2011 LPGA Tour

The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011, and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011, in Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

2011 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 17, 2011 (2011-02-17) – November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
Number of official events23
Most wins7 Taiwan Yani Tseng
Money leaderTaiwan Yani Tseng
Rolex Player of the YearTaiwan Yani Tseng
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Hee Kyung Seo
2010
2012

Season overview

There were 23 official tournaments on the 2011 LPGA, the lowest number in nearly 40 years. More events were held outside of the United States, with eleven different countries hosting tournaments, the highest number in the history of the LPGA Tour. Thirteen tournaments were held in the United States, the lowest number in several decades.

Yani Tseng from Taiwan, was the dominant player on the 2011 Tour. She won seven of the 22 tournaments in which she played and had fourteen top-10 finishes. Her wins in the Women's British Open and the LPGA Championship made her the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five career major tournaments. She won the LPGA money list title with $2,921,713 in official earnings; American Cristie Kerr finished second with $1,470,979.

Tseng also won the Player of the Year award and the Vare Trophy given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. Korean Hee Kyung Seo won the Rookie of the Year award.

Changes in the 2011 season

Schedule and results

  • The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.
  • The "Titleholders qualifiers" column indicates the three golfers at each official event who qualify for the season-ending tournament, the CME Group Titleholders.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerFirst prize
($)
Titleholders
qualifiers
Feb 20Honda LPGA ThailandThailandTaiwan Yani Tseng (6)225,000Taiwan Yani Tseng
United States Michelle Wie
Australia Karrie Webb
Feb 27HSBC Women's ChampionsSingaporeAustralia Karrie Webb (37)210,000South Korea Sun Young Yoo
United States Morgan Pressel
South Korea Na Yeon Choi
Mar 20RR Donnelley LPGA Founders CupArizonaAustralia Karrie Webb (38)200,000
donation
United States Brittany Lincicome
United States Paula Creamer
United States Cristie Kerr
Mar 27Kia ClassicCaliforniaGermany Sandra Gal (1)255,000Germany Sandra Gal
South Korea Jiyai Shin
South Korea I.K. Kim
Apr 3Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCaliforniaUnited States Stacy Lewis (1)300,000United States Stacy Lewis
United States Katie Futcher
United States Angela Stanford
Apr 24Tres Marias ChampionshipMexicoTournament canceled [5]
May 1Avnet LPGA ClassicAlabamaSweden Maria Hjorth (5)195,000Sweden Maria Hjorth
South Korea Song-Hee Kim
Norway Suzann Pettersen
May 22Sybase Match Play ChampionshipNew JerseyNorway Suzann Pettersen (7)375,000Sweden Sophie Gustafson
Japan Ai Miyazato
Paraguay Julieta Granada
May 29HSBC Brazil Cup[n 1]BrazilColombia Mariajo Uribe (n/a)108,000n/a
Jun 35ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew JerseyUnited States Brittany Lincicome (4)225,000Scotland Catriona Matthew
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
United States Brittany Lang
Jun 12LPGA State Farm ClassicIllinoisTaiwan Yani Tseng (7)255,000South Korea Se Ri Pak
United States Mindy Kim
United States Wendy Ward
Jun 26Wegmans LPGA ChampionshipNew YorkTaiwan Yani Tseng (8)375,000South Korea Meena Lee
Japan Mika Miyazato
Spain Azahara Muñoz
Jul 11U.S. Women's OpenColoradoSouth Korea So Yeon Ryu (1)1585,000South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo
South Korea Inbee Park
Jul 24Evian MastersFranceJapan Ai Miyazato (7)487,500Sweden Caroline Hedwall
South Korea Amy Yang
United States Paige Mackenzie
Jul 31Ricoh Women's British OpenScotlandTaiwan Yani Tseng (9)392,133United States Candie Kung
Netherlands Dewi Claire Schreefel
England Karen Stupples
Aug 21Safeway ClassicOregonNorway Suzann Pettersen (8)225,000South Korea Hee Young Park
United States Vicky Hurst
United States Ryann O'Toole
Aug 28CN Canadian Women's OpenQuebecUnited States Brittany Lincicome (5)337,500South Korea Hee-Won Han
South Korea Jenny Shin
United States Jennifer Johnson
Sep 11Walmart NW Arkansas ChampionshipArkansasTaiwan Yani Tseng (10)300,000Taiwan Amy Hung
Spain Belén Mozo
South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
Sep 18Navistar LPGA ClassicAlabamaUnited States Lexi Thompson (1)195,000United States Lexi Thompson
United States Tiffany Joh
Italy Giulia Sergas
Sep 25Solheim CupIrelandEuropean Union Europen/a
Oct 9LPGA Hana Bank ChampionshipSouth KoreaTaiwan Yani Tseng (11)270,000South Korea Jimin Kang
South Korea Chella Choi
China Shanshan Feng
Oct 16Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaMalaysiaSouth Korea Na Yeon Choi (5)285,000Netherlands Christel Boeljon
United States Amanda Blumenherst
Mina Harigae
Oct 23Sunrise LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTAiwanTaiwan Yani Tseng (12)300,000United States Pat Hurst
United States Alison Walshe
South Korea Grace Park
Nov 6Mizuno ClassicJapanJapan Momoko Ueda (2)180,000Japan Momoko Ueda
United States Christina Kim
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum
Nov 8Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeNevadaChampions Tourn/a
Nov 13Lorena Ochoa InvitationalMexicoScotland Catriona Matthew (4)200,000United States Juli Inkster
United States Natalie Gulbis
Spain Beatriz Recari
Nov 20CME Group TitleholdersFloridaSouth Korea Hee Young Park (1)500,000n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.
1Ryu was not an LPGA member at the time of her win and her win was not counted as an official LPGA win.

  1. Prize money is not official.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
played
1Yani Tseng Taiwan2,921,71322
2Cristie Kerr United States1,470,97922
3Na Yeon Choi South Korea1,357,38221
4Stacy Lewis United States1,356,21123
5Suzann Pettersen Norway1,322,77020
6Brittany Lincicome United States1,154,23421
7Angela Stanford United States1,017,19621
8Ai Miyazato Japan1,007,63319
9Paula Creamer United States926,33821
10Amy Yang South Korea912,16022

Full 2011 Official Money List - navigate to "Official Money List"

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Yani Tseng Taiwan69.66
2Na Yeon Choi South Korea70.53
3Cristie Kerr United States70.71
4Jiyai Shin South Korea70.81
5Paula Creamer United States70.84

Full 2011 Scoring Average List - navigate to "Scoring Average"

See also

References

  1. "LPGA confirms it: No China event". Golfweek. September 13, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  2. Ballengee, Ryan (February 11, 2011). "LPGA doubles projected charity donations for Founders Cup". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  3. "LPGA will have 25 tournaments". ESPN. Associated Press. January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  4. "Tres Marias canceled due drug violence". Golfweek. January 31, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  5. "Tres Marias Championship postponed". ESPN. Associated Press. February 2, 2011.
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