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{{short description|Association of US female professional golfers}}
{{About|the golf association|the political party|Libertarian Party of Georgia}}
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{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Ladies Professional Golf Association
| current_season  = 2024 LPGA Tour
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| logo            = Ladies Professional Golf Association.svg
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| caption         = Logo introduced in October 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/article/lpga-tour-media/lpga-unveils-new-logo |publisher=Golf Channel |agency=LPGA Tour Media |title=LPGA Unveils New Logo |date=October 4, 2007 |access-date=December 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.famouslogos.us/lpga-logo |publisher=famouslogos.us |title=LPGA logo |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
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| sport           = Golf
| founded         = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1950||}}
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| inaugural       = [[1950 LPGA Tour|1950]]
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| country         = {{USA}}, with events in other countries around the world
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| most_champs     = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Whitworth]] (88)
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| website         = {{official URL}}
| singles         =
| commissioner    = [[Mollie Marcoux|Mollie Marcoux Samaan]]
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| TV              = [[NBC Sports]]<br>[[Golf Channel]]<br>[[CBS Sports]]
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| Founder         = 13 original LPGA players<ref name=found13>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/blogs/2011/3/learn-more-about-the-13-lpga-founders.aspx |publisher=LPGA |title=Learn more about the 13 LPGA founders |year=2011 |access-date=April 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128100416/http://www.lpga.com/golf/blogs/2011/3/learn-more-about-the-13-lpga-founders.aspx |archive-date=November 28, 2012}}</ref>
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The '''Ladies Professional Golf Association''' ('''LPGA''') is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at [[LPGA International]] in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]], and is best known for running the '''LPGA Tour''', a series of weekly golf [[tournament]]s for elite women [[professional golfer]]s from around the world.
==Organization and history==
Other "LPGAs" exist in other countries, each with a geographical designation in its name, but the U.S. organization is the first, largest, and most prestigious. The LPGA is also an organization for female club and teaching professionals. This is different from the [[PGA Tour]], which runs the main professional [[Professional golf tours|tours]] in the U.S. and, since 1968, has been independent of the club and teaching professionals' organization, the [[Professional Golfers' Association of America]] (or PGA of America).
The LPGA also administers an annual [[qualifying school]] similar to that conducted by the PGA Tour. Depending on a golfer's finish in the final qualifying tournament, she may receive full or partial playing privileges on the LPGA Tour. In addition to the main LPGA Tour, the LPGA also owns and operates the [[Epson Tour]], formerly the Futures Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA. Top finishers at the end of each season on that tour receive playing privileges on the main LPGA Tour for the following year.
The LPGA is the oldest continuing women's professional sports organization in the United States.<ref name="touroldest">{{cite news |work=The Golf Channel |title=LPGA Tour: History |year=2000 |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=17104&dv=3092752&select=2069 |access-date=April 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205545/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=17104&dv=3092752&select=2069 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="touroldest2">{{cite web |title=About the LPGA |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/corporate/ladies-golf/about-the-lpga.aspx |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> It succeeded the WPGA (Women's Professional Golf Association), which was founded in 1944 but stopped its limited tour after the 1948 season and officially ceased operations in December 1949.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5d71iha1Q-YC&pg=PA330 |title=Historical Dictionary of Golf |last=Mallon |first=Bill |date=January 21, 2011 |page=330|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810874657 }}</ref> The WPGA had been founded by [[Ellen Griffin]], [[Betty Hicks]], and [[Hope Seignious]].<ref name="Publishing1996">{{cite magazine |first=Muffin |last=Spencer-Devlin |title=Reviews – Books: Fore play |magazine=The Advocate |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PWQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT88 |date=November 12, 1996|page=88}}</ref><ref name="Kirsch2009">{{cite book |first=George B. |last=Kirsch |title=Golf in America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OTg2eVFr__4C&pg=PA170 |year=2009 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-03292-9 |page=170}}</ref>
The LPGA was founded in 1950 at Rolling Hills Country Club in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://collegeofgolf.keiseruniversity.edu/when-was-the-lpga-founded/ |title=When was the LPGA founded? [Infographic] |date=January 4, 2017 |website=Keiser University College of Golf |access-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429190113/https://collegeofgolf.keiseruniversity.edu/when-was-the-lpga-founded/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its 13 founders were: [[Alice Bauer]], [[Patty Berg]], [[Bettye Danoff]], [[Helen Dettweiler]], [[Marlene Hagge]], [[Helen Hicks]], [[Opal Hill]], [[Betty Jameson]], [[Sally Sessions]], [[Marilynn Smith]], [[Shirley Spork]], [[Louise Suggs]], and [[Babe Didrikson Zaharias|Babe Zaharias]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/careers-about/about-our-founders |title=About the LPGA - Our Founders |publisher=LPGA}}</ref><ref name="obit">{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Michael |title=Patty Berg |work=The Guardian |date=September 12, 2006 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/sep/12/guardianobituaries.gender |access-date=March 16, 2016}}</ref> [[Patty Berg]] served as its first president.<ref name="obit"/> The founders were elected to the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]] as a group in 2023 though six had already been inducted individually.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/35813789/padraig-harrington-lpga-founders-join-24-golf-hall-fame-class |title=Padraig Harrington, LPGA founders join '24 Golf Hall of Fame class |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=March 9, 2023}}</ref>
The first LPGA tournament was the 1950 [[Tampa Women's Open]], held at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Florida. Ironically, the winner was amateur [[Polly Riley]], who beat the stellar field of professional founders.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1950 |title=Polly Riley Victor With 295 at Tampa |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1950/01/23/issue.html |access-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref> In 1956, the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the [[Havana Open]] in Havana, Cuba.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
In 2001, [[Jane Blalock]]'s JBC Marketing established the Women's Senior Golf Tour, now called the [[Legends Tour]], for women professionals aged 45 and older. This is affiliated with the LPGA, but is not owned by the LPGA.
