The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853, breaking her own record for single-season earnings.
The U.S. Women's Open was the first tournament with a purse over $2,000,00 and a winner's share of $500,000. This was the last season that the du Maurier Classic (now known as the Canadian Women's Open) was considered an LPGA major. It was replaced as a major by the Women's British Open in 2001. There were seven first-time winners in 2000: Dorothy Delasin, Sophie Gustafson, Lorie Kane, Laurel Kean, Janice Moodie, Grace Park, and Charlotta Sörenstam.
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($) Jan 16 The Office Depot Florida Karrie Webb (17) 281 (−7) 750,000 112,500 Jan 23 Subaru Memorial of Naples Florida Nancy Scranton (3) 275 (−13) 850,000 127,500 Feb 13 Los Angeles Women's Championship California Laura Davies (18) 211 (−5) 750,000 112,500 Feb 19 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Betsy King (32) 204 (−12) 650,000 97,500 Feb 27 Australian Ladies Masters Australia Karrie Webb (18) 274 (−14) 750,000 112,500 Mar 4 LPGA Takefuji Classic Hawaii Karrie Webb (19) 207 (−9) 800,000 120,000 Mar 12 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Annika Sörenstam (19) 269 (−19) 700,000 105,000 Mar 19 Standard Register PING Arizona Charlotta Sörenstam (1) 276 (−12) 850,000 127,500 Mar 26 Nabisco Championship California Karrie Webb (20) 274 (−14) 1,250,000 187,500 Apr 16 Longs Drugs Challenge California Juli Inkster (23) 275 (−13) 700,000 105,000 Apr 30 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Sophie Gustafson (1) 206 (−10) 900,000 135,000 May 7 The Philips Invitational Texas Laura Davies (19) 275 (−5) 850,000 127,500 May 14 Electrolux USA Championship Tennessee Pat Hurst (3) 275 (−13) 800,000 120,000 May 21 Firstar LPGA Classic Ohio Annika Sörenstam (20) 197 (−19) 650,000 97,500 May 28 LPGA Corning Classic New York Betsy King (33) 276 (−12) 800,000 120,000 Jun 4 Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic South Carolina Grace Park (1) 274 (−14) 750,000 112,500 Jun 11 Wegmans Rochester International New York Meg Mallon (12) 280 (−8) 1,000,000 150,000 Jun 17 Evian Masters France Annika Sörenstam (21) 276 (−12) 1,800,000 270,000 Jun 25 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Juli Inkster (24) 281 (−3) 1,400,000 210,000 Jul 2 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Janice Moodie (1) 203 (−10) 1,100,000 165,000 Jul 9 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Annika Sörenstam (22) 274 (−10) 1,000,000 150,000 Jul 16 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic New York Annika Sörenstam (23) 206 (−7) 900,000 135,000 Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Illinois Karrie Webb (21) 282 (−6) 2,750,000 500,000 Jul 30 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Dorothy Delasin (1) 205 (−11) 1,000,000 150,000 Aug 6 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Lorie Kane (1) 205 (−11) 800,000 120,000 Aug 13 du Maurier Classic Canada Meg Mallon (13) 282 (−6) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 20 Weetabix Women's British Open England Sophie Gustafson (2) 282 (−10) 1,250,000 178,000 Aug 27 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan Karrie Webb (22) 265 (−23) 750,000 112,500 Sep 3 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois Laurel Kean (1) 198 (−18) 900,000 135,000 Sep 10 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Michele Redman (2) 202 (−14) 800,000 120,000 Sep 24 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon Mi Hyun Kim (3) 215 (−1) 800,000 120,000 Oct 1 New Albany Golf Classic Ohio Lorie Kane (2) 277 (−11) 1,000,000 150,000 Oct 15 Samsung World Championship California Juli Inkster (25) 274 (−14) 725,000 152,000 Oct 22 AFLAC Champions Alabama Karrie Webb (23) 273 (−15) 750,000 122,000 Nov 5 Mizuno Classic Japan Lorie Kane (3) 204 (−12) 850,000 127,500 Nov 19 Arch Wireless Championship Florida Dottie Pepper (17) 279 (−9) 1,000,000 215,000
Leaders Money List leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events1 Karrie Webb 1,876,853 222 Annika Sörenstam 1,404,948 223 Meg Mallon 1,146,360 264 Juli Inkster 980,330 195 Lorie Kane 929,189 306 Pat Hurst 840,161 267 Mi Hyun Kim 825,720 278 Dottie Pepper 786,695 199 Rosie Jones 643,054 2510 Michele Redman 585,694 28 Source:
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Karrie Webb (3) Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Karrie Webb (3) Player of the Year Karrie Webb (2) Rookie of the Year Dorothy Delasin
References
External links LPGA Tour official site 2000 season coverage at golfobserver.com