2011 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season October 2025 March 2026 2011 LPGA Tour 2011 2 17 – 2011 11 20 23 7 TWN Yani Tseng Money leader TWN Yani Tseng Rolex Player of the Year TWN Yani Tseng Vare Trophy TWN Yani Tseng Rookie of the Year KOR Hee-kyung Seo 2010 2012 The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011, and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011, in Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Season overview There were 23 official tournaments on the 2011 LPGA, the lowest number in nearly 40 years. More events were held outside of the United States, with eleven different countries hosting tournaments, the highest number in the history of the LPGA Tour. Thirteen tournaments were held in the United States, the lowest number in several decades. Yani Tseng from Taiwan, was the dominant player on the 2011 Tour. She won seven of the 22 tournaments in which she played and had fourteen top-10 finishes. Her wins in the Women's British Open and the LPGA Championship made her the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five career major tournaments. She won the LPGA money list title with $2,921,713 in official earnings; American Cristie Kerr finished second with $1,470,979. Tseng also won the Player of the Year award and the Vare Trophy given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. Korean Hee Kyung Seo won the Rookie of the Year award. Changes in the 2011 season Three new events were announced at the start of the season: the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona in March, the Imperial Springs LPGA in China in August, and the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship in October. The Imperial Springs event was postponed from early August to late September, then canceled outright on September 13.http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/sep/13/lpga-confirms-it-no-china-event/ Golfweek LPGA confirms it: No China event 2011-09-13 2011-10-23 The new RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup, held in honor of the LPGA's founders, did not have a cash purse. Instead, a $1 million mock purse was awarded. This purse counted toward the players' annual money list standings, and the event carried a full points allocation toward the World Golf Rankings and LPGA season award races. The sponsor matched the $1 million purse with a donation to charity: $500,000 to LPGA-USGA Girls Golf program and $500,000 to charities of each player's choice for the top ten finishers.NBC Sports http://progolftalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/11/lpga-doubles-projected-charity-donations-for-founders-cup/ LPGA doubles projected charity donations for Founders Cup Ryan Ballengee February 11, 2011 February 12, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714160907/http://progolftalk.nbcsports.com/2011/02/11/lpga-doubles-projected-charity-donations-for-founders-cup/ July 14, 2011 The CME Group Titleholders, the successor to the LPGA Tour Championship, had a field made up of three qualifiers from each official tour event—specifically the top three finishers who have not already qualified for the Titleholders.https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=5996850 LPGA will have 25 tournaments Associated Press ESPN January 6, 2011 January 9, 2011 The Tres Marias Championship, scheduled for April in Mexico, was canceled in late January because of security concerns; this created a three-week gap in the LPGA schedule.http://www.golfweek.com/news/2011/jan/31/tres-marias-canceled-due-drug-violence/ Golfweek Tres Marias canceled due drug violence 2011-01-31 2011-10-23 The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic was not played in 2011, but will return for 2012 through 2014. The Toledo area hosted the 2011 U.S. Senior Open, a major championship on the Champions Tour. Schedule and results The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. The "Titleholders qualifiers" column indicates the three golfers at each official event who qualify for the season-ending tournament, the CME Group Titleholders. Date Tournament Location Winner First prize($)Titleholdersqualifiers Feb 20 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand TWN