[[Michael Whan]], a former marketing executive in the sporting goods industry,<ref>{{cite news |date=October 28, 2009 |title=LPGA Tour names Whan commissioner |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4601515 |access-date=April 30, 2013 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> became the eighth commissioner of the LPGA in October 2009, succeeding the ousted [[Carolyn Bivens]].<ref name="touroldest2" /><ref name="whan-press">{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/news/2009/10/lpga-names-michael-whan-as-its-commissioner.aspx |title=LPGA Names Michael Whan as its Commissioner |publisher=LPGA |date=October 28, 2009 |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
In 2018, the LPGA acquired an amateur golf association, the Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA), and expanded its emphasis to include amateur golfers in the U.S. and North America. Initially called the LPGA Women Who Play,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Women's Golf Association to be Rebranded as LPGA Women Who Play |url=http://www.lpga.com/news/2018/2018-ewga-to-be-rebranded-as-lpga-women-who-play |access-date=2020-10-27 |publisher=LPGA}}</ref> the amateur organization was rebranded as the LPGA Amateur Golf Association. The LPGA Amateur Golf Association has member-operated chapters throughout North America and the Caribbean.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Chapter |url=https://lpgaamateurs.com/memberships/find/ |access-date=2020-10-27 |publisher=LPGA Amateur Golf Association}}</ref>
== LPGA Tour tournaments ==
[[File:2009 LPGA Championship - Kristy McPherson (4).jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Kristy McPherson]] during her practice round before the [[2009 LPGA Championship]]<br>at [[Bulle Rock|Bulle Rock Golf Course]] in [[Maryland]].]]
As a United States–based tour, most of the LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States. In 1956, the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the [[Havana Open]] in [[Havana, Cuba]]. In 2020, fourteen tournaments are held outside of the United States, seven events in Asia, four in Europe, two events in Australia, and one in Canada.
Five of the tournaments held outside North America are co-sanctioned with other professional tours. The [[Ladies European Tour]] co-sanctions the [[Women's British Open]], [[The Evian Championship]] in France, and the [[Women's Australian Open]] (also co-sanctioned with the [[ALPG Tour]]).  The other two co-sanctioned events—the [[BMW Ladies Championship]] ([[LPGA of Korea Tour]]) and [[Toto Japan Classic]] ([[LPGA of Japan Tour]])—are held during the tour's autumn swing to Asia.
===LPGA majors===
The LPGA's annual [[women's major golf championships|major championships]] are:
*[[Chevron Championship]]
*[[U.S. Women's Open]]
*[[Women's PGA Championship]]
*[[Women's British Open]]
*[[The Evian Championship]]
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Major Championship Records |url=https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/major-championship-records |access-date=2024-02-07 |publisher=LPGA}}</ref>
===LPGA Playoffs===
Since [[2006 LPGA Tour|2006]], the LPGA has played a season-ending championship tournament. Through the 2008 season, it was known as the [[ADT Championship|LPGA Playoffs at The ADT]]; in [[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]] and [[2010 LPGA Tour|2010]], it was known as the [[LPGA Tour Championship]]. In [[2011 LPGA Tour|2011]], the event became the [[CME Group Tour Championship|CME Group Titleholders]], held in November; since 2014, it has been known as the CME Group Tour Championship, and that name is used {{As of|2024|lc=y}}.
From 2006 through 2008 the LPGA schedule was divided into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the Championship based on their performance. Two wild-card selections were also included for a final field of 21 players. The winner of the LPGA Tour Championship, which features three days of "playoffs" plus the final championship round, earns $1&nbsp;million.
In 2009, the Tour Championship field was increased to 120 players, with entry open to all Tour members in the top 120 on the money list as of three weeks prior to the start of the tournament. The total purse was $1.5&nbsp;million with $225,000 going to the winner.
The [[CME Group Titleholders]], which resurrects the name of a former LPGA major championship (the [[Titleholders Championship]]), was first played in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, its field was made up of three qualifiers from each official tour event during the season, specifically the top three finishers not previously qualified.
After 2014, the field is determined by a season-long points race, the Race to the CME Globe.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 2014 |title=LPGA Tour goes to points race |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/10261775/lpga-tour-goes-points-race-big-payoff |access-date=January 10, 2014 |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Points conferred to players on tour depend on whether the tournament is major or not, and placement. From 2014 to 2018, the top 72 players in the Race to the CME Globe competed in the CME Group Tour Championship, with the top 12 players mathematically eligible to win a $1 million bonus in 2017 and 2018. Past Race to the CME Globe champions include Lydia Ko (2014, 2015), Ariya Jutanugarn (2016, 2018) and [[Lexi Thompson]] (2017).
== Tournament prize money ==
In 2010, total official prize money on the LPGA Tour was $41.4 million, a decrease of over $6 million from [[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]]. In 2010 there were 24 official tournaments, down from 28 in 2009 and 34 in 2008. Despite the loss in total tournaments, the number of tournaments hosted outside of the United States in 2010 stayed the same, as all four lost tournaments had been hosted in the United States. By 2016, the number of tournaments had risen to 33 with a record-high total prize money in excess of $63 million. In 2019, a new record was set with total prize money amounting to $70.5 million (a rise of over $5 million in one year).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/lpga-exposure-pay-gap-1.5249606 |title=LPGA commissioner: 'If I had 150 Brooke Hendersons, I could own the sporting world' |first=Adam |last=Stanley |website=[[CBC Sports]] |date=2019-08-16 |access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref>
==International presence==
In its first four decades, the LPGA Tour was dominated by American players. [[Sandra Post]] of [[Canada]] became the first player living outside the United States to gain an LPGA tour card in [[1968 LPGA Tour|1968]]. The non-U.S. contingent is now very large. The last time an American player topped the money list was in [[2014 LPGA Tour|2014]] ([[Stacy Lewis]]), the last time an American led the tour in tournaments won was in [[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]] ([[Danielle Kang]]), and from 2000 through 2009, non-Americans won 31 of 40 major championships.
