Women's major golf championships

Women's golf has a set of major championships, A series of tournaments designated to be of a higher status than other tournaments, five tournaments are currently designated as 'majors' in women's golf by the LPGA.

Annika Sörenstam won ten women's major golf championships, the most in the third era of women's majors.
Yani Tseng won five majors in four years in the third era.
Lorena Ochoa won two women's majors.

The LPGA's list of majors has changed in constitution since the first major was held at the Women's Western Open in 1930. There have been four different periods, 1930 to 1972, 1973 to 2000, 2001 to 2013, and the current version which began in 2014. The current version of tournaments is The Chevron Championship, The Evian Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Women's PGA Championship, The Women's Open

LPGA majors

  • In 2001, the du Maurier Classic, held in Canada, lost its primary sponsorship after that country passed severe restrictions on tobacco advertising. The tournament, now known as the Canadian Women's Open, is still a regular event on the LPGA Tour, but no longer designated as a major. The LPGA elevated the Women's British Open to major status to replace the du Maurier Classic.
  • In 2013, The Evian Championship, held in Évian-les-Bains, France, became the fifth LPGA major. Known before 2013 as the Evian Masters, it is one of two events recognized as majors by the LPGA's European counterpart, the Ladies European Tour (LET). The elevation of this event to LPGA major status and the name change were announced by the LPGA on July 20, 2011.[1]

As of 2023, the order in which women's majors are played:

Before The Evian Championship became the fifth LPGA major, the setup of women's majors closely paralleled that of the men's majors. In both cases, the United States hosted three majors and the United Kingdom one.

The Evian Championship, is held in France. The U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship match their male equivalents. The Chevron Championship is the first major of the season and through 2022 was held at a single host course (the Mission Hills Country Club), similarly to the Masters Tournament, in 2023 it was held at The Club at Carlton Woods

Unlike the mainstream men's equivalents, all but one of the women's majors have title sponsors. Each of the five majors falls under a different jurisdiction. The LPGA organizes the Chevron Championship. Through 2014, it also organized the LPGA Championship, but since 2015 that tournament has been taken over by the PGA of America, the body that organizes the men's PGA Championship, and has been renamed the Women's PGA Championship.[2] The U.S. Women's Open, is operated by the United States Golf Association. The Women's Open is operated by The R&A since a 2016 merger with the Ladies Golf Union. The Evian Championship is operated by the Ladies European Tour.

From 2006 through 2008, the winners of the four women's majors received automatic entry to the LPGA's season championship, the LPGA Tour Championship. Beginning in 2009, the Tour Championship extended entry to all players in the top 120 on the official LPGA Money List. Starting in 2011, the Tour Championship was replaced by the CME Group Titleholders; from that point through 2013, the top three finishers at all official tour events, including the majors, who had not already qualified for the Titleholders earned entries. Starting in 2014, the LPGA adopted a points race similar in some ways to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup. In the new system, officially called the "Race to the CME Globe", the top 72 points earners during the season, plus all tournament winners, qualify for the renamed final event, the CME Group Tour Championship, in which the top nine points earners will have at least a mathematical chance of winning the season title.

History

Eight different events are classified as having been LPGA majors at some time. The number in each season has fluctuated between two and five. The first tournament which is now included in the LPGA's official list of major victories is the 1930 Women's Western Open, although this is a retrospective designation as the LPGA was not founded until 1950.[3]·The Titleholders was played from 1937 to 1966 with a gap due to World War II. In 1967 there were three majors, then from 1968 to 1971 this decreased and went back to two majors. Then in 1979, the du Maurier Classic was first played and immediately considered a major leading to three majors again from 1979 to 1982. In 1983, when Nabisco Dinah Shore gained major championship status, there were four majors.[4]

