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2012 LPGA Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2012 |
| tour | LPGA Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 29 |
| most_wins | 4 USA Stacy Lewis |
| honor1 | Money leader |
| honoree1 | KOR Inbee Park |
| honor2 | Rolex Player of the Year |
| honoree2 | USA Stacy Lewis |
| honor3 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree3 | KOR So Yeon Ryu |
| prevseason | [2011](2011-lpga-tour) |
| nextseason | [2013](2013-lpga-tour) |
The 2012 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Australia on February 9 and ended November 18 in Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
Season overview
There were 27 official tournaments on the 2012 LPGA Tour, four more than in 2011. Fifteen tournaments were held in the United States. Eleven other countries hosted the remaining twelve tournaments.
Stacy Lewis won the most tournaments, four, and won the Player of the Year award. Inbee Park won two tournaments and both the money title with earnings of $2,266,638 and the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average. So Yeon Ryu won Rookie of the Year honors, winning one tournament, finishing sixth on the money list and second in scoring average.
Other players winning multiple tournaments were Yani Tseng with three wins and Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, and Jiyai Shin with two wins each.
Changes for 2012
Five additional events
- ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open in February at Royal Melbourne – existing event now co-sanctioned by LPGA
- LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April; LPGA returned to Oahu after a two-year hiatus
- Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada in June
- Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Ohio in August; returned after a year off
- Kingsmill Championship in Virginia in September; LPGA returned to Williamsburg after a two-year absence. Scheduled to move to May in 2013. source: LPGA 2012 Schedule
Final major delayed
The Ricoh Women's British Open was moved from its usual late-July date to mid-September, to accommodate the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which were being held in London.
Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse ($) | First prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($) | Titleholders | |||||
| qualifiers | ||||||
| Feb 12 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open | Australia | USA Jessica Korda (1) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 | USA Jessica Korda |
| USA Stacy Lewis | ||||||
| USA Brittany Lincicome | ||||||
| Feb 19 | Honda LPGA Thailand | Thailand | TWN Yani Tseng (13) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | TWN Yani Tseng |
| JPN Ai Miyazato | ||||||
| KOR Jiyai Shin | ||||||
| Feb 26 | HSBC Women's Champions | Singapore | USA Angela Stanford (5) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 | USA Angela Stanford |
| KOR Na Yeon Choi | ||||||
| CHN Shanshan Feng | ||||||
| Mar 18 | RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup | Arizona | TWN Yani Tseng (14) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | KOR So Yeon Ryu |
| KOR Hee Young Park | ||||||
| SWE Caroline Hedwall | ||||||
| Mar 25 | Kia Classic | California | TWN Yani Tseng (15) | 1,700,000 | 255,000 | KOR Sun Young Yoo |
| KOR Se Ri Pak | ||||||
| ENG Jodi Ewart | ||||||
| Apr 1 | **[Kraft Nabisco Championship](2012-kraft-nabisco-championship)** | California | KOR **Sun-Young Yoo** (2) | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | KOR I.K. Kim |
| KOR Amy Yang | ||||||
| KOR Hee Kyung Seo | ||||||
| Apr 21 | LPGA Lotte Championship | Hawaii | JPN Ai Miyazato (8) | 1,700,000 | 255,000 | KOR Meena Lee |
| ESP Azahara Muñoz | ||||||
| USA Cristie Kerr | ||||||
| Apr 29 | Mobile Bay LPGA Classic | Alabama | USA Stacy Lewis (2) | 1,250,000 | 187,500 | USA Lexi Thompson |
| FRA Karine Icher | ||||||
| AUS Karrie Webb | ||||||
| May 6 | *HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup*1 | Brazil | THA Pornanong Phatlum (n/a) | *720,000* | *108,000* | n/a |
| May 20 | Sybase Match Play Championship | New Jersey | ESP Azahara Muñoz (1) | 1,500,000 | 375,000 | USA Morgan Pressel |
| USA Vicky Hurst | ||||||
| USA Candie Kung | ||||||
| Jun 3 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey | USA Stacy Lewis (3) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | AUS Katherine Hull |
| JPN Mika Miyazato | ||||||