Particularly, one of the notable trends seen in the early 21st century in the LPGA is the rise and dominance of [[Koreans|Korean]] golfers.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209144751/http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/karen.palacios.jansen/2008/02/29/lpga_south_korean_women_dominate_women_s_2008 LPGA – South Korean women dominate women's golf in 2008]</ref> [[Pak Se-ri|Se Ri Pak]]'s early success in the LPGA sparked the boom in Korean women golfers on the LPGA Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/column/why-korean-golfers-are-dominating-lpga-tour-5643.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209172154/http://www.worldgolf.com/column/why-korean-golfers-are-dominating-lpga-tour-5643.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Why Korean golfers are dominating LPGA Tour |first=Jennifer |last=Mario |access-date=April 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 2009, there were 122 non-Americans from 27 countries on the tour, including 47 from South Korea, 14 from [[Sweden]], 10 from [[Australia]], eight from the United Kingdom (four from [[England]], three from [[Scotland]] and one from [[Wales]]), seven from Canada, five from [[Taiwan]], and four from [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2009InternationalPlayers.pdf |title=LPGA Information: 2009 International Players |publisher=LPGA |access-date=January 24, 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref>
==2024 LPGA Tour==
{{see also|2024 LPGA Tour}}
==Historical tour schedules and results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center"
! Year !! Number of  <br>official tournaments  !! Countries hosting <br>tournaments !!  Tournaments in<br />United States !! Tournaments in<br />other countries !! Total prize<br />money ($)
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|[[2024 LPGA Tour|2024]] || 33 || 11 || 22 ||11 || 125,500,000<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/lpga-tour-announces-2024-schedule |title=LPGA Tour Announces Record-Breaking 2024 Schedule |publisher=LPGA |date=November 16, 2023}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/ally-financial-and-usga-join-forces-to-elevate-us-womens-open-and-pipeline-of-future-talent |title=Ally Financial and USGA Join Forces to Elevate U.S. Women's Open and Pipeline of Future Talent |publisher=LPGA |date=February 1, 2024}} <!-- U.S. Women's Open increase of $1 mil. to $12 mil. -->
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/lpga-and-chevron-to-elevate-extend-major-relationship |title=LPGA and Chevron to Elevate and Extend Major Relationship |publisher=LPGA |date=April 16, 2024 |accessdate=April 19, 2024}} <!-- Chevron Championship increases purse by $2.8 mil., from $5.1 mil. to $7.9 mil. -->
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/who-will-win-the-jm-eagle-la-championship-presented-by-plastpro |title=Who Will Win the JM Eagle LA Championship Presented by Plastpro? |work=LPGA |date=April 24, 2024 |accessdate=April 26, 2024}} <!-- JM Eagle LA Championship increases purse by $750,000 from $3.0 mil. to $3.75 mil. -->
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/the-amundi-evian-championship-increases-its-prize-money-to-8-million-dollars |title=The Aundi Evian Championship Increases Its Prize Money to 8 Million Dollars |work=LPGA |date=June 6, 2024 |accessdate=July 13, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Amundi Evian Championship increases its purse on June 6, from $6.5 mil. to $8 mil. --> <!-- REMOVE previous     </ref> above when inserting a new ref. -->
|-
|[[2023 LPGA Tour|2023]] || 32 || 11 || 21 || 11 || 102,350,000<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/lpga-tour-announces-record-breaking-2023-schedule |title=LPGA Tour Announces Record-Breaking 2023 Schedule |publisher=LPGA |date=November 18, 2022}}
*{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/lpga-releases-2023-schedule-features-record-100-million-in-total-purses |title=LPGA releases 2023 schedule, features $100 million in total prize money |first=Shane |last=Ryan |magazine=Golf Digest |date=November 18, 2022}}<!-- Blue Bay LPGA (China) canceled, $2.1 mil. -->
*{{Cite web |title=2023 Blue Bay LPGA Cancelled|url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/lpga-tour-statement-on-the-blue-bay-lpga|date=February 1, 2023 |access-date=February 1, 2023|publisher=LPGA}}
*The net $800,000 increase from the cancellation of the $2.2 million [[Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA]] to the new $3.0 million [[Maybank Championship (LPGA)|Maybank Championship]], makes the total purse $100.1 million for 2023. <!-- Kroger Queen City Championship on May 16, increased purse from $1.75 mil to $2.0 mil. -->
*{{cite news |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/kroger-queen-city-championship-presented-by-pg-announces-increase-in-purse-to-2-million-in-2023 |title=Kroger Queen City Championship Presented By P&G Announces Increase In Purse To $2 Million In 2023 |publisher=LPGA |date=May 16, 2023 |accessdate=June 17, 2023}}
*{{cite magazine |url=https://golf.com/news/2023-kpmg-womens-pga-championship-purse-payout-breakdown-winners-share |title=2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship purse: Payout breakdown, winner's share |first=Jack |last=Hirsch |magazine=Golf Magazine |date=June 25, 2023 |accessdate=July 5, 2023}}<!-- On July 5, the [[USGA]] increases the [[U.S. Women's Open]] payout to $11 million, from $10 million, with eventual goal of equal purse with the men, with the winner's share $2 million. This increases the season total to $102.35 million.-->