LPGA major winners

Fourth era (beginning in 2013)
YearThe Chevron ChampionshipWomen's PGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenThe Evian ChampionshipThe Women's Open
2024April, The WoodlandsMay 28 – June 2, LancasterJune 20–23, SahaleeJuly 11–14, Evian ResortAug 22–25, Old Course at St Andrews
2023United States Lilia Vu (1/2)China Ruoning YinUnited States Allisen CorpuzFrance Céline BoutierUnited States Lilia Vu (2/2)
YearThe Chevron ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenWomen's PGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipThe Women's Open
2022United States Jennifer KupchoAustralia Minjee Lee (2/2)South Korea Chun In-gee (3/3)Canada Brooke Henderson (2/2)South Africa Ashleigh Buhai
Year ANA Inspiration U.S. Women's Open Women's PGA Championship The Evian Championship The Women's Open
2021Thailand Patty TavatanakitPhilippines Yuka SasoUnited States Nelly KordaAustralia Minjee Lee (1/2)Sweden Anna Nordqvist (3/3)
2020South Korea Mirim LeeSouth Korea Kim A-limSouth Korea Kim Sei-youngCanceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5]Germany Sophia Popov
Year ANA Inspiration U.S. Women's Open Women's PGA Championship The Evian Championship Women's British Open
2019South Korea Ko Jin-young (1/2)South Korea Lee Jeong-eunAustralia Hannah GreenSouth Korea Ko Jin-young (2/2)Japan Hinako Shibuno
2018Sweden Pernilla LindbergThailand Ariya Jutanugarn (2/2)South Korea Park Sung-hyun (2/2)United States Angela StanfordEngland Georgia Hall
2017South Korea Ryu So-yeon (2/2)South Korea Park Sung-hyun (1/2)United States Danielle KangSweden Anna Nordqvist (2/3)South Korea In-Kyung Kim
2016New Zealand Lydia Ko (2/2)United States Brittany LangCanada Brooke Henderson (1/2)South Korea Chun In-gee (2/3)Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn (1/2)
2015United States Brittany Lincicome (2/2)South Korea Chun In-gee (1/3)South Korea Inbee Park (6/7)New Zealand Lydia Ko (1/2)South Korea Inbee Park (7/7)
YearKraft Nabisco ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenLPGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipWomen's British Open
2014[6] United States Lexi ThompsonUnited States Michelle WieSouth Korea Inbee Park (5/7)South Korea Kim Hyo-jooUnited States Mo Martin
2013[7]South Korea Inbee Park (2/7)South Korea Inbee Park (4/7)South Korea Inbee Park (3/7)Norway Suzann Pettersen (2/2)United States Stacy Lewis (2/2)
Third era (2001–2012)
YearKraft Nabisco ChampionshipLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenWomen's British Open
2012South Korea Sun-Young YooChina Shanshan FengSouth Korea Na Yeon ChoiSouth Korea Jiyai Shin (2/2)
2011United States Stacy Lewis (1/2)Taiwan Yani Tseng (4/5)South Korea Ryu So-yeon (1/2)Taiwan Yani Tseng (5/5)
2010Taiwan Yani Tseng (2/5)United States Cristie Kerr (2/2)United States Paula CreamerTaiwan Yani Tseng (3/5)
2009United States Brittany Lincicome (1/2)Sweden Anna Nordqvist (1/3)South Korea Ji Eun-heeScotland Catriona Matthew
2008Mexico Lorena Ochoa (2/2)Taiwan Yani Tseng (1/5)South Korea Inbee Park (1/7)South Korea Jiyai Shin (1/2)
2007United States Morgan PresselNorway Suzann Pettersen (1/2)United States Cristie Kerr (1/2)Mexico Lorena Ochoa (1/2)
2006Australia Karrie Webb (7/7)South Korea Se Ri Pak (5/5)Sweden Annika Sörenstam (10/10)United States Sherri Steinhauer (2/2)
2005Sweden Annika Sörenstam (8/10)Sweden Annika Sörenstam (9/10)South Korea Birdie KimSouth Korea Jeong Jang
2004South Korea Grace ParkSweden Annika Sörenstam (7/10)United States Meg Mallon (4/4)England Karen Stupples
2003France Patricia Meunier-LeboucSweden Annika Sörenstam (5/10)United States Hilary LunkeSweden Annika Sörenstam (6/10)
2002Sweden Annika Sörenstam (4/10)South Korea Se Ri Pak (4/5)United States Juli Inkster (7/7)Australia Karrie Webb (6/7)
YearNabisco ChampionshipLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenWomen's British Open
2001Sweden Annika Sörenstam (3/10)Australia Karrie Webb (4/7)Australia Karrie Webb (5/7)South Korea Se Ri Pak (3/5)
