LPGA Season
Approximately 500 professional golfers compete full-time or part-time in selected LPGA Tour tournaments and events around the world that are scheduled February into
early December. A number of the tournaments and events change location from year to year.
LPGA Tournaments/Events
HSBC Women’s Champions-Tanah Merah Country Club, Singapore
Kia Classic Presented by J Golf, La Costa Resort & Spa, Carlsbad, CA
Kraft Nabisco Championship-Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA
The Mojo 6 Jamaica LPG Invitational-Cinnamon Hill Golf Course, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Tres Marias Championship-Tres Marias Golf Club, Morella, Michoacan, C.P., Mexico
Bell Micro LPGA Classic-RTJ Golf Trail Magnolia Grove, Birmingham, AL
Sybase Match Play Championship-Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Gladstone, NJ
HSBC Brasil Cup-Itanhanga Golf Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
LPGA State Farm Classic-Panther Creek Country Club, Springfield, IL
ShopRite LPGA Classic-Dolce Seaview Resort Bay Course, Galloway, NJ
LPGA Championship-Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, NY
Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic-Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, OH
U. S. Women’s Open-Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, PA
RICOH Women’s British Open-Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Merseyside, England
Safeway Classic-Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, OR
CN Canadian Women’s Open-St. Charles Country Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
P&G NW Arkansas Championship-Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, AR
Navistar LPGA Classic-RTJ Golf Trail Capitol Hill, Prattville, AL
CVS Pharmacy LPGA Challenge-Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, CA
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia-Kuala Lampur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
LPGA Hana Bank Championship-Sky 72 Golf Club, Incheon, Lorea
Mizuno Classic, Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club, Shima-shi, Mie, Japan
Lorena Ochoa Invitational-Guadalajara Country Club, Guadalajara, Mexico
LPGA Tour Championship-Grand Cypress Golf Club, Orlando, FL
Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge-Rio Secco Golf Club, Henderson, NV
The Women’s Major Golf Championships, often referred to simply as The Majors (marked with an * above), are the four most prestigious women’s annual tournaments in professional golf.
The “Rolex Rankings” are sanctioned by the five major women’s professional golf tours: the LPGA, Ladies European Tour (LET), Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG), as well as the Ladies Golf Union (LGU), which administers the RICOH Women’s British Open. The Rolex Rankings are the only women’s world rankings that incorporate player performances from the five major tours and the Duramed FUTURES Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA.
LPGA Playoffs
The LPGA plays a season-ending championship tournament, now known as the LPGA Tour Championship. The tournament is held in November. From 2006 through 2008 the LPGA schedule was divided into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the Championship based on their performance. Two wild-card selections were also included for a final field of 21 players. The winner of the LPGA Tour Championship, which features three days of “playoffs” plus the final championship round, earns $1 million. In 2009, the Tour Championship field was increased to 120 players, with entry open to all Tour members in the top 120 on the money list as of three weeks prior to the start of the tournament. The total purse was $1,500,000 million with $225,000 going to the winner.
LPGA Major Awards
Player of the Year
Lowest Average Season Score
Rookie of the Year
LPGA Golfers Association
There is no formalized PGA players bargaining association or union.
LPGA Commissioner
The LPGA Commissioner is Michael Whan, and his office in Daytona Beach, FL
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