*{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/usga-us-womens-open-2023-prize-money-payout-11-million-dollars-goal-equal-purse-to-men |title=USGA bumps U.S. Women's Open prize money payout to record $11M with eventual goal of equal purse to men |first=Kent |last=Paisley |magazine=Golf Digest |date=July 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 LPGA Tour|2022]] || 32 || 9 || 23 || 9 ||93,900,000<!-- was 85,700,000 from the golfchannel ref, but the U.S. Women's Open increased in January 2022, for the 2nd time to $10 mil., a $3.2 mil. increase from the $6.8 mil. announced in Nov. 2021; from the $5.5 mil. in 2021; total now $88.9 mil. --><ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite news |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/lpga-unveils-2022-schedule-34-events-nearly-86-million-prize-money |title=LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events, nearly $86 million in prize money |work=Golf Channel |date=November 19, 2021}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/lpga-unveils-2022-schedule-34-events-nearly-86-million-prize-money |title=U.S. Women's Open 2022: Purse increasing to $10 million, a $4.5 million leap over 2021 |work=Golf Channel |date=January 7, 2022}}<!--KPMG PGA doubles purse from $4.5 mil. to $9 mil. -->
*{{cite magazine |date=2022-06-21 |title=KPMG Women's PGA doubles its purse to $9 million, marking a 300 percent increase since 2014 |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/06/21/kpmg-womens-pga-doubles-purse-9-million/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |magazine=Golfweek}}<!-- The [[Evian Championship]] announced its purse increase from $4.5 million to $6.5 million, and the winner's share jumps from $675,000 to $1 million. The 2022 total is now a record $97.4 mil. -->
*{{cite web |title=The Amundi Evian Championship Continues to Assert Its Ambition to Promote Parity in Sport, Increases its Prize Purse to $6.5 Million |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/the-amundi-evian-championship-increases-its-prize-purse-to-6-5-million |date=17 May 2022 |publisher=LPGA |access-date=2022-07-22}}<!-- The [[Buick LPGA Shainghai]] event, with a purse of $2.1 million was canceled on July 6, dropping the total for the year to $95.3 million.-->
*{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34200632/buick-lpga-shanghai-canceled-3rd-straight-year-due-covid-19-restrictions-china |title=Buick LPGA Shanghai canceled for 3rd straight year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China |work=ESPN |date=July 6, 2022 |accessdate=July 23, 2022}}<!-- The [[AIG Women's Open]] increased its purse ($500,000) and winner's share ($75,000) to $7.3 million and $1.095 million, respectively on Aug. 3, the day before it starts -->
*{{cite web |title=Prize money increased again for 2022 AIG Women's Open |url=https://www.aigwomensopen.com/news/2022/08/prize-money-increased-for-2022 |date=August 3, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=AIG Women's Open}}<!-- Total $95.8 mil. --><!-- The [[LPGA Taiwan Championship|Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA]], with a purse of $2.2 million, was canceled on August 10, due to ongoing COVID-19-related travel restrictions, dropping the total for the year to $93.6 million. -->
*{{cite web |title=Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Cancelled for 2022 |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/taiwan-swinging-skirts-lpga-cancelled-for-2022 |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=LPGA}}<!-- Portland Classic increased its purse $100,000 to $1.5 million on May 11, total for 2022 now $93.7 million. -->
*{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/lpga-tours-2022-portland-classic-announces-new-title-sponsor-amazingcre |title=LPGA Tour's 2022 Portland Classic Announces New Title Sponsor, Amazingcre |publisher=LPGA |date=May 11, 2022 |accessdate=September 20, 2022}}<!-- Volunteers of America Classic increased its purse $200,000 to $1.7 million on Sep. 27, total for 2022 now $93.9 million. -->
*{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/volunteers-of-america-classic-preview-field-and-prize-money |title=Volunteers of America Classic Preview, Field and Prize Money |magazine=Golf Monthly |date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
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| [[2021 LPGA Tour|2021]] || 30 || 7 || 23 || 7 || 69,200,000 <!-- in 29 paid tour events held or to be held; 30 including the unpaid Solheim Cup team play, Sep. 4-6, 2021. Toto Japan Classic (5th tournament canceled in 2021), worth $2 mil. on Oct. 4, final prize money awarded for 2021 is now $69.2 mil. Buick LPGA Shanghai (the 4th tournament canceled in 2021), worth $2.1 mil. canceled on Aug. 24, now 2021 totals $71.2 mil. Taiwan Swinging Skirts, worth $2.2 mil. canceled on Jul. 29; now $72.0 mil prize money. Aug 18: AIG/Women's British Open (Aug. 19-22) announced a $1.3 mil. increase in its Prize fund from $4.5 mil. to $5.8 mil., the richest on the tour, but 2nd on the now-$870,000 Winner's share compared to the final event (CME Group Tour Championship on Nov. 18-21), a $5 million Prize total, but the largest Winner's share: $1.5 million. <ref>https://www.aigwomensopen.com/news/2021/08/record-prize-money {{bare URL inline|date=April 2023}}</ref> -->
|-
| [[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]] || 18 || 3 || 14  || 4 || 41,300,000
|-
| [[2019 LPGA Tour|2019]] || 32 || 12 || 20 || 12 || 70,200,000
|-
| [[2018 LPGA Tour|2018]] || 33 || 13 || 19 || 14 || 66,950,000
|-
| [[2017 LPGA Tour|2017]] || 34 || 15 || 17 || 17 || 67,650,000
|-
| [[2016 LPGA Tour|2016]] || 33 || 14 || 18 || 15 || 63,000,000
|-
| [[2015 LPGA Tour|2015]] || 31 || 14 || 17 || 14 || 59,100,000
|-
| [[2014 LPGA Tour|2014]] || 32 || 14 || 17 || 15 || 57,550,000
|-
| [[2013 LPGA Tour|2013]] || 28 || 14 || 14 || 14 || 48,900,000
|-
| [[2012 LPGA Tour|2012]] || 27 || 12 || 15 || 12 || 47,000,000
|-
| [[2011 LPGA Tour|2011]] || 23 || 11 || 13 || 10 || 41,500,000
|-
| [[2010 LPGA Tour|2010]] || 24 || 10 || 14 || 10 || 41,400,000
|-
| [[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]] || 28 || 9 || 18 || 10 || 47,600,000
|-
| [[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]] || 34 || 8 || 24 || 10 || 60,300,000
|-
| [[2007 LPGA Tour|2007]] || 31 || 8 || 23 ||8 || 54,285,000
|-
| [[2006 LPGA Tour|2006]] || 33 || 8 || 25 || 8 || 50,275,000
|-
| [[2005 LPGA Tour|2005]] || 32 || 7 || 25 || 7 || 45,100,000
|-
| [[2004 LPGA Tour|2004]] || 32 || 6 || 27 || 5 || 42,875,000
|}
*Official tournaments are tournaments in which earnings and scores are credited to the players' official LPGA record.
