridian Valley CC, Kent, nr Seattle, WA].

Played as the LPGA Corning Classic. Second-placed Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) finished 4 shots behind Carner (USA). [Corning CC, Corning, nr Elmira, New York].

Played as the Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf. As in 1982, Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) finished in second place behind Carner (USA), this time by 2 shots. [Shaker Heights CC, nr Cleveland, Ohio].

Carner (USA) won her fifth (and third straight) Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

Carner (USA) won her third (and second straight) LPGA Tour Money List, with 1983 season earnings of $291,404 on the Tour. Patty Sheehan (USA) was second with $250,399; Pat Bradley (USA) was third with $240,207.

Played as the Portland PING Championship (Sept 9-11). JoAnne Carner (USA) beat Charlotte Montgomery (Swe) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record her 40th LPGA Tour win. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].

Played as the Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf. Second-placed Ayako Okamoto (Jpn) finished 5 shots behind Carner (USA). [Shaker Heights CC, nr Cleveland, Ohio].

Carner (USA) won her third (and second straight) LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors. Beth Daniel (USA) was second with 63 pts; Sally Little (RSA/USA) was third with 57 pts.

Carner (USA) won her second LPGA Tour Money List, with 1982 season earnings of $310,399 on the Tour. Sandra Haynie (USA) was second with $245,432; Sally Little (RSA/USA) was third with $228,941.

Carner (USA) won her fourth (and second straight) Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. Beth Daniel (USA) was second with 71.66; Patty Sheehan (USA) was third with 71.72.

Played as the Elizabeth Arden Classic. Second-placed Jo Ann Washam (USA) finished 1 shot behind JoAnne Carner (USA). [Soffer course, Miami Turnberry Resort, Aventura, FL; at the time called the South course, Turnberry Isle Resort].

Played as the Henredon Classic. Carner (USA) beat defending champion Sandra Haynie (USA) with a par at the fifth playoff hole, to win her second straight LPGA Tour title. [Willow Creek CC, High Point, North Carolina; now known as the Willow Creek course of High Point CC].

Played as the Rail Charity Golf Classic. Second-placed Susie McAllister (USA) finished 6 shots behind defending champion Carner (USA), who won for the third straight week on the LPGA Tour. [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].

Played as the JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (Dec 9-12; two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Second-placed Jay Haas (USA) & Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 1 shot behind the winning team of John Mahaffey (USA) & JoAnne Carner (USA). [Bardmoor CC, Largo, FL].

Played as the McDonald's Classic. Second-placed Sandra Haynie (USA) finished 6 shots behind Carner (USA). [White Manor CC, Malvern, nr Philadelphia, PA].

Played as the Columbia Savings LPGA Classic. Second-placed Janet Alex (USA, née Anderson), Kathy Whitworth (USA) and Patty Sheehan (USA) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA). [Columbine CC, Littleton, nr Denver, CO].

Played as the Rail Charity Golf Classic. Second-placed Kyle O'Brien (USA) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA). [Rail GC, Springfield, Illinois].

Carner (USA) won her third Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

Played as the S&H Golf Classic. Carner (USA) beat defending champion Dot Germain (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole, to record her 30th LPGA Tour win. [Pasadena GC, Gulfport, Florida; now called Pasadena Yatch & CC].

Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed Martha Nause (USA) finished 8 shots behind defending champion Carner (USA). [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].

Carner (USA) won her second LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.

Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed JoAnn Washam (USA) finished 4 shots behind Carner (USA). [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].

Played as the inaugural Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek. Second-placed Sandra Post (Can) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA). [Deer Creek CC, Deerfield Beach, Florida].

Played as the Honda Civic Golf Classic. Judy Rankin finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Bent Tree Ladies Classic. Second-placed Sandra Post (Can) finished 1 shot behind Carner (USA). [Bent Tree CC, nr Sarasota, Florida].

Played as the Sunstar Classic (March 6-9). Second-placed Debbie Massey (USA) and Kathy Postlewait (USA) finished 3 shots behind Carner (USA). Event reduced to 54 holes after rain washed out the first round. [Rancho Park GC, Los Angeles, CA].

Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Carner (USA) beat Chako Higuchi (Jpn) with a par at the second playoff hole. Donna Caponi (USA), Nancy Lopez (USA) and Jan Stephenson (Aus) were eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Mesa Verde CC, Costa Mesa, nr Newport Beach, CA].

Played as the Honda Civic Golf Classic. Pat Bradley and Sandra Post finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Colgate Triple Crown Match Play Championship (Feb 1-4; featuring the 16 leading players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1978). Defending champion JoAnne Carner (USA) beat Pat Bradley (USA) 4 and 3 in the 18-hole final. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].

Played as the Borden Classic. Second-placed Betsy King (USA) and Pat Bradley (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Carner (USA). [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].

