The 2014 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began at Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island in The Bahamas on January 23 and ended on November 23 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 was a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year (those in which the Solheim Cup is not held), the event involved four-woman teams from eight countries competing in a four-day match play format. The eight qualifying countries were those whose four top players are cumulatively ranked highest in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of the end of the preceding LPGA season. The individual participants from each qualified country were determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Qualification for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship changed for 2014 and a $1 million bonus was added. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. The field in 2014 was determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points with 500 points going to the winner. The five major champions had a higher points distribution with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational). Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the points list gained entry into the Tour Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72. Points were reset before the tournament such that only the top three players were guaranteed to win the Race by winning the tournament and only the top nine had a mathematical chance of winning the Race. The winner of the points race received a $1 million bonus that did not count on the official money list. The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerWWGRpointsPurse ($)Winner'sshare ($)Jan 26Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA ClassicBahamas Jessica Korda (2) 341,300,000195,000Feb 16ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustralia Karrie Webb (40)431,200,000180,000Feb 23Honda LPGA ThailandThailand Anna Nordqvist (3) 621,500,000225,000Mar 2HSBC Women's ChampionsSingapore Paula Creamer (10) 621,400,000210,000Mar 23JTBC Founders CupArizona Karrie Webb (41) 621,500,000225,000Mar 30Kia ClassicCalifornia Anna Nordqvist (4)621,700,000255,000Apr 6Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Lexi Thompson (4)1002,000,000300,000Apr 19LPGA Lotte ChampionshipHawaii Michelle Wie (3) 461,700,000255,000Apr 27Swinging Skirts LPGA ClassicCalifornia Lydia Ko (3)621,800,000270,000May 4North Texas LPGA ShootoutTexas Stacy Lewis (9) 431,300,000195,000May 18Kingsmill ChampionshipVirginia Lizette Salas (1) 501,300,000195,000May 25Airbus LPGA ClassicAlabama Jessica Korda (3) 531,300,000195,000Jun 1ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Stacy Lewis (10) 621,500,000225,000Jun 8Manulife Financial LPGA ClassicOntario Inbee Park (10) 431,500,000225,000Jun 22U.S. Women's OpenNorth Carolina Michelle Wie (4)1004,000,000720,000Jun 29Walmart NW Arkansas ChampionshipArkansas Stacy Lewis (11)622,000,000300,000Jul 13Ricoh Women's British OpenEngland Mo Martin (1)1003,000,000474,575Jul 20Marathon ClassicOhio Lydia Ko (4) 371,400,000210,000Jul 27^International CrownMarylandn/a1,600,000100,000Aug 10Meijer LPGA ClassicMichigan Mirim Lee (1)531,500,000225,000Aug 17Wegmans LPGA ChampionshipNew York Inbee Park (11)1002,250,000337,500Aug 24Canadian Pacific Women's OpenOntario So Yeon Ryu (3)622,250,000337,500Aug 31Portland ClassicOregon Austin Ernst (1)311,300,000195,000Sep 14The Evian Championship France Kim Hyo-joo (1)1003,250,000487,500Sep 21Yokohama Tire LPGA ClassicAlabama Mi Jung Hur (2)221,300,000195,000Oct 5Reignwood LPGA ClassicChina Mirim Lee (2)342,100,000315,000Oct 12Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaMalaysia Shanshan Feng (4)462,000,000300,000Oct 19LPGA KEB-HanaBank ChampionshipSouth Korea Baek Kyu-jung (1) 622,000,000300,000Oct 27Blue Bay LPGAChina Lee-Anne Pace (1)342,000,000300,000Nov 2Fubon LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTaiwan Inbee Park (12)432,000,000300,000Nov 9Mizuno ClassicJapan Mi Hyang Lee (1)281,200,000180,000Nov 16Lorena Ochoa InvitationalMexico Christina Kim (3)371,000,000200,000Nov 23CME Group Tour ChampionshipFlorida Lydia Ko (5)622,000,000500,000 ^ Event held over to Monday, July 27 due to lack of daylight. The event was also shortened to 54 holes.

Season leaders Money list leaders

Rank Player Country Events Prize money($)1 Stacy Lewis 28 2,539,0392 Inbee Park 23 2,226,6413 Lydia Ko 26 2,089,0334 Michelle Wie 21 1,924,7965 So Yeon Ryu 25 1,468,8046 Shanshan Feng 24 1,404,6237 Anna Nordqvist 26 1,144,2458 Karrie Webb 19 1,069,5409 Azahara Muñoz 27 1,051,33210 Chella Choi 31 1,048,932

Full 2014 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders RankPlayerCountryAverage1 Stacy Lewis 69.532 Inbee Park 69.683 Michelle Wie 69.824 So Yeon Ryu 69.985 Lydia Ko 70.08

Full 2014 Scoring Average List

Awards AwardWinnerCountry Money winner Stacy Lewis Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Stacy Lewis (2) Player of the Year Stacy Lewis (2) Rookie of the Year Lydia Ko Race to the CME Globe Lydia Ko

See also 2014 Ladies European Tour 2014 Symetra Tour

References

External links Official site