2018 LPGA Tour

The 2018 LPGA Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season begins in Bahamas on January 25 and ends on November 18 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.[1] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	WWGR points	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 25–28	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Bahamas	Brittany Lincicome (8)	37	1,400,000	210,000
Feb 15–18	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Ko Jin-young (2)	34	1,300,000	195,000
Feb 22–25	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Jessica Korda (5)	62	1,600,000	240,000
Mar 1–4	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore	Michelle Wie (5)	62	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 15–18	Bank of Hope Founders Cup	Arizona	Inbee Park (19)	46	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 22–25	Kia Classic	California	Ji Eun-hee (4)	62	1,800,000	270,000
Mar 29 – Apr 2^	ANA Inspiration	California	Pernilla Lindberg (1)	100	2,800,000	420,000
Apr 11–14	Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Brooke Henderson (6)	46	2,000,000	300,000
Apr 19–22	Hugel-JTBC LA Open	California	Moriya Jutanugarn (1)	62	1,500,000	225,000
Apr 26–29	LPGA Mediheal Championship	California	Lydia Ko (15)	56	1,500,000	225,000
May 3–6	Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic	Texas	Park Sung-hyun (3)	31	1,300,000	195,000
May 17–20	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Ariya Jutanugarn (8)	43	1,300,000	195,000
May 24–27	LPGA Volvik Championship	Michigan	Minjee Lee (4)	37	1,300,000	195,000
May 31 – Jun 3	U.S. Women's Open	Alabama	Ariya Jutanugarn (9)	100	5,000,000	900,000
Jun 8–10	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Annie Park (1)	31	1,750,000	262,500
Jun 14–17	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Ryu So-yeon (6)	40	2,000,000	300,000
Jun 22–24	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Nasa Hataoka (1)	62	2,000,000	300,000
Jun 28 – Jul 1	KPMG Women's PGA Championship	Illinois	Park Sung-hyun (4)	100	3,650,000	547,500
Jul 5–8	Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic	Wisconsin	Kim Sei-young (7)	40	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 12–15	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Thidapa Suwannapura (1)	22	1,600,000	240,000
Jul 26–29	Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Ariya Jutanugarn (10)	46	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 2–5	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Georgia Hall (1)	100	3,250,000	490,000
Aug 16–19	Indy Women in Tech Championship	Indiana	Park Sung-hyun (5)	53	2,000,000	300,000
Aug 23–26	CP Women's Open	Saskatchewan	Brooke Henderson (7)	56	2,250,000	337,500
Aug 30 – Sep 2	Cambia Portland Classic	Oregon	Marina Alex (1)	40	1,300,000	195,000
Sep 13–16	Evian Championship	France	Angela Stanford (6)	100	3,850,000	577,500
Oct 4–7	UL International Crown	South Korea	South Korea	n/a	1,600,000[2]	400,000[2]
Oct 11–14	LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship	South Korea	Chun In-gee (3)	62	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 18–21	Buick LPGA Shanghai	China	Danielle Kang (2)	50	2,100,000	315,000
Oct 25–28	Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Nelly Korda (1)	37	2,200,000	330,000
Nov 2–4	Toto Japan Classic	Japan	Nasa Hataoka (2)	53	1,500,000	225,000
Nov 7–10	Blue Bay LPGA	China	Gaby López (1)	24	2,100,000	315,000
Nov 15–18	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Lexi Thompson (10)	53	2,500,000	500,000

^ ANA Inspiration finished on Monday April 2 due to darkness.

Statistical information

Wins by player

Rank	Player	Wins
T1	Ariya Jutanugarn (THA)	3
T1	Park Sung-hyun (KOR)	3
T3	Nasa Hataoka (JPN)	2
T3	Brooke Henderson (CAN)	2
T5	Brittany Lincicome (USA)	1
	Ko Jin-young (KOR)
	Jessica Korda (USA)
	Michelle Wie (USA)
	Inbee Park (KOR)
	Ji Eun-hee (KOR)
	Pernilla Lindberg (SWE)
	Moriya Jutanugarn (THA)
	Lydia Ko (NZL)
	Minjee Lee (AUS)
	Annie Park (USA)
	Ryu So-yeon (KOR)
	Kim Sei-young (KOR)
	Thidapa Suwannapura (THA)
	Georgia Hall (ENG)
	Marina Alex (USA)
	Angela Stanford (USA)
	Chun In-gee (KOR)
	Danielle Kang (USA)
	Nelly Korda (USA)
	Gaby López (MEX)
	Lexi Thompson (USA)

Wins by nation

Rank	Nation	Wins
T1	South Korea	9
T1	United States	9
3	Thailand	5
T4	Canada	2
T4	Japan	2
T6	Australia	1
	England
	Mexico
	New Zealand
	Sweden

Statistics leaders

Money list leaders

Rank	Player	Events	Prize money ($)
1	Ariya Jutanugarn	28	2,743,949
2	Minjee Lee	27	1,551,032
3	Park Sung-hyun	24	1,498,077
4	Brooke Henderson	28	1,473,247
5	Nasa Hataoka	24	1,454,261
6	Ryu So-yeon	23	1,438,850
7	Kim Sei-young	27	1,369,418
8	Carlota Ciganda	25	1,244,610
9	Lexi Thompson	20	1,223,748
10	Ko Jin-young	25	1,159,005

Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

Scoring average

Rank	Player	Total strokes	Total rounds	Average
1	Ariya Jutanugarn	7,358	106	69.415
2	Minjee Lee	6,905	99	69.747
3	Ko Jin-young	6,492	93	69.806
4	Brooke Henderson	6,789	97	69.990
5	Lexi Thompson	5,041	72	70.014
6	Jessica Korda	4,623	66	70.045
7	Lydia Ko	6,655	95	70.053
8	Carlota Ciganda	6,378	91	70.088
9	Ryu So-yeon	6,169	88	70.102
10	Nasa Hataoka	6,099	87	70.103