Played as the Colgate Triple Crown Match Play Championship (Jan 27-29; featuring the 16 leading players from Colgate's top sponsored women's events in 1977). JoAnne Carner (USA) beat Sandra Palmer (USA) 1-up in the 18-hole final. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].

Played as the Peter Jackson Classic (July 1-4; first year played as a 72-hole event). Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 8 shots behind JoAnne Carner (USA). [St George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario].

Played as the LPGA National Team Championship (Sept 16-18; unofficial LPGA Tr team event). JoAnne Carner (USA) & Judy Rankin (USA) beat Betty Burfeindt (USA) & Pam Higgins (USA) with Carner's eight-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].

Played as the Talk Tournament '77. Kathy McMullen finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the National Jewish Hospital Open. Second-placed Hollis Stacy (USA) finished 2 shots behind Carner (USA). [Columbine CC, Littleton, nr Denver, CO].

Played as the Borden Classic. Second-placed Pat Meyers (USA) finished 1 shot behind Carner (USA). [Riviera CC, Dublin, Ohio, which permanently closed in 2015].

The US Women's Open (31st) (July 8-12). Carner (USA) beat Sandra Palmer (USA) in an 18-hole playoff: Carner 76 (+5), Palmer 78 (+7). Carner recorded the second of her two major championship wins. [Rolling Green GC, Springfield, PA].

Played as the Hoosier Classic. Debbie Austin and Pat Bradley finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Lady Tara Classic. Second-placed Silvia Bertolaccini (Arg) finished 3 shots behind Carner (USA). [Indian Hills CC, Marietta, Georgia].

Played as the Orange Blossom Classic. Carner (USA) beat Sandra Palmer (USA) with a par at the fourth playoff hole. [Seminole Lake CC, Seminole, nr St Petersburg, FL].

Carner (USA) won her second straight Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

Played as the Peter Jackson Classic (June 27-29). JoAnne Carner (USA) beat Carol Mann (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [St George's G&CC, Etobicoke, Ontario].

Played as the Girl Talk Classic. Sandra Spuzich finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Wills-Qantas Australian Ladies Open (Feb 28-Mar 2). Won by Carner (née Gunderson) (USA). [The Australian GC, Rosebery, Sydney, Aus].

Played as the American Defender Classic. Carner (USA) beat Judy Rankin (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [North Ridge CC, Raleigh, North Carolina].

Played as the St Paul Open. Laura Baugh finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Hoosier LPGA Classic. Judy Rankin and Donna Caponi finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Desert Inn Classic. Carole Jo Skala finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Dallas Civitan Open. Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 1 shot behind Carner (USA). [Brookhaven CC, Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas].

Carner (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

Carner (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1974 Money List, with earnings of $87,570 on the Tour. Jane Blalock (USA) was second on the money list, just $304 behind Carner.

Carner (USA) won the LPGA Tour Player of the Year Award, based on a points system for top 10 finishes and performance in Majors.

Played as the Portland Ladies Classic (Sept 27-29). Second-placed Donna Caponi Young (USA) finished 2 shots behind JoAnne Carner (USA), who recorded her 10th LPGA Tour win. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].

The US Women's Open (26th) (June 24-27). Second-placed Kathy Whitworth (USA) finished 7 shots behind first-time major championship winner Carner (USA). [The Kahkwa Club, Erie, PA].

Played as the Bluegrass Invitational. Sandra Haynie finished in second place behind Carner.

Played as the Wendell - West Open. Marilynn Smith finished in second place behind Carner.

Carner (USA) won the LPGA Tour 1970 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player.

Played as Burdine's Invitational. Second-placed Shirley Englehorn (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Carner (USA, amateur). [West course, CC of Miami, Miami, FL].

The US Women's Amateur Championship (68th). JoAnne Gunderson (USA, later JoAnne Carner) beat Anne Welts (USA, née Quast, then Decker, Welts & Sander) 5 and 4 in the final. [Birmingham CC, Birmingham, nr Detroit, Michigan].

The US Women's Amateur Championship (66th). JoAnne Gunderson (USA, later JoAnne Carner) beat Marlene Stewart Streit (Can) at the 41st hole in the final. [Sewickley Heights GC, Sewickley, PA].

The US Women's Amateur Championship (62nd). JoAnne Gunderson (USA, later JoAnne Carner) beat Ann Baker (USA) 9 and 8 in the final. [CC of Rochester, Rochester, NY].

The US Women's Amateur Championship (60th). JoAnne Gunderson (USA, later JoAnne Carner) beat Jean Ashley (USA) 6 and 5 in the final. [Tulsa CC, Tulsa, OK].

The US Women's Amateur Championship (57th). JoAnne Gunderson (USA, later JoAnne Carner) beat Ann Casey Johnstone (USA) 8 and 6 in the final. [Del Paso CC, Sacramento, CA].

Played as the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. JoAnne Gunderson (USA, married name Carner) beat Clifford Ann Creed (USA) 4 and 3 in the final. [Heather Downs CC, Toledo, Ohio].