| KOR Hee-Won Han | ||||||
| Jun 10 | **[Wegmans LPGA Championship](2012-lpga-championship)** | New York | CHN **Shanshan Feng** (1) | 2,500,000 | 375,000 | NOR Suzann Pettersen |
| KOR Eun-Hee Ji | ||||||
| USA Gerina Piller | ||||||
| Jun 24 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | Ontario | USA Brittany Lang (1) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | USA Brittany Lang |
| KOR Inbee Park | ||||||
| KOR Chella Choi | ||||||
| Jul 1 | Walmart NW Arkansas Championship | Arkansas | JPN Ai Miyazato (9) | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | VEN Veronica Felibert |
| SWE Anna Nordqvist | ||||||
| KOR Jenny Shin | ||||||
| Jul 8 | **[U.S. Women's Open](2012-u-s-women-s-open)** | Wisconsin | KOR **Na Yeon Choi** (6) | 3,250,000 | 585,000 | DEU Sandra Gal |
| KOR Ilhee Lee | ||||||
| ITA Giulia Sergas | ||||||
| Jul 29 | Evian Masters | France | KOR Inbee Park (2) | 3,250,000 | 487,500 | USA Natalie Gulbis |
| ESP Beatriz Recari | ||||||
| USA Paula Creamer | ||||||
| Aug 12 | Jamie Farr Toledo Classic | Ohio | KOR So Yeon Ryu (2) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | USA Jennie Lee |
| USA Jacqui Concolino | ||||||
| AUS Lindsey Wright | ||||||
| Aug 19 | Safeway Classic | Oregon | JPN Mika Miyazato (1) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | KOR Haeji Kang |
| USA Sydnee Michaels | ||||||
| USA Michelle Wie | ||||||
| Aug 26 | CN Canadian Women's Open | British Columbia | NZL Lydia Ko (1) (a) | 2,000,000 | 300,000* | NZL Lydia Ko (a) |
| USA Jane Rah | ||||||
| SCO Catriona Matthew | ||||||
| Sep 9 | Kingsmill Championship | Virginia | KOR Jiyai Shin (9) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | USA Danielle Kang |
| SWE Maria Hjorth | ||||||
| NED Dewi Claire Schreefel | ||||||
| Sep 16 | **[Ricoh Women's British Open](2012-women-s-british-open)** | England | KOR **Jiyai Shin** (10) | 2,750,000 | 428,650 | PAR Julieta Granada |
| USA Katie Futcher | ||||||
| USA Cindy LaCrosse | ||||||
| Sep 23 | Navistar LPGA Classic | Alabama | USA Stacy Lewis (4) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | KOR M. J. Hur |
| AUS Sarah Jane Smith | ||||||
| SWE Pernilla Lindberg | ||||||
| Oct 14 | Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia | Malaysia | KOR Inbee Park (3) | 1,900,000 | 285,000 | USA Lizette Salas |
| JPN Momoko Ueda | ||||||
| USA Mina Harigae | ||||||
| Oct 21 | LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship | South Korea | NOR Suzann Pettersen (9) | 1,800,000 | 270,000 | SWE Karin Sjödin |
| USA Jennifer Johnson | ||||||
| USA Nicole Castrale | ||||||
| Oct 28 | Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship | Taiwan | NOR Suzann Pettersen (10) | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | ESP Belén Mozo |
| COL Mariajo Uribe | ||||||
| USA Mo Martin | ||||||
| Nov 4 | Mizuno Classic | Japan | USA Stacy Lewis (5) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 | THA Pornanong Phatlum |
| USA Jennifer Song | ||||||
| USA Alison Walshe | ||||||
| Nov 11 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational | Mexico | USA Cristie Kerr (15) | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | MEX Lorena Ochoa |
| USA Kristy McPherson | ||||||
| MEX Tanya Dergal | ||||||
| Nov 13 | *Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge*1 | Nevada | PGA Tour (n/a) | *1,000,000* | *500,000* | n/a |
| Nov 18 | CME Group Titleholders | Florida | KOR Na Yeon Choi (7) | 1,500,000 | 500,000 | n/a |
1 Unofficial events
- Lydia Ko was an amateur when she won the CN Canadian Women's Open; the winner's share went to the runner-up, Inbee Park.
Season leaders
Money list leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | ||||
| 1 | Inbee Park | 2,287,080 | 24 | |
| 2 | Na Yeon Choi | 1,981,834 | 22 | |
| 3 | Stacy Lewis | 1,872,409 | 26 | |
| 4 | Yani Tseng | 1,430,159 | 24 | |
| 5 | Ai Miyazato | 1,334,977 | 23 | |
| 6 | So Yeon Ryu | 1,282,673 | 24 | |
| 7 | Jiyai Shin | 1,234,597 | 18 | |
| 8 | Azahara Muñoz | 1,230,751 | 26 | |
| 9 | Suzann Pettersen | 1,182,860 | 24 | |
| 10 | Shanshan Feng | 1,101,147 | 19 |
Scoring average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inbee Park | 70.21 | |
| 2 | So Yeon Ryu | 70.30 | |
| 3 | Jiyai Shin | 70.31 | |
| 4 | Stacy Lewis | 70.33 | |
| 5 | Na Yeon Choi | 70.49 |
References
References
- [http://www.lpga.com/~/media/0ca35b09283a4cdda7d90a40e33239e2/2012schedule.pdf 2012 LPGA Schedule]
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