Yani Tseng (6) 225,000 TWN Yani Tseng USA Michelle Wie AUS Karrie Webb Feb 27 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore AUS Karrie Webb (37) 210,000 KOR Sun Young Yoo USA Morgan Pressel KOR Na Yeon Choi Mar 20 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Arizona AUS Karrie Webb (38) 200,000donation USA Brittany Lincicome USA Paula Creamer USA Cristie Kerr Mar 27 Kia Classic California DEU Sandra Gal (1) 255,000 DEU Sandra Gal KOR Jiyai Shin KOR I.K. Kim Apr 3 Kraft Nabisco Championship California USA Stacy Lewis (1) 300,000 USA Stacy Lewis USA Katie Futcher USA Angela Stanford Apr 24 Tres Marias Championship Mexico Tournament canceled https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=6082807 Tres Marias Championship postponed ESPN Associated Press February 2, 2011 May 1 Avnet LPGA Classic Alabama SWE Maria Hjorth (5) 195,000 SWE Maria Hjorth KOR Song-Hee Kim NOR Suzann Pettersen May 22 Sybase Match Play Championship New Jersey NOR Suzann Pettersen (7) 375,000 SWE Sophie Gustafson JPN Ai MiyazatoPAR Julieta Granada May 29 HSBC Brazil CupPrize money is not official. n Brazil Brazil COL Mariajo Uribe (n/a) 108,000 n/a Jun 35 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey USA Brittany Lincicome (4) 225,000 SCO Catriona Matthew SWE Anna NordqvistUSA Brittany Lang Jun 12 LPGA State Farm Classic Illinois TWN Yani Tseng (7) 255,000 KOR Se Ri PakUSA Mindy KimUSA Wendy Ward Jun 26 Wegmans LPGA Championship New York TWN Yani Tseng (8) 375,000 KOR Meena LeeJPN Mika MiyazatoESP Azahara Muñoz Jul 11 U.S. Women's Open Colorado KOR So Yeon Ryu (1)1 585,000 KOR So Yeon RyuKOR Hee Kyung SeoKOR Inbee Park Jul 24 Evian Masters France JPN Ai Miyazato (7) 487,500 SWE Caroline HedwallKOR Amy YangUSA Paige Mackenzie Jul 31 Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland TWN Yani Tseng (9) 392,133 USA Candie KungNED Dewi Claire SchreefelENG Karen Stupples Aug 21 Safeway Classic Oregon NOR Suzann Pettersen (8) 225,000 KOR Hee Young ParkUSA Vicky HurstUSA Ryann O'Toole Aug 28 CN Canadian Women's Open Quebec USA Brittany Lincicome (5) 337,500 KOR Hee-Won HanKOR Jenny ShinUSA Jennifer Johnson Sep 11 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas TWN Yani Tseng (10) 300,000 TWN Amy HungESP Belén MozoKOR Mi-Hyun Kim Sep 18 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama USA Lexi Thompson (1) 195,000 USA Lexi ThompsonUSA Tiffany JohITA Giulia Sergas Sep 25 Solheim Cup Ireland EU Europe n/a Oct 9 LPGA Hana Bank Championship South Korea TWN Yani Tseng (11) 270,000 KOR Jimin KangKOR Chella ChoiCHN Shanshan Feng Oct 16 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia KOR Na Yeon Choi (5) 285,000 NED Christel Boeljon USA Amanda Blumenherst Mina Harigae Oct 23 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan TWN Yani Tseng (12) 300,000 USA Pat Hurst USA Alison Walshe KOR Grace Park Nov 6 Mizuno Classic Japan JPN Momoko Ueda (2) 180,000 JPN Momoko Ueda USA Christina Kim THA Pornanong Phatlum Nov 8 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada Champions Tour n/a Nov 13 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico SCO Catriona Matthew (4) 200,000 USA Juli Inkster USA Natalie Gulbis ESP Beatriz Recari Nov 20 CME Group Titleholders Florida KOR Hee Young Park (1) 500,000 n/a Tournaments in bold are majors. 1Ryu was not an LPGA member at the time of her win and her win was not counted as an official LPGA win. n Season leaders Money list leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Eventsplayed1 Yani Tseng 2,921,713 222 Cristie Kerr 1,470,979 223 Na Yeon Choi 1,357,382 214 Stacy Lewis 1,356,211 235 Suzann Pettersen 1,322,770 206 Brittany Lincicome 1,154,234 217 Angela Stanford 1,017,196 218 Ai Miyazato 1,007,633 199 Paula Creamer 926,338 2110 Amy Yang 912,160 22 Full 2011 Official Money List – navigate to "Official Money List" Scoring average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Yani Tseng 69.662 Na Yeon Choi 70.533 Cristie Kerr 70.714 Jiyai Shin 70.815 Paula Creamer 70.84 Full 2011 Scoring Average List – navigate to "Scoring Average" See also 2011 in golf 2011 Ladies European Tour 2011 LPGA Futures Tour References External links Official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons Lpga Tour