2009 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season October 2025 March 2026 December 2011 2009 LPGA Tour 2009 1 24 – 2009 11 23 28 3 MEX Lorena Ochoa, KOR Jiyai Shin Money leader KOR Jiyai Shin Rolex Player of the Year MEX Lorena Ochoa Vare Trophy MEX Lorena Ochoa Rookie of the Year KOR Jiyai Shin 2008 2010 The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). 2009 saw a reduction in both the number of tournaments and the total prize money on the Tour. Official prize money was $47.6 million, the lowest total in since 2005. There were 28 official tournaments, the lowest number since at least 2004. Rookie Jiyai Shin topped the money list, earning $1,807,334. In addition Shin took Rookie of the Year honors. Shin and Lorena Ochoa each won three tournaments during the season. Ochoa also won the Player of the Year trophy for the fourth consecutive year and the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, also for the fourth consecutive year. Anna Nordqvist was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, topping off a season that began with her having only conditional status on the LPGA Tour. She won the fifth tournament in which she played in 2009, the McDonald's LPGA Championship, a major, and also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, ending the season 15th on the official money list. The four major championships were won by: Brittany Lincicome (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Anna Nordqvist (LPGA Championship), Eun-Hee Ji (U.S. Women's Open), and Catriona Matthew (Women's British Open). All major winners were first-time major winners. Matthew won her the British Open 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child. The LPGA experienced a turn-over in leadership in 2009, when commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure from players in July. At the time of Bivens' resignation, the tour had only 14 events committed for the 2010 schedule, having failed to sign key long-term tournaments, notably the LPGA Corning Classic.https://www.espn.com/golf/columns/story?columnist=adelson_eric&id=4353599 LPGA working to re-establish footing Eric Adelson ESPN.com July 24, 2009 December 25, 2009 On October 28, the LPGA board of directors announced that marketing executive Michael Whan had been hired as the permanent replacement for Bivens and would assume his duties in January 2010.http://lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=22245&mid=4 LPGA Names Michael Whan as its Commissioner LPGA.com October 28, 2009 December 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106174035/http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=22245&mid=4 6 January 2010 live Tournament 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. Date Tournament Location Winner 1st prize ($) Jan 25 HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup* Brazil SCO Catriona Matthew (n/a) 100,000 Feb 14 SBS Open at Turtle Bay Hawaii USA Angela Stanford (4) 180,000 Mar 1 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand MEX Lorena Ochoa (25) 217,500 Mar 8 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore KOR Jiyai Shin (4) 300,000 Mar 22 MasterCard Classic Mexico USA Pat Hurst (6) 195,000 Mar 29 J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Arizona AUS Karrie Webb (36) 225,000 Apr 5 Kraft Nabisco Championship California USA Brittany Lincicome (3) 300,000 Apr 26 Corona Championship Mexico MEX Lorena Ochoa (26) 195,000May 10 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia USA Cristie Kerr (12) 330,000May 17 Sybase Classic New Jersey KOR Ji Young Oh (2) 300,000May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York TWN Yani Tseng (2) 225,000Jun 7 LPGA State Farm Classic Illinois KOR In-Kyung Kim (2) 255,000Jun 14 McDonald's LPGA Championship Maryland SWE Anna Nordqvist (1) 300,000Jun 28 Wegmans LPGA New York KOR Jiyai Shin (5) 300,000Jul 5 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio KOR Eunjung Yi (1) 210,000Jul 12 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania KOR Eun-Hee Ji (2) 585,000Jul 26 Evian Masters France JPN Ai Miyazato (1) 487,500Aug 2 Ricoh Women's British Open England SCO Catriona Matthew (3) 335,000Aug 23 Solheim Cup Illinois n/aAug 30 Safeway Classic Oregon KOR M. J. Hur (1) 255,000Sep 6 CN Canadian Women's Open Alberta NOR Suzann Pettersen (6) 412,500Sep 13 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas KOR Jiyai Shin (6) 270,000Sep 20 Samsung World Championship California KOR Na Yeon Choi (1) 250,000Sep 27 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge California SWE Sophie Gustafson (5) 165,000Oct 4 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama MEX Lorena Ochoa (27) 195,000Nov 1 Hana Bank-KOLON Championship South Korea KOR Na Yeon Choi (2) 255,000Nov 8 Mizuno Classic Japan KOR Bo Bae Song (1)Song was not an LPGA member in 2009. N Song 210,000Nov 10 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge* Nevada LPGA Team 500,000Nov 15 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico USA Michelle Wie (1) 220,000Nov 23Due to inclement weather, the event was shortened to 54 holes, and the final round was delayed a day from its scheduled date of November 22. N TourChampionship LPGA Tour Championship Texas SWE Anna Nordqvist (2) 225,000 An asterisk next to a tournament name means that the event is unofficial. Tournaments in bold are majors. N Leaders Money List leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events1 Jiyai Shin 1,807,334 252 Cristie Kerr 1,519,722 253 Ai Miyazato 1,517,149 224 Lorena Ochoa 1,489,395 225 Suzann Pettersen 1,369,717 236 Na Yeon Choi 1,341,078 267 Yani Tseng 1,293,755 278 In-Kyung Kim 1,238,396 259 Paula Creamer 1,151,864 2410 Angela Stanford 1,081,916 21 Full 2009 Official Money List - navigate to "2009" Scoring Average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Lorena Ochoa 70.162 Jiyai Shin 70.263 Cristie Kerr 70.284 Ai Miyazato 70.335 Yani Tseng 70.44 Full 2009 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2009", then "Scoring Average" 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. 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. 2009 Winner: MEX Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: KORJiyai Shin The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. 2009 Winner: MEX Lorena Ochoa. Runner-up: KORJiyai Shin The Louis Suggs Rolex Rooke 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. 2009 Winner: KOR Jiyai Shin. Runner-up: SWE Anna Nordqvist See also 2009 in golf 2009 Duramed Futures Tour 2009 Ladies European Tour References Category:LPGA Tour seasons LPGA Tour