Second era (1973–2000)
YearNabisco ChampionshipLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's Opendu Maurier Classic
2000Australia Karrie Webb (2/7)United States Juli Inkster (6/7)Australia Karrie Webb (3/7)United States Meg Mallon (3/4)
YearNabisco Dinah ShoreLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's Opendu Maurier Classic
1999United States Dottie Pepper (2/2)United States Juli Inkster (4/7)United States Juli Inkster (5/7)Australia Karrie Webb (1/7)
1998United States Pat HurstSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (1/5)South Korea Se Ri Pak (2/5)United States Brandie Burton (2/2)
1997United States Betsy King (6/6)United States Christa JohnsonEngland Alison NicholasUnited States Colleen Walker
1996United States Patty Sheehan (6/6)England Laura Davies (3/4)Sweden Annika Sörenstam (2/10)England Laura Davies (4/4)
1995United States Nanci BowenUnited States Kelly RobbinsSweden Annika Sörenstam (1/10)Peru Jenny Lidback
1994United States Donna AndrewsEngland Laura Davies (2/4)United States Patty Sheehan (5/6)United States Martha Nause
1993Sweden Helen AlfredssonUnited States Patty Sheehan (4/6)United States Lauri MertenUnited States Brandie Burton (1/2)
1992United States Dottie Mochrie (1/2)United States Betsy King (5/6)United States Patty Sheehan (3/6)United States Sherri Steinhauer (1/2)
1991United States Amy Alcott (5/5)United States Meg Mallon (1/4)United States Meg Mallon (2/4)United States Nancy Scranton
1990United States Betsy King (3/6)United States Beth DanielUnited States Betsy King (4/6)United States Cathy Johnston
1989United States Juli Inkster (3/7)United States Nancy Lopez (3/3)United States Betsy King (2/6)United States Tammie Green
1988United States Amy Alcott (4/5)United States Sherri TurnerSweden Liselotte NeumannUnited States Sally Little (2/2)
1987United States Betsy King (1/6)United States Jane Geddes (2/2)England Laura Davies (1/4)United States Jody Rosenthal
1986United States Pat Bradley (4/6)United States Pat Bradley (5/6)United States Jane Geddes (1/2)United States Pat Bradley (6/6)
1985United States Alice MillerUnited States Nancy Lopez (2/3)United States Kathy BakerUnited States Pat Bradley (3/6)
1984United States Juli Inkster (1/7)United States Patty Sheehan (2/6)United States Hollis Stacy (4/4)United States Juli Inkster (2/7)
YearNabisco Dinah ShoreLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenPeter Jackson Classic
1983United States Amy Alcott (3/5)United States Patty Sheehan (1/6)Australia Jan Stephenson (3/3)United States Hollis Stacy (3/4)
1982Not considered a majorAustralia Jan Stephenson (2/3)United States Janet AndersonUnited States Sandra Haynie (4/4)
1981United States Donna Caponi (4/4)United States Pat Bradley (2/6)Australia Jan Stephenson (1/3)
1980South Africa Sally Little (1/2)United States Amy Alcott (2/5)United States Pat Bradley (1/6)
1979United States Donna Caponi (3/4)United States Jerilyn BritzUnited States Amy Alcott (1/5)
1978United States Nancy Lopez (1/3)United States Hollis Stacy (2/4)Not considered a major
1977Japan Chako HiguchiUnited States Hollis Stacy (1/4)
1976United States Betty BurfeindtUnited States JoAnne Carner (2/2)
1975United States Kathy Whitworth (6/6)United States Sandra Palmer (2/2)
1974United States Sandra Haynie (2/4)United States Sandra Haynie (3/4)
1973United States Mary Mills (3/3)United States Susie Berning (4/4)
First era (1930–72)
YearWomen's Western OpenLPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenTitleholders Championship
1972DefunctUnited States Kathy AhernUnited States Susie Berning (3/4)United States Sandra Palmer (1/2)
1971United States Kathy Whitworth (5/6)United States JoAnne Carner (1/2)Not played
1970United States Shirley EnglehornUnited States Donna Caponi (2/4)
1969United States Betsy Rawls (8/8)United States Donna Caponi (1/4)
1968Canada Sandra PostUnited States Susie Berning (2/4)
1967United States Kathy Whitworth (3/6)United States Kathy Whitworth (4/6)France Catherine Lacoste
