The 2018 LPGA Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season begins in Bahamas on January 25 and ends on November 18 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
Schedule and results The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerWWGRpointsPurse ($)Winner'sshare ($)Jan 28Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA ClassicBahamas Brittany Lincicome (8)371,400,000210,000Feb 18ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustralia Ko Jin-young (2)341,300,000195,000Feb 25Honda LPGA ThailandThailand Jessica Korda (5)621,600,000240,000Mar 4HSBC Women's World ChampionshipSingapore Michelle Wie (5)621,500,000225,000Mar 18Bank of Hope Founders CupArizona Inbee Park (19)461,500,000225,000Mar 25Kia ClassicCalifornia Ji Eun-hee (4)621,800,000270,000Apr 2^ANA InspirationCalifornia Pernilla Lindberg (1)1002,800,000420,000Apr 14Lotte ChampionshipHawaii Brooke Henderson (6)462,000,000300,000Apr 22Hugel-JTBC LA OpenCalifornia Moriya Jutanugarn (1)621,500,000225,000Apr 29LPGA Mediheal ChampionshipCalifornia Lydia Ko (15)561,500,000225,000May 6Volunteers of America LPGA Texas ClassicTexas Park Sung-hyun (3)311,300,000195,000May 20Kingsmill ChampionshipVirginia Ariya Jutanugarn (8)431,300,000195,000May 27LPGA Volvik ChampionshipMichigan Minjee Lee (4)371,300,000195,000Jun 3U.S. Women's OpenAlabama Ariya Jutanugarn (9)1005,000,000900,000Jun 10ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Annie Park (1)311,750,000262,500Jun 17Meijer LPGA ClassicMichigan Ryu So-yeon (6)402,000,000300,000Jun 24Walmart NW Arkansas ChampionshipArkansas Nasa Hataoka (1)622,000,000300,000Jul 1KPMG Women's PGA ChampionshipIllinois Park Sung-hyun (4)1003,650,000547,500Jul 8Thornberry Creek LPGA ClassicWisconsin Kim Sei-young (7) 402,000,000300,000Jul 15Marathon ClassicOhio Thidapa Suwannapura (1)221,600,000240,000Jul 29Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish OpenScotland Ariya Jutanugarn (10)461,500,000225,000Aug 5Ricoh Women's British OpenEngland Georgia Hall (1) 1003,250,000490,000Aug 19Indy Women in Tech ChampionshipIndiana Park Sung-hyun (5)532,000,000300,000Aug 26CP Women's OpenSaskatchewan Brooke Henderson (7)562,250,000337,500Sep 2Cambia Portland ClassicOregon Marina Alex (1)401,300,000195,000Sep 16Evian ChampionshipFrance Angela Stanford (6) 1003,850,000577,500Oct 7UL International CrownSouth Korean/a1,600,000Unofficial money – $400,000 to winning team400,000Oct 14LPGA KEB Hana Bank ChampionshipSouth Korea Chun In-gee (3)622,000,000300,000Oct 21Buick LPGA ShanghaiChina Danielle Kang (2) 502,100,000315,000Oct 28Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTaiwan Nelly Korda (1) 372,200,000330,000Nov 4Toto Japan ClassicJapan Nasa Hataoka (2)531,500,000225,000Nov 10Blue Bay LPGAChina Gaby López (1)242,100,000315,000Nov 18CME Group Tour ChampionshipFlorida Lexi Thompson (10) 532,500,000500,000 ^ ANA Inspiration finished on Monday April 2 due to darkness.
Statistical information
Wins by player Rank Player WinsT1 3T3 2T5 1
Wins by nation Rank Nation WinsT1 9 3 5T4 2T6 1
Statistics leaders
Money list leaders Rank Player Events Prize money ($)1 Ariya Jutanugarn 28 2,743,9492 Minjee Lee 27 1,551,0323 Park Sung-hyun 24 1,498,0774 Brooke Henderson 28 1,473,2475 Nasa Hataoka 24 1,454,2616 Ryu So-yeon 23 1,438,8507 Kim Sei-young 27 1,369,4188 Carlota Ciganda 25 1,244,6109 Lexi Thompson 20 1,223,74810 Ko Jin-young 25 1,159,005 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.
Scoring average Rank Player Total strokes Total rounds Average 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 7,358 106 69.415 2 Minjee Lee 6,905 99 69.747 3 Ko Jin-young 6,492 93 69.806 4 Brooke Henderson 6,789 97 69.990 5 Lexi Thompson 5,041 72 70.014 6 Jessica Korda 4,623 66 70.045 7 Lydia Ko 6,655 95 70.053 8 Carlota Ciganda 6,378 91 70.088 9 Ryu So-yeon 6,169 88 70.102 10 Nasa Hataoka 6,099 87 70.103 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.
Awards AwardWinnerCountry Rolex Player of the Year Ariya Jutanugarn Glenna Collett-Vare Trophy Ariya Jutanugarn Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Ko Jin-young Money winner Ariya Jutanugarn Rolex Annika Major Award Ariya Jutanugarn Race to the CME Globe Ariya Jutanugarn
See also 2018 Ladies European Tour 2018 Symetra Tour
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