==Hall of Fame==
The LPGA established the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf in 1951, with four charter members: [[Patty Berg]], [[Betty Jameson]], [[Louise Suggs]], and [[Babe Zaharias]]. After being inactive for several years, the [[Hall of Fame]] moved in 1967 to its first physical premises, in [[Augusta, Georgia]], and was renamed the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. In 1998 it merged into the [[World Golf Hall of Fame#Women|World Golf Hall of Fame]].
==LPGA Tour awards==
The LPGA Tour presents several annual awards. Three are awarded in competitive contests, based on scoring over the course of the year.
*The Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's five major championships. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
*The Vare Trophy, named for [[Glenna Collett-Vare]], is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
*The Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded based on a player's finish in an event. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in decrements of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Points are doubled in the major events and at the season-ending Tour Championship. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after [[Louise Suggs]], one of the founders of the LPGA.
American golfer [[Nancy Lopez]], in 1978, is the only player to win all three awards in the same season. Lopez was also the Tour's top money earner that season.
{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Player of the Year!!Vare Trophy!!Rookie of the Year
|-
|[[2024 LPGA Tour|2024]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nelly Korda]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayaka Furue]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mao Saigo]]
|-
|[[2023 LPGA Tour|2023]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lilia Vu]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Atthaya Thitikul]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ryu Hae-ran]]
|-
|[[2022 LPGA Tour|2022]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]] (2)  || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]] (2) || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Atthaya Thitikul]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2022/atthaya-thitikul-wins-2022-louise-suggs-rolex-rookie-of-the-year-award |title=Atthaya Thitikul Wins 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie Of The Year Award |publisher=LPGA |date=November 10, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 LPGA Tour|2021]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Jin-young]] (2)  || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Patty Tavatanakit]]<ref name="levins">{{cite magazine |first=Keely |last=Levins |title=Patty Tavatanakit clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/patty-tavatanakit-lpga-tour-rookie-of-the-year |magazine=Golf Digest |date=25 October 2021 |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Sei-young]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danielle Kang]] || –
|-
|[[2019 LPGA Tour|2019]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Jin-young]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Jin-young]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996)|Lee Jeong-eun]]
|-
|[[2018 LPGA Tour|2018]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Ariya Jutanugarn]] (2)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/news/2018-ariya-jutanugarn-earns-rolex-player-of-the-year-award |title=Ariya Jutanugarn Earns 2018 Rolex Player of the Year Award |publisher=LPGA |date=October 30, 2018}}</ref> || {{flagicon|THA}} Ariya Jutanugarn || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Ko Jin-young]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/news/2018-jin-young-ko-earns-2018-louise-suggs-rookie-of-the-year-award |title=Jin Young Ko Earns 2018 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award |publisher=LPGA |date=October 23, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[2017 LPGA Tour|2017]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Park Sung-hyun (golfer)|Sung Hyun Park]]<br/>{{flagicon|KOR}} [[So Yeon Ryu]] || |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lexi Thompson]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} Sung Hyun Park<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/news/2017-sung-hyun-park-clinches-2017-rookie-of-the-year-honors |title=Sung Hyun Park Clinches 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Honors |publisher=LPGA |date=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 LPGA Tour|2016]] || {{flagicon|THA}} Ariya Jutanugarn || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[In Gee Chun]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[In Gee Chun]]
|-
|[[2015 LPGA Tour|2015]] || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Inbee Park]] (2) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Sei Young Kim]]
|-
|[[2014 LPGA Tour|2014]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Lewis]] (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Lewis]] (2) || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Lydia Ko]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/11864540/lydia-ko-17-wins-lpga-tour-rookie-year |title=Lydia Ko is LPGA's top rookie |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=November 12, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2013 LPGA Tour|2013]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Inbee Park]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Lewis]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Moriya Jutanugarn]]
|-
|[[2012 LPGA Tour|2012]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stacy Lewis]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Inbee Park]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[So Yeon Ryu]]
|-
|[[2011 LPGA Tour|2011]] || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Yani Tseng]] (2) || {{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hee Kyung Seo]]
|-
|[[2010 LPGA Tour|2010]] || {{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Na Yeon Choi]] || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Azahara Muñoz]]
|-
|[[2009 LPGA Tour|2009]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] (4) || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa (4) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Jiyai Shin]]
|-
|[[2008 LPGA Tour|2008]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa (3) || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa (3) || {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Yani Tseng]]
|-
|[[2007 LPGA Tour|2007]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa (2) || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa (2) || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Angela Park]]
