2007 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season December 2024 March 2026 2007 LPGA Tour 2007 1 19 – 2007 12 23 35 8 MEX Lorena Ochoa Money leader MEX Lorena Ochoa Rolex Player of the Year MEX Lorena Ochoa Vare Trophy MEX Lorena Ochoa Rookie of the Year BRA Angela Park 2006 2008 The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). In 2007, prize money on the LPGA Tour was $54.285 million, the highest to date. Lorena Ochoa topped the money list with a record $4,364,994, easily surpassing Annika Sörenstam's previous record of $2,863,904 in 2002.https://www.newspapers.com/image/285604349/?match=1&terms=ochoa%20record Ochoa trumps 'em all: Ochoa seals the outcome with an approach to 3 feet South Florida Sun Sentinel Randall Mell November 19, 2007 5D, 14D newspapers.com subscription Sörenstam was out most of the 2007 with neck and back injuries. Ochoa led the tour in victories in 2007 with eight wins; Suzann Pettersen of Norway had five. The four major championships were won by: Morgan Pressel (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Suzann Pettersen (LPGA Championship), Cristie Kerr (U.S. Women's Open), and Lorena Ochoa (Women's British Open). All four majors were won by first-time major winners. The British Open also marked a breakthrough for women's golf; for the first time the event took place at historic St Andrews in Scotland, the fabled "home of golf," that had previously been off-limits to women. In a slight reversal of a trend from recent years, Americans saw a relative resurgence in dominance in 2007, winning 12 events. For the first time since 2000, two Americans won majors. However, only one American, Paula Creamer, won more than one event, while Mexico's Lorena Ochoa won eight times and Norway's Suzann Pettersen five. Koreans won only four events, seven fewer than the 11 won in 2006. For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2007 in golf. Tournament schedule and results ADT Playoff Categories: winner: Official LPGA Tour events with a purse of at least $2,000,000. Winners of these events automatically qualify for the ADT Championship. standard: Winners do not automatically qualify for the ADT Championship; the ADT points system is used. unofficial: These events are not official LPGA Tour events and participation is not part of the ADT Playoff system. The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology2000-2008.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008 LPGA https://web.archive.org/web/20110304105055/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology2000-2008.pdf March 4, 2011 Date Tournament Location ADT Playoff category Winner Purse ($) Winner'sshare ($) Jan 21 Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa unofficial (Julieta Granada / Celeste Troche) Feb 17 SBS Open at Turtle Bay Hawaii standard USA Paula Creamer (3) 1,100,000 165,000 Feb 24 Fields Open in Hawaii Hawaii standard USA Stacy Prammanasudh (2) 1,200,000 180,000 Mar 11 MasterCard Classic Mexico standard USA Meaghan Francella (1) 1,200,000 180,000 Mar 25 Safeway International Arizona standard MEX Lorena Ochoa (10) 1,500,000 225,000 Apr 1 Kraft Nabisco Championship California winner USA Morgan Pressel (1) 2,000,000 300,000 Apr 15 Ginn Open Florida winner USA Brittany Lincicome (2) 2,600,000 390,000 Apr 29 Corona Championship Mexico standard ITA Silvia Cavalleri (1) 1,300,000 195,000 May 6 SemGroup Championship Oklahoma standard KOR Mi Hyun Kim (8) 1,400,000 210,000May 13 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia winner NOR Suzann Pettersen (1) 2,200,000 330,000May 20 Sybase Classic New Jersey standard MEX Lorena Ochoa (11) 1,400,000 210,000May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York standard KOR Young Kim (1) 1,300,000 195,000Jun 3 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika South Carolina winner USA Nicole Castrale (1) 2,600,000 390,000Jun 10 McDonald's LPGA Championship Maryland winner NOR Suzann Pettersen (2) 2,000,000 300,000Jun 24 Wegmans LPGA New York standard MEX Lorena Ochoa (12) 1,800,000 270,000 End of first half of the seasonJul 1 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina winner USA Cristie Kerr (10) 3,100,000 560,000Jul 15 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio standard KOR Se Ri Pak (24) 1,300,000 195,000Jul 22 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship New York winner KOR Seon Hwa Lee (2) 2,000,000 500,000Jul 29 Evian Masters France winner USA Natalie Gulbis (1) 3,000,000 450,000Aug 5 Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland winner MEX Lorena Ochoa (13) 2,000,000 320,512Aug 19 CN Canadian Women's Open Alberta winner MEX Lorena Ochoa (14) 2,250,000 337,500Aug 26 Safeway Classic Oregon standard MEX Lorena Ochoa (15) 1,700,000 255,000Sep 2 LPGA State Farm Classic Illinois standard USA Sherri Steinhauer (8) 1,300,000 195,000Sep 9 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship* Arkansas standard USA Stacy Lewis (n/a) 625,000 90,000Sep 16 Solheim Cup Sweden n/a n/aSep 30 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama standard SWE Maria Hjorth (3) 1,300,000 195,000Oct 7 Longs Drugs Challenge California standard NOR Suzann Pettersen (3) 1,100,000 165,000Oct 14 Samsung World Championship California standard MEX Lorena Ochoa (16) 1,000,000 250,000Oct 21 Hana Bank-KOLON Championship South Korea standard NOR Suzann Pettersen (4) 1,500,000 191,250Oct 28 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand standard NOR Suzann Pettersen (5) 1,300,000 195,000Nov 4 Mizuno Classic Japan standard JPN Momoko Ueda (1) 1,400,000 210,000Nov 11 The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions Alabama standard USA Paula Creamer (4) 1,000,000 150,000Nov 18 ADT Championship Florida n/a MEX Lorena Ochoa (17) 1,550,000 1,000,000Dec 9 Lexus Cup Australia unofficial Team Asia n/aDec 23** Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada unofficial LPGA Tour n/a Tournaments in bold are majors. *The LPGA NW Arkansas Championship was not completed due to inclement weather. Only 18 holes were played so it was not an official tournament, nor did the money count as official money. **The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was held on November 13. It was broadcast on television on December 22 and 23. The official LPGA Tour schedule listed the tournament dates based on the television broadcast. Leaders Money List leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events1 Lorena Ochoa 4,364,994 252 Suzann Pettersen 1,802,400 243 Paula Creamer 1,384,798 244 Mi Hyun Kim 1,273,848 275 Seon Hwa Lee 1,100,198 286 Cristie Kerr 1,098,921 227 Jang Jeong 1,038,598 278 Angela Park 983,922 289 Morgan Pressel 972,452 2510 Jee Young Lee 966,256 24 Source:https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list Money/Finishes: Official Money – 2007 LPGA Scoring Average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Lorena Ochoa 69.692 Paula Creamer 70.503 Suzann Pettersen 70.864 Annika Sörenstam 71.275 Stacy Prammanasudh 71.28 Source:https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/scoring Scoring: Scoring Average – 2007 LPGA Award winners The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are: The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships and at the season-ending ADT Championship. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th. 2007 Winner: Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: Suzann Pettersen The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. 2007 Winner: Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: Paula Creamer The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded at all full-field domestic events and doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in increments of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA. 2007 Winner: Angela Park. Runner-up: In-Kyung Kim See also 2007 in golf 2007 Duramed Futures Tour 2007 Ladies European Tour References Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour