The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Total prize money for all tournaments was $45,100,000.

Annika Sörenstam dominated the Tour in 2005, winning ten tournaments, including two of the four major tournaments, winning more than $2 million in prize money for the fifth consecutive season. Five other players earned over $1 million. Players from South Korea continued to be a growing force on the Tour, with seven different Korean players winning tournaments, including the two majors not won by Sörenstam: Birdie Kim at the U.S. Women's Open and Jeong Jang at the Women's British Open

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2005 in golf.

Tournament schedule and results 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Purse ($) Winner'sshare ($)Feb 13 Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa (Rui Kitada & Ai Miyazato) Feb 26 SBS Open at Turtle Bay Hawaii Jennifer Rosales (2) 1,000,000 150,000Mar 6 MasterCard Classic Mexico Annika Sörenstam (57) 1,200,000 180,000Mar 20 Safeway International Arizona Annika Sörenstam (58) 1,400,000 210,000Mar 27 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Annika Sörenstam (59) 1,800,000 270,000Apr 16 LPGA Takefuji Classic Nevada Wendy Ward (4) 1,100,000 165,000Apr 24 Corona Morelia Championship Mexico Carin Koch (2) 1,000,000 150,000May 1 Franklin American Mortgage Championship Tennessee Stacy Prammanasudh (1) 1,000,000 150,000May 8 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia Cristie Kerr (5) 2,200,000 330,000May 15 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Annika Sörenstam (60) 1,600,000 240,000May 22 Sybase Classic New York Paula Creamer (1) 1,250,000 187,500May 29 LPGA Corning Classic New York Jimin Kang (1) 1,100,000 165,000Jun 5 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Annika Sörenstam (61) 1,400,000 210,000Jun 12 McDonald's LPGA Championship Maryland Annika Sörenstam (62) 1,800,000 270,000Jun 19 Wegmans LPGA New York Lorena Ochoa (3) 1,500,000 225,000Jun 26 U.S. Women's Open Colorado Birdie Kim (1) 3,100,000 560,000Jul 3 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship New Jersey Marisa Baena (1) 2,000,000 500,000Jul 10 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio Heather Bowie (1) 1,200,000 180,000Jul 17 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open Nova Scotia Meena Lee (1) 1,300,000 195,000Jul 23 Evian Masters France Paula Creamer (2) 2,500,000 375,000Jul 31 Weetabix Women's British Open England Jeong Jang (1) 1,800,000 280,208Aug 21 Safeway Classic Oregon Kang Soo-yun (1) 1,400,000 210,000Aug 28 Wendy's Championship for Children Ohio Cristie Kerr (6) 1,100,000 165,000Sep 4 State Farm Classic Illinois Pat Hurst (4) 1,300,000 195,000Sep 11 Solheim Cup Indiana Team USA n/aSep 18 John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic Oklahoma Annika Sörenstam (63) 1,000,000 150,000Oct 2 Office Depot Championship California Hee-Won Han (4) 1,300,000 195,000Oct 9 Longs Drugs Challenge California Nicole Perrot (1) 1,000,000 150,000Oct 16 Samsung World Championship California Annika Sörenstam (64) 850,000 212,500Oct 30 CJ Nine Bridges Classic South Korea Jee Young Lee (1) 1,350,000 202,500Nov 6 Mizuno Classic Japan Annika Sörenstam (65) 1,000,000 150,000Nov 13 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions Alabama Christina Kim (2) 850,000 138,000Nov 19 ADT Championship Florida Annika Sörenstam (66) 1,000,000 215,000Dec 11 Lexus Cup Singapore International Team n/aDec 18 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada Champions Tour n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders Money List leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events1 Annika Sörenstam 2,588,240 202 Paula Creamer 1,531,780 253 Cristie Kerr 1,360,941 224 Lorena Ochoa 1,201,786 235 Jang Jeong 1,131,986 286 Natalie Gulbis 1,010,154 277 Meena Lee 870,182 288 Hee-Won Han 856,364 279 Gloria Park 842,349 2610 Catriona Matthew 776,924 26 Source:

Scoring Average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Annika Sörenstam 69.332 Cristie Kerr 70.863 Paula Creamer 70.984 Jang Jeong 71.175 Natalie Gulbis 71.24 Source:

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. 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Paula Creamer The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Cristie Kerr 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. 2005 Winner: Paula Creamer. Runner-up: Meena Lee

See also 2005 in golf

References

External links LPGA official website