|-
|[[2006 LPGA Tour|2006]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa || {{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seon Hwa Lee]]
|-
|[[2005 LPGA Tour|2005]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] (8) || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (6) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paula Creamer]]
|-
|[[2004 LPGA Tour|2004]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (7) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]] || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Shi Hyun Ahn]]
|-
|[[2003 LPGA Tour|2003]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (6) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se Ri Pak]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]]
|-
|[[2002 LPGA Tour|2002]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (5) || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (5) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Bauer]]
|-
|[[2001 LPGA Tour|2001]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (4) || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (4) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hee-Won Han]]
|-
|[[2000 LPGA Tour|2000]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] (2) || {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dorothy Delasin]]
|-
|[[1999 LPGA Tour|1999]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb || {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb (2) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Mi Hyun Kim]]
|-
|[[1998 LPGA Tour|1998]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (3) || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (3) || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se Ri Pak]]
|-
|[[1997 LPGA Tour|1997]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (2) || {{flagicon|AUS}} Karrie Webb || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lisa Hackney]]
|-
|[[1996 LPGA Tour|1996]] || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Davies]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam (2) || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]]
|-
|[[1995 LPGA Tour|1995]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam || {{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Hurst]]
|-
|[[1994 LPGA Tour|1994]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Daniel]] (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel (3) || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]
|-
|[[1993 LPGA Tour|1993]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]] (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy King (2) || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Suzanne Strudwick]]
|-
|[[1992 LPGA Tour|1992]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dottie Pepper|Dottie Mochrie]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Dottie Mochrie || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Helen Alfredsson]]
|-
|[[1991 LPGA Tour|1991]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]] (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Bradley (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandie Burton]]
|-
|[[1990 LPGA Tour|1990]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel (2) || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromi Kobayashi (golfer)|Hiromi Kobayashi]]
|-
|[[1989 LPGA Tour|1989]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy King (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Pam Wright]]
|-
|[[1988 LPGA Tour|1988]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nancy Lopez]] (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colleen Walker]] || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Liselotte Neumann]]
|-
|[[1987 LPGA Tour|1987]] || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayako Okamoto]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy King || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tammie Green]]
|-
|[[1986 LPGA Tour|1986]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Bradley || {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Bradley || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jody Rosenthal]]
|-
|[[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Penny Hammel]]
|-
|[[1984 LPGA Tour|1984]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Betsy King || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Sheehan]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]
|-
|[[1983 LPGA Tour|1983]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Sheehan]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]] (5) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Stephanie Farwig]]
|-
|[[1982 LPGA Tour|1982]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]] (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patti Rizzo]]
|-
|[[1981 LPGA Tour|1981]] || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Sheehan]]
|-
|[[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Beth Daniel || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Alcott]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Myra Blackwelder]]
|-
|[[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Daniel]]
|-
|[[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez || {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nancy Lopez]]
|-
|[[1977 LPGA Tour|1977]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Rankin]] (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Rankin (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Massey]]
|-
|[[1976 LPGA Tour|1976]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Rankin || {{flagicon|USA}} Judy Rankin (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bonnie Lauer]]
|-
|[[1975 LPGA Tour|1975]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandra Palmer (golfer)|Sandra Palmer]] || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Alcott]]
|-
|[[1974 LPGA Tour|1974]] || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner || {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Carner || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jan Stephenson]]
|-
|[[1973 LPGA Tour|1973]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Whitworth]] (7) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Judy Rankin]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Laura Baugh]]
|-
|[[1972 LPGA Tour|1972]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (6) || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (7) || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Jocelyne Bourassa]]
|-
|[[1971 LPGA Tour|1971]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (5) || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (6) || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Sally Little]]
