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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.
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Purse (
$ )
First prize ($)
Titleholders qualifiers
Feb 12
ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open
Australia
Jessica Korda (1)
1,100,000
165,000
Jessica Korda
Stacy Lewis
Brittany Lincicome
Feb 19
Honda LPGA Thailand
Thailand
Yani Tseng (13)
1,500,000
225,000
Yani Tseng
Ai Miyazato
Jiyai Shin
Feb 26
HSBC Women's Champions
Singapore
Angela Stanford (5)
1,400,000
210,000
Angela Stanford
Na Yeon Choi
Shanshan Feng
Mar 18
RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup
Arizona
Yani Tseng (14)
1,500,000
225,000
So Yeon Ryu
Hee Young Park
Caroline Hedwall
Mar 25
Kia Classic
California
Yani Tseng (15)
1,700,000
255,000
Sun Young Yoo
Se Ri Pak
Jodi Ewart
Apr 1
Kraft Nabisco Championship
California
Sun-Young Yoo (2)
2,000,000
300,000
I.K. Kim
Amy Yang
Hee Kyung Seo
Apr 21
LPGA Lotte Championship
Hawaii
Ai Miyazato (8)
1,700,000
255,000
Meena Lee
Azahara Muñoz
Cristie Kerr
Apr 29
Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
Alabama
Stacy Lewis (2)
1,250,000
187,500
Lexi Thompson
Karine Icher
Karrie Webb
May 6
HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 1
Brazil
Pornanong Phatlum (n/a)
720,000
108,000
n/a
May 20
Sybase Match Play Championship
New Jersey
Azahara Muñoz (1)
1,500,000
375,000
Morgan Pressel
Vicky Hurst
Candie Kung
Jun 3
ShopRite LPGA Classic
New Jersey
Stacy Lewis (3)
1,500,000
225,000
Katherine Hull
Mika Miyazato
Hee-Won Han
Jun 10
Wegmans LPGA Championship
New York
Shanshan Feng (1)
2,500,000
375,000
Suzann Pettersen
Eun-Hee Ji
Gerina Piller
Jun 24
Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
Ontario
Brittany Lang (1)
1,300,000
195,000
Brittany Lang
Inbee Park
Chella Choi
Jul 1
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
Arkansas
Ai Miyazato (9)
2,000,000
300,000
Veronica Felibert
Anna Nordqvist
Jenny Shin
Jul 8
U.S. Women's Open
Wisconsin
Na Yeon Choi (6)
3,250,000
585,000
Sandra Gal
Ilhee Lee
Giulia Sergas
Jul 29
Evian Masters
France
Inbee Park (2)
3,250,000
487,500
Natalie Gulbis
Beatriz Recari
Paula Creamer
Aug 12
Jamie Farr Toledo Classic
Ohio
So Yeon Ryu (2)
1,300,000
195,000
Jennie Lee
Jacqui Concolino
Lindsey Wright
Aug 19
Safeway Classic
Oregon
Mika Miyazato (1)
1,500,000
225,000
Haeji Kang
Sydnee Michaels
Michelle Wie
Aug 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 9
Kingsmill Championship
Virginia
Jiyai Shin (9)
1,300,000
195,000
Danielle Kang
Maria Hjorth
Dewi Claire Schreefel
Sep 16
Ricoh Women's British Open
England
Jiyai Shin (10)
2,750,000
428,650
Julieta Granada
Katie Futcher
Cindy LaCrosse
Sep 23
Navistar LPGA Classic
Alabama
Stacy Lewis (4)
1,300,000
195,000
M. J. Hur
Sarah Jane Smith
Pernilla Lindberg
Oct 14
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
Malaysia
Inbee Park (3)
1,900,000
285,000
Lizette Salas
Momoko Ueda
Mina Harigae
Oct 21
LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship
South Korea
Suzann Pettersen (9)
1,800,000
270,000
Karin Sjödin
Jennifer Johnson
Nicole Castrale
Oct 28
Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship
Taiwan
Suzann Pettersen (10)
2,000,000
300,000
Belén Mozo
Mariajo Uribe
Mo Martin
Nov 4
Mizuno Classic
Japan
Stacy Lewis (5)
1,200,000
180,000
Pornanong Phatlum
Jennifer Song
Alison Walshe
Nov 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 Challenge 1
Nevada
PGA Tour (n/a)
1,000,000
500,000
n/a
Nov 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
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings (
$ )
Events played
1
Inbee Park
South Korea
2,287,080
24
2
Na Yeon Choi
South Korea
1,981,834
22
3
Stacy Lewis
United States
1,872,409
26
4
Yani Tseng
Taiwan
1,430,159
24
5
Ai Miyazato
Japan
1,334,977
23
6
So Yeon Ryu
South Korea
1,282,673
24
7
Jiyai Shin
South Korea
1,234,597
18
8
Azahara Muñoz
Spain
1,230,751
26
9
Suzann Pettersen
Norway
1,182,860
24
10
Shanshan Feng
China
1,101,147
19
Full 2012 Official Money List
Scoring average leaders
Full 2012 Scoring Average List
See also
References
External links