2012 LPGA Tour
# 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. 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 | 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

| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Inbee Park | South Korea | 70.21 |
| 2 | So Yeon Ryu | South Korea | 70.30 |
| 3 | Jiyai Shin | South Korea | 70.31 |
| 4 | Stacy Lewis | United States | 70.33 |
| 5 | Na Yeon Choi | South Korea | 70.49 |

Full 2012 Scoring Average List