|-
|[[1970 LPGA Tour|1970]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandra Haynie]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (5) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]
|-
|[[1969 LPGA Tour|1969]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Blalock]]
|-
|[[1968 LPGA Tour|1968]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carol Mann]] || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sandra Post]]
|-
|[[1967 LPGA Tour|1967]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sharron Moran]]
|-
|[[1966 LPGA Tour|1966]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth (2) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jan Ferraris]]
|-
|[[1965 LPGA Tour|1965]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Whitworth || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Margie Masters]]
|-
|[[1964 LPGA Tour|1964]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mickey Wright]] (5) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Susie Maxwell]]
|-
|[[1963 LPGA Tour|1963]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} Mickey Wright (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Clifford Ann Creed]]
|-
|[[1962 LPGA Tour|1962]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} Mickey Wright (3) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Mills (golfer)|Mary Mills]]
|-
|[[1961 LPGA Tour|1961]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} Mickey Wright (2) || –
|-
|[[1960 LPGA Tour|1960]] || – || {{flagicon|USA}} Mickey Wright || –
|-
|[[1959 LPGA Tour|1959]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1959}} [[Betsy Rawls]] || –
|-
|[[1958 LPGA Tour|1958]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Beverly Hanson]] || –
|-
|[[1957 LPGA Tour|1957]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Louise Suggs]] || –
|-
|[[1956 LPGA Tour|1956]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Patty Berg]] (3) || –
|-
|[[1955 LPGA Tour|1955]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Patty Berg (2) || –
|-
|[[1954 LPGA Tour|1954]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Babe Zaharias]] || –
|-
|[[1953 LPGA Tour|1953]] || – || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Patty Berg || –
|}
==Leading money winners by year==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Year !!Player !!Country !!Earnings ($) !!Most wins
|-
|2024 || [[Atthaya Thitikul]] || {{THA}} || align=center|'''6,059,309''' || 7 – [[Nelly Korda]]
|-
|2023 || [[Lilia Vu]] || {{USA}} || align=center|3,502,303 || 4 – [[Celine Boutier]], [[Lilia Vu]]
|-
|2022 || [[Lydia Ko]] || {{NZL}} || align=center|4,364,403 || 3 – [[Lydia Ko]], [[Jennifer Kupcho]]
|-
|2021 || [[Ko Jin-young]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|3,502,161 || 5 – [[Ko Jin-young]]
|-
|2020 || [[Ko Jin-young]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|1,667,925 || 2 – [[Danielle Kang]], [[Kim Sei-young]]
|-
|2019 || [[Ko Jin-young]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|2,773,894 || 4 – [[Ko Jin-young]]
|-
|2018 || [[Ariya Jutanugarn]] || {{THA}} || align=center|2,743,949 || 3 – Ariya Jutanugarn, [[Park Sung-hyun (golfer)|Sung Hyun Park]]
|-
|2017 || [[Park Sung-hyun (golfer)|Sung Hyun Park]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|2,335,883 || 3 – [[Shanshan Feng]], [[In-Kyung Kim]]
|-
|2016 || Ariya Jutanugarn || {{THA}} || align=center|2,550,928 || 5 – Ariya Jutanugarn
|-
|2015 || [[Lydia Ko]] || {{NZL}} || align=center|2,800,802 || 5 – [[Lydia Ko]], [[Inbee Park]]
|-
|2014 || [[Stacy Lewis]] || {{USA}} || align=center|2,539,039 || 3 – [[Lydia Ko]], [[Stacy Lewis]], [[Inbee Park]]
|-
|2013 || [[Inbee Park]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|2,456,619 || 6 – [[Inbee Park]]
|-
|2012 || Inbee Park || {{KOR}} || align=center|2,287,080 || 4 – [[Stacy Lewis]]
|-
|2011 || [[Yani Tseng]] || {{TWN}} || align=center|2,921,713 || 7 – [[Yani Tseng]]
|-
|2010 || [[Na Yeon Choi]] || {{KOR}} || align=center| 1,871,166 || 5 – [[Ai Miyazato]]
|-
|2009 || [[Jiyai Shin]] || {{KOR}} || align=center|1,807,334 || 3 – [[Jiyai Shin]], [[Lorena Ochoa]]
|-
|2008 || [[Lorena Ochoa]] || {{MEX}} || align=center|2,754,660 || 7 – [[Lorena Ochoa]]
|-
|2007 || Lorena Ochoa || {{MEX}} || align=center|4,364,994 || 8 – Lorena Ochoa
|-
|2006 || Lorena Ochoa || {{MEX}} || align=center|2,592,872 || 6 – Lorena Ochoa
|-
|2005 || [[Annika Sörenstam]] || {{SWE}} || align=center|2,588,240 || 10 – [[Annika Sörenstam]]
|-
|2004 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|2,544,707 || 8 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|2003 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|2,029,506 || 6 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|2002 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|2,863,904 || 11 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|2001 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|2,105,868 || 8 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|2000 || [[Karrie Webb]] || {{AUS}} || align=center|1,876,853 || 7 – [[Karrie Webb]]
|-
|1999 || Karrie Webb || {{AUS}} || align=center|1,591,959 || 6 – Karrie Webb
|-
|1998 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|1,092,748 || 4 – Annika Sörenstam, [[Se Ri Pak]]
|-
|1997 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|1,236,789 || 6 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|1996 || Karrie Webb || {{AUS}} || align=center|1,002,000 || 4 – [[Laura Davies]], [[Dottie Pepper]], Karrie Webb
|-
|1995 || Annika Sörenstam || {{SWE}} || align=center|666,533 || 3 – Annika Sörenstam
|-
|1994 || [[Laura Davies]] || {{ENG}} || align=center|687,201 || 4 – [[Beth Daniel]]
|-
|1993 || [[Betsy King]] || {{USA}} || align=center|595,992 || 3 – [[Brandie Burton]]
|-
|1992 || [[Dottie Pepper|Dottie Mochrie]] || {{USA}} || align=center|693,335 || 4 – Dottie Mochrie
|-
|1991 || [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]] || {{USA}} || align=center|763,118 || 4 – Pat Bradley, [[Meg Mallon]]
|-
|1990 || [[Beth Daniel]] || {{USA}} || align=center|863,578 || 7 – Beth Daniel
|-
|1989 || Betsy King || {{USA}} || align=center|654,132 || 6 – Betsy King
|-
|1988 || [[Sherri Turner]] || {{USA}} || align=center|350,851 || 3 – 5 players (see [[#Footnotes|1]])
|-
|1987 || [[Ayako Okamoto]] || {{JPN}} || align=center|466,034 || 5 – [[Jane Geddes]]
|-
|1986 || Pat Bradley || {{USA}} || align=center|492,021 || 5 – Pat Bradley
|-
|1985 || [[Nancy Lopez]] || {{USA}} || align=center|416,472 || 5 – Nancy Lopez
|-
|1984 || Betsy King || {{USA}} || align=center|266,771 || 4 – [[Patty Sheehan]], [[Amy Alcott]]
|-
|1983 || [[JoAnne Carner]] || {{USA}} || align=center|291,404 || 4 – Pat Bradley, Patty Sheehan
|-
|1982 || JoAnne Carner || {{USA}} || align=center|310,400 || 5 – JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel
