2012 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season October 2025 March 2026 May 2013 2012 LPGA Tour 2012 2 9 – 2012 11 18 29 4 USA Stacy Lewis Money leader KOR Inbee Park Rolex Player of the Year USA Stacy Lewis Vare Trophy KOR Inbee Park Rookie of the Year KOR Ryu So-yeon 2011 2013 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.http://www.lpga.com/~/media/0ca35b09283a4cdda7d90a40e33239e2/2012schedule.pdf 2012 LPGA Schedule January 9, 2013 January 16, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116023945/http://www.lpga.com/~/media/0ca35b09283a4cdda7d90a40e33239e2/2012schedule.pdf dead 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($) TitleholdersqualifiersFeb 12 ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustraliaUSA Jessica Korda (1)1,100,000165,000USA Jessica Korda USA Stacy Lewis USA Brittany LincicomeFeb 19 Honda LPGA ThailandThailandTWN Yani Tseng (13)1,500,000225,000 TWN Yani Tseng JPN Ai Miyazato KOR Jiyai ShinFeb 26 HSBC Women's ChampionsSingaporeUSA Angela Stanford (5)1,400,000210,000 USA Angela Stanford KOR Na Yeon Choi CHN Shanshan Feng Mar 18 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup ArizonaTWN Yani Tseng (14) 1,500,000225,000 KOR So Yeon Ryu KOR Hee Young Park SWE Caroline HedwallMar 25 Kia Classic CaliforniaTWN Yani Tseng (15) 1,700,000255,000 KOR Sun Young Yoo KOR Se Ri Pak ENG Jodi Ewart Apr 1 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCaliforniaKOR Sun-Young Yoo (2)2,000,000300,000 KOR I.K. Kim KOR Amy Yang KOR Hee Kyung SeoApr 21 LPGA Lotte ChampionshipHawaiiJPN Ai Miyazato (8) 1,700,000255,000 KOR Meena Lee ESP Azahara Muñoz USA Cristie Kerr Apr 29 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic AlabamaUSA Stacy Lewis (2) 1,250,000187,500 USA Lexi Thompson FRA Karine Icher AUS Karrie Webb May 6HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup1 BrazilTHA Pornanong Phatlum (n/a) 720,000108,000 n/aMay 20 Sybase Match Play Championship New JerseyESP Azahara Muñoz (1)1,500,000375,000 USA Morgan Pressel USA Vicky Hurst USA Candie KungJun 3ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseyUSA Stacy Lewis (3)1,500,000225,000 AUS Katherine Hull JPN Mika Miyazato KOR Hee-Won HanJun 10 Wegmans LPGA ChampionshipNew YorkCHN Shanshan Feng (1) 2,500,000375,000 NOR Suzann Pettersen KOR Eun-Hee Ji USA Gerina PillerJun 24 Manulife Financial LPGA ClassicOntarioUSA Brittany Lang (1) 1,300,000195,000USA Brittany Lang KOR Inbee Park KOR Chella Choi Jul 1Walmart NW Arkansas Championship ArkansasJPN Ai Miyazato (9) 2,000,000300,000 VEN Veronica Felibert SWE Anna Nordqvist KOR Jenny ShinJul 8 U.S. Women's OpenWisconsinKOR Na Yeon Choi (6)3,250,000585,000DEU Sandra Gal KOR Ilhee Lee ITA Giulia SergasJul 29 Evian MastersFranceKOR Inbee Park (2) 3,250,000487,500USA Natalie Gulbis ESP Beatriz Recari USA Paula CreamerAug 12 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic OhioKOR So Yeon Ryu (2) 1,300,000195,000 USA Jennie Lee USA Jacqui Concolino AUS Lindsey Wright Aug 19 Safeway Classic OregonJPN Mika Miyazato (1)1,500,000225,000KOR Haeji Kang USA Sydnee Michaels USA Michelle WieAug 26 CN Canadian Women's OpenBritish ColumbiaNZL Lydia Ko (1) (a) 2,000,000300,000* NZL Lydia Ko (a) USA Jane Rah SCO Catriona MatthewSep 9 Kingsmill ChampionshipVirginiaKOR Jiyai Shin (9)1,300,000195,000 USA Danielle Kang SWE Maria HjorthNED Dewi Claire SchreefelSep 16 Ricoh Women's British OpenEnglandKOR Jiyai Shin (10)2,750,000428,650 PAR Julieta Granada USA Katie FutcherUSA Cindy LaCrosseSep 23 Navistar LPGA ClassicAlabamaUSA Stacy Lewis (4) 1,300,000195,000 KOR M. J. Hur AUS Sarah Jane SmithSWE Pernilla LindbergOct 14 Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaMalaysiaKOR Inbee Park (3) 1,900,000285,000USA Lizette Salas JPN Momoko UedaUSA Mina HarigaeOct 21 LPGA KEB-HanaBank ChampionshipSouth KoreaNOR Suzann Pettersen (9)1,800,000270,000SWE Karin Sjödin USA Jennifer JohnsonUSA Nicole CastraleOct 28 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTaiwanNOR Suzann Pettersen (10) 2,000,000300,000ESP Belén MozoCOL Mariajo UribeUSA Mo MartinNov 4 Mizuno ClassicJapanUSA Stacy Lewis (5)1,200,000180,000THA Pornanong PhatlumUSA Jennifer SongUSA Alison WalsheNov 11 Lorena Ochoa Invitational MexicoUSA Cristie Kerr (15)1,000,000200,000MEX Lorena OchoaUSA Kristy McPhersonMEX Tanya DergalNov 13 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge1 NevadaPGA Tour (n/a)1,000,000500,000 n/aNov 18 CME Group Titleholders FloridaKOR Na Yeon Choi (7)1,500,000500,000n/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 ($)Eventsplayed1 Inbee Park 2,287,080 242 Na Yeon Choi 1,981,834 223 Stacy Lewis 1,872,409 264 Yani Tseng 1,430,159 245 Ai Miyazato 1,334,977 236 So Yeon Ryu 1,282,673 247 Jiyai Shin 1,234,597 188 Azahara Muñoz 1,230,751 269 Suzann Pettersen 1,182,860 2410 Shanshan Feng 1,101,147 19 Full 2012 Official Money List Scoring average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Inbee Park 70.212 So Yeon Ryu 70.303 Jiyai Shin 70.314 Stacy Lewis 70.335 Na Yeon Choi 70.49 Full 2012 Scoring Average List See also 2012 Ladies European Tour 2012 Symetra Tour References External links Official site Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour