2012 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.[1] 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

source: LPGA 2012 Schedule[1]

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.

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse ($)First prize
($)		Titleholders
qualifiers
Feb 9–12 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Jessica Korda (1) 1,100,000 165,000 Jessica Korda
Stacy Lewis
Brittany Lincicome
Feb 16–19 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Yani Tseng (13) 1,500,000 225,000 Yani Tseng
Ai Miyazato
Jiyai Shin
Feb 23–26 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Angela Stanford (5) 1,400,000 210,000 Angela Stanford
Na Yeon Choi
Shanshan Feng
Mar 15–18 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Arizona Yani Tseng (14) 1,500,000 225,000 So Yeon Ryu
Hee Young Park
Caroline Hedwall
Mar 22–25 Kia Classic California Yani Tseng (15) 1,700,000 255,000 Sun Young Yoo
Se Ri Pak
Jodi Ewart
Mar 29 – Apr 1 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Sun-Young Yoo (2) 2,000,000 300,000 I.K. Kim
Amy Yang
Hee Kyung Seo
Apr 18–21 LPGA Lotte Championship Hawaii Ai Miyazato (8) 1,700,000 255,000 Meena Lee
Azahara Muñoz
Cristie Kerr
Apr 26–29 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Alabama Stacy Lewis (2) 1,250,000 187,500 Lexi Thompson
Karine Icher
Karrie Webb
May 5–6 HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup1 Brazil Pornanong Phatlum (n/a) 720,000 108,000 n/a
May 17–20 Sybase Match Play Championship New Jersey Azahara Muñoz (1) 1,500,000 375,000 Morgan Pressel
Vicky Hurst
Candie Kung
Jun 1–3 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Stacy Lewis (3) 1,500,000 225,000 Katherine Hull
Mika Miyazato
Hee-Won Han
Jun 7–10 Wegmans LPGA Championship New York Shanshan Feng (1) 2,500,000 375,000 Suzann Pettersen
Eun-Hee Ji
Gerina Piller
Jun 21–24 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Ontario Brittany Lang (1) 1,300,000 195,000 Brittany Lang
Inbee Park
Chella Choi
Jun 29 – Jul 1 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Ai Miyazato (9) 2,000,000 300,000 Veronica Felibert
Anna Nordqvist
Jenny Shin
Jul 5–8 U.S. Women's Open Wisconsin Na Yeon Choi (6) 3,250,000 585,000 Sandra Gal
Ilhee Lee
Giulia Sergas
Jul 26–29 Evian Masters France Inbee Park (2) 3,250,000 487,500 Natalie Gulbis
Beatriz Recari
Paula Creamer
Aug 9–12 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio So Yeon Ryu (2) 1,300,000 195,000 Jennie Lee
Jacqui Concolino
Lindsey Wright
Aug 17–19 Safeway Classic Oregon Mika Miyazato (1) 1,500,000 225,000 Haeji Kang
Sydnee Michaels
Michelle Wie
Aug 23–26 CN Canadian Women's Open British Columbia Lydia Ko (1) (a) 2,000,000 300,000* Lydia Ko (a)
Jane Rah
Catriona Matthew
Sep 6–9 Kingsmill Championship Virginia Jiyai Shin (9) 1,300,000 195,000 Danielle Kang
Maria Hjorth
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Sep 13–16 Ricoh Women's British Open England Jiyai Shin (10) 2,750,000 428,650 Julieta Granada
Katie Futcher
Cindy LaCrosse
Sep 20–23 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama Stacy Lewis (4) 1,300,000 195,000 M. J. Hur
Sarah Jane Smith
Pernilla Lindberg
Oct 11–14 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia Inbee Park (3) 1,900,000 285,000 Lizette Salas
Momoko Ueda
Mina Harigae
Oct 19–21 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship South Korea Suzann Pettersen (9) 1,800,000 270,000 Karin Sjödin
Jennifer Johnson
Nicole Castrale
Oct 25–28 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan Suzann Pettersen (10) 2,000,000 300,000 Belén Mozo
Mariajo Uribe
Mo Martin
Nov 2–4 Mizuno Classic Japan Stacy Lewis (5) 1,200,000 180,000 Pornanong Phatlum
Jennifer Song
Alison Walshe
Nov 8–11 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Cristie Kerr (15) 1,000,000 200,000 Lorena Ochoa
Kristy McPherson
Tanya Dergal
Nov 13 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge1 Nevada PGA Tour (n/a) 1,000,000 500,000 n/a
Nov 15–18 CME Group Titleholders Florida 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

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
played
1Inbee Park South Korea2,287,08024
2Na Yeon Choi South Korea1,981,83422
3Stacy Lewis United States1,872,40926
4Yani Tseng Taiwan1,430,15924
5Ai Miyazato Japan1,334,97723
6So Yeon Ryu South Korea1,282,67324
7Jiyai Shin South Korea1,234,59718
8Azahara Muñoz Spain1,230,75126
9Suzann Pettersen Norway1,182,86024
10Shanshan Feng China1,101,14719

Full 2012 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Inbee Park South Korea70.21
2So Yeon Ryu South Korea70.30
3Jiyai Shin South Korea70.31
4Stacy Lewis United States70.33
5Na Yeon Choi South Korea70.49

Full 2012 Scoring Average List

References
  1. 2012 LPGA Schedule
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