|-
|1981 || Beth Daniel || {{USA}} || align=center|206,998 || 5 – [[Donna Caponi]]
|-
|1980 || Beth Daniel || {{USA}} || align=center|231,000 || 5 – Donna Caponi, JoAnne Carner
|-
|1979 || Nancy Lopez || {{USA}} || align=center|197,489 || 8 – Nancy Lopez
|-
|1978 || Nancy Lopez || {{USA}} || align=center|189,814 || 9 – Nancy Lopez
|-
|1977 || [[Judy Rankin]] || {{USA}} || align=center|122,890 || 5 – Judy Rankin, [[Debbie Austin]]
|-
|1976 || Judy Rankin || {{USA}} || align=center|150,734 || 6 – Judy Rankin
|-
|1975 || [[Sandra Palmer (golfer)|Sandra Palmer]] || {{USA}} || align=center|76,374 || 4 – [[Carol Mann]], [[Sandra Haynie]]
|-
|1974 || JoAnne Carner || {{USA}} || align=center|87,094 || 6 – JoAnne Carner, Sandra Haynie
|-
|1973 || [[Kathy Whitworth]] || {{USA}} || align=center|82,864 || 7 – Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1972 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|65,063 || 5 – Kathy Whitworth, [[Jane Blalock]]
|-
|1971 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|41,181 || 5 – Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1970 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|30,235 || 4 – [[Shirley Englehorn]]
|-
|1969 || [[Carol Mann]] || {{USA}} || align=center|49,152 || 8 – Carol Mann
|-
|1968 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|48,379 || 10 – Carol Mann, Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1967 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|32,937 || 8 – Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1966 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|33,517 || 9 – Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1965 || Kathy Whitworth || {{USA}} || align=center|28,658 || 8 – Kathy Whitworth
|-
|1964 || [[Mickey Wright]] || {{USA}} || align=center|29,800 || 11 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1963 || Mickey Wright || {{USA}} || align=center|31,269 || 13 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1962 || Mickey Wright || {{USA}} || align=center|21,641 || 10 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1961 || Mickey Wright || {{USA}} || align=center|22,236 || 10 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1960 || [[Louise Suggs]] || {{USA}} || align=center|16,892 || 6 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1959 || [[Betsy Rawls]] || {{USA}} || align=center|26,774 || 10 – Betsy Rawls
|-
|1958 || [[Beverly Hanson]] || {{USA}} || align=center|12,639 || 5 – Mickey Wright
|-
|1957 || [[Patty Berg]] || {{USA}} || align=center|16,272 || 5 – Betsy Rawls, Patty Berg
|-
|1956 || [[Marlene Hagge]] || {{USA}} || align=center|20,235 || 8 – Marlene Hagge
|-
|1955 || Patty Berg || {{USA}} || align=center|16,492 || 6 – Patty Berg
|-
|1954 || Patty Berg || {{USA}} || align=center|16,011 || 5 – [[Louise Suggs]], [[Babe Zaharias]]
|-
|1953 || Louise Suggs || {{USA}} || align=center|19,816 || 8 – Louise Suggs
|-
|1952 || Betsy Rawls || {{USA}} || align=center|14,505 || 8 – Betsy Rawls
|-
|1951 || [[Babe Zaharias]] || {{USA}} || align=center|15,087 || 9 – [[Babe Zaharias]]
|-
|1950 || Babe Zaharias || {{USA}} || align=center|14,800 || 8 – Babe Zaharias
|}
{{notelist}}
[[#Footnotes|1]] The five players with <!--who won-->three titles in 1988 were [[Juli Inkster]], [[Rosie Jones (golfer)|Rosie Jones]], [[Betsy King]], [[Nancy Lopez]], and [[Ayako Okamoto]].
==Leading career money winners==
The table below shows the top-10 career money leaders on the LPGA Tour (from the start of their rookie seasons) as of the 2024 season.<ref name="career-earnings">{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=November 25, 2024}}</ref>
Active players on the Tour are shown in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank !! Player !! Country !! Played !! Earnings ($) || Career<br/>events
|-
|align=center|1 || [[Annika Sörenstam]] || {{SWE}} || 1994–2023 || align=right|22,583,693 || align=right|307
|-
|align=center|2 || [[Karrie Webb]] || {{AUS}} || 1996–2024 || align=right|20,293,617 || align=right|497
|-
|align=center|3 || [[Cristie Kerr]] || {{USA}} || 1997–2024 || align=right|20,179,848 || align=right|599
|-
|align=center|4 || '''[[Lydia Ko]]''' || {{NZL}} || 2014–2024 || align=right|20,143,981 || align=right|245
|-
|align=center|5 || [[Inbee Park]] || {{KOR}} || 2007–2022 || align=right|18,262,344 || align=right|305
|-
|align=center|6 || '''[[Amy Yang]]''' || {{KOR}} || 2008–2024 || align=right|15,848,328 || align=right|350
|-
|align=center|7 || [[Lorena Ochoa]] || {{MEX}} || 2003–2010 || align=right|14,863,331 || align=right|175
|-
|align=center|8 || [[Suzann Pettersen]] || {{NOR}} || 2003–2019 || align=right|14,837,578 || align=right|316
|-
|align=center|9 ||  '''[[Minjee Lee]]''' || {{AUS}} || 2015–2024 || align=right|14,746,089 || align=right|228
|-
|align=center|10 || '''[[Lexi Thompson]]''' || {{USA}} || 2012–2024 || align=right|14,588,207 || align=right|258
|}
==Total prize money awarded in past years==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Season !! Total<br>purse ($)
|-
|align=center|[[2023 LPGA Tour|2023]] || align=right|102,350,000
|-
|align=center|[[2022 LPGA Tour|2022]] || align=right|93,900,000
|-
|align=center|[[2021 LPGA Tour|2021]] || align=right|69,200,000
|-
|align=center|[[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]] || align=right|41,300,000<br>(73,500,000<ref>Total purse before [[COVID-19 pandemic]] schedule changes.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2019-lpga-releases-2020-schedule |title=LPGA Tour Announces a 2020 Schedule with Record-Breaking Purse Levels and Television Coverage |publisher=LPGA |date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>)
|-
|align=center|[[2010 LPGA Tour|2010]] || align=right|41,400,000
|-
|align=center|[[2000 LPGA Tour|2000]] || align=right|38,500,000
|-
|align=center|[[1990 LPGA Tour|1990]] || align=right|17,100,000
|-
|align=center|[[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]] || align=right|5,150,000
|-
|align=center|[[1970 LPGA Tour|1970]] || align=right|435,040
|-
|align=center|[[1960 LPGA Tour|1960]] || align=right|186,700
|-
|align=center|[[1950 LPGA Tour|1950]] || align=right|50,000
|}
==See also==
*[[Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions]]
*[[Golf in the United States]]
*[[List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins]]
*[[List of LPGA major championship winning golfers]]
*[[Professional Golfers' Association of America]]
*[[Professional golf tours]]
*[[Women's major golf championships]]
*[[Women's World Golf Rankings]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*{{official website|https://www.lpga.com/}}
*[https://www.lpga.com/tournaments LPGA — Tournaments]
*{{facebook|LPGA}}
{{LPGA Tour seasons}}
{{Women's Professional Golf Tours}}
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