The 2012 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Australia on February 9 and ended November 18 in Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Season overview There were 27 official tournaments on the 2012 LPGA Tour, four more than in 2011. Fifteen tournaments were held in the United States. Eleven other countries hosted the remaining twelve tournaments.

Stacy Lewis won the most tournaments, four, and won the Player of the Year award. Inbee Park won two tournaments and both the money title with earnings of $2,266,638 and the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average. So Yeon Ryu won Rookie of the Year honors, winning one tournament, finishing sixth on the money list and second in scoring average.

Other players winning multiple tournaments were Yani Tseng with three wins and Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, and Jiyai Shin with two wins each.

Changes for 2012

Five additional events ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open in February at Royal Melbourne – existing event now co-sanctioned by LPGA LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April; LPGA returned to Oahu after a two-year hiatus Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada in June Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Ohio in August; returned after a year off Kingsmill Championship in Virginia in September; LPGA returned to Williamsburg after a two-year absence. Scheduled to move to May in 2013. source: LPGA 2012 Schedule

Final major delayed The Ricoh Women's British Open was moved from its usual late-July date to mid-September, to accommodate the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which were being held in London.

Schedule and results The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.

Date Tournament Location Winner Purse ($) First prize($) TitleholdersqualifiersFeb 12 ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustralia Jessica Korda (1)1,100,000165,000 Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany LincicomeFeb 19 Honda LPGA ThailandThailand Yani Tseng (13)1,500,000225,000 Yani Tseng Ai Miyazato Jiyai ShinFeb 26 HSBC Women's ChampionsSingapore Angela Stanford (5)1,400,000210,000 Angela Stanford Na Yeon Choi Shanshan Feng Mar 18 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Arizona Yani Tseng (14) 1,500,000225,000 So Yeon Ryu Hee Young Park Caroline HedwallMar 25 Kia Classic California Yani Tseng (15) 1,700,000255,000 Sun Young Yoo Se Ri Pak Jodi Ewart Apr 1 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Sun-Young Yoo (2)2,000,000300,000 I.K. Kim Amy Yang Hee Kyung SeoApr 21 LPGA Lotte ChampionshipHawaii Ai Miyazato (8) 1,700,000255,000 Meena Lee Azahara Muñoz Cristie Kerr Apr 29 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Alabama Stacy Lewis (2) 1,250,000187,500 Lexi Thompson Karine Icher Karrie Webb May 6HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup1 Brazil Pornanong Phatlum (n/a) 720,000108,000 n/aMay 20 Sybase Match Play Championship New Jersey Azahara Muñoz (1)1,500,000375,000 Morgan Pressel Vicky Hurst Candie KungJun 3ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Stacy Lewis (3)1,500,000225,000 Katherine Hull Mika Miyazato Hee-Won HanJun 10 Wegmans LPGA ChampionshipNew York Shanshan Feng (1) 2,500,000375,000 Suzann Pettersen Eun-Hee Ji Gerina PillerJun 24 Manulife Financial LPGA ClassicOntario Brittany Lang (1) 1,300,000195,000 Brittany Lang Inbee Park Chella Choi Jul 1Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Ai Miyazato (9) 2,000,000300,000 Veronica Felibert Anna Nordqvist Jenny ShinJul 8 U.S. Women's OpenWisconsin Na Yeon Choi (6)3,250,000585,000 Sandra Gal Ilhee Lee Giulia SergasJul 29 Evian MastersFrance Inbee Park (2) 3,250,000487,500 Natalie Gulbis Beatriz Recari Paula CreamerAug 12 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Ohio So Yeon Ryu (2) 1,300,000195,000 Jennie Lee Jacqui Concolino Lindsey Wright Aug 19 Safeway Classic Oregon Mika Miyazato (1)1,500,000225,000 Haeji Kang Sydnee Michaels Michelle WieAug 26 CN Canadian Women's OpenBritish Columbia Lydia Ko (1) (a) 2,000,000300,000* Lydia Ko (a) Jane Rah Catriona MatthewSep 9 Kingsmill ChampionshipVirginia Jiyai Shin (9)1,300,000195,000 Danielle Kang Maria Hjorth Dewi Claire SchreefelSep 16 Ricoh Women's British OpenEngland Jiyai Shin (10)2,750,000428,650 Julieta Granada Katie Futcher Cindy LaCrosseSep 23 Navistar LPGA ClassicAlabama Stacy Lewis (4) 1,300,000195,000 M. J. Hur Sarah Jane Smith Pernilla LindbergOct 14 Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaMalaysia Inbee Park (3) 1,900,000285,000 Lizette Salas Momoko Ueda Mina HarigaeOct 21 LPGA KEB-HanaBank ChampionshipSouth Korea Suzann Pettersen (9)1,800,000270,000 Karin Sjödin Jennifer Johnson Nicole CastraleOct 28 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTaiwan Suzann Pettersen (10) 2,000,000300,000 Belén Mozo Mariajo Uribe Mo MartinNov 4 Mizuno ClassicJapan Stacy Lewis (5)1,200,000180,000 Pornanong Phatlum Jennifer Song Alison WalsheNov 11 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Cristie Kerr (15)1,000,000200,000 Lorena Ochoa Kristy McPherson Tanya DergalNov 13 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge1 NevadaPGA Tour (n/a)1,000,000500,000 n/aNov 18 CME Group Titleholders Florida Na Yeon Choi (7)1,500,000500,000n/a 1 Unofficial events * Lydia Ko was an amateur when she won the CN Canadian Women's Open; the winner's share went to the runner-up, Inbee Park.

Season leaders Money list leaders RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Eventsplayed1 Inbee Park 2,287,080 242 Na Yeon Choi 1,981,834 223 Stacy Lewis 1,872,409 264 Yani Tseng 1,430,159 245 Ai Miyazato 1,334,977 236 So Yeon Ryu 1,282,673 247 Jiyai Shin 1,234,597 188 Azahara Muñoz 1,230,751 269 Suzann Pettersen 1,182,860 2410 Shanshan Feng 1,101,147 19

Full 2012 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Inbee Park 70.212 So Yeon Ryu 70.303 Jiyai Shin 70.314 Stacy Lewis 70.335 Na Yeon Choi 70.49

Full 2012 Scoring Average List

See also 2012 Ladies European Tour 2012 Symetra Tour

References

External links Official site