1966United States Mickey Wright (13/13)United States Gloria EhretUnited States Sandra SpuzichUnited States Kathy Whitworth (2/6)
1965United States Susie Maxwell (1/4)United States Sandra Haynie (1/4)United States Carol Mann (2/2)United States Kathy Whitworth (1/6)
1964United States Carol Mann (1/2)United States Mary Mills (2/3)United States Mickey Wright (12/13)United States Marilynn Smith (2/2)
1963United States Mickey Wright (10/13)United States Mickey Wright (11/13)United States Mary Mills (1/3)United States Marilynn Smith (1/2)
1962United States Mickey Wright (8/13)United States Judy KimballUnited States Murle LindstromUnited States Mickey Wright (9/13)
1961United States Mary Lena FaulkUnited States Mickey Wright (5/13)United States Mickey Wright (6/13)United States Mickey Wright (7/13)
1960United States Joyce ZiskeUnited States Mickey Wright (4/13)United States Betsy Rawls (7/8)Uruguay Fay Crocker (2/2)
1959United States Betsy Rawls (5/8)United States Betsy Rawls (6/8)United States Mickey Wright (3/13)United States Louise Suggs (11/11)
1958United States Patty Berg (15/15)United States Mickey Wright (1/13)United States Mickey Wright (2/13)United States Beverly Hanson (3/3)
1957United States Patty Berg (13/15)United States Louise Suggs (10/11)United States Betsy Rawls (4/8)United States Patty Berg (14/15)
1956United States Beverly Hanson (2/3)United States Marlene HaggeUnited States Kathy CorneliusUnited States Louise Suggs (9/11)
1955United States Patty Berg (11/15)United States Beverly Hanson (1/3)Uruguay Fay Crocker (1/2)United States Patty Berg (12/15)
1954United States Betty Jameson (3/3)Not yet foundedUnited States Babe Zaharias (10/10)United States Louise Suggs (8/11)
1953United States Louise Suggs (7/11)United States Betsy Rawls (3/8)United States Patty Berg (10/15)
1952United States Betsy Rawls (2/8)United States Louise Suggs (6/11)United States Babe Zaharias (9/10)
1951United States Patty Berg (9/15)United States Betsy Rawls (1/8)United States Pat O'Sullivan
1950United States Babe Zaharias (6/10)United States Babe Zaharias (7/10)United States Babe Zaharias (8/10)
1949United States Louise Suggs (4/11)United States Louise Suggs (5/11)United States Peggy Kirk
1948United States Patty Berg (7/15)United States Babe Zaharias (5/10)United States Patty Berg (8/15)
1947United States Louise Suggs (3/11)United States Betty Jameson (2/3)United States Babe Zaharias (4/10)
1946United States Louise Suggs (1/11)United States Patty Berg (6/15)United States Louise Suggs (2/11)
1945United States Babe Zaharias (3/10)Not yet foundedNot played (World War II)
1944United States Babe Zaharias (2/10)
1943United States Patty Berg (5/15)
1942United States Betty Jameson (1/3)United States Dorothy Kirby (2/2)
1941United States Patty Berg (4/15)United States Dorothy Kirby (1/2)
1940United States Babe Zaharias (1/10)United States Helen Hicks (2/2)
1939United States Helen DettweilerUnited States Patty Berg (3/15)
1938United States Bea BarrettUnited States Patty Berg (2/15)
1937United States Helen Hicks (1/2)United States Patty Berg (1/15)
1936United States Opal Hill (2/2)Not yet founded
1935United States Opal Hill (1/2)
1934United States Marian McDougall
1933United States June Beebe (2/2)
1932United States Jane Weiller
1931United States June Beebe (1/2)
1930United States Lucia Mida

The "Grand Slam"

No woman has completed a four-major Grand Slam, much less one with five majors. Babe Zaharias won all three majors contested in 1950 and Sandra Haynie won both majors in 1974.

During the four-major era, six women have completed a "Career Grand Slam" by winning four different majors . There are variations in the set of four tournaments involved as the players played in different eras. The six are: Pat Bradley; Juli Inkster; Annika Sörenstam; Louise Suggs; Karrie Webb; and Mickey Wright. During the five-major era, Inbee Park became the first woman to complete the "Career Grand Slam." Even though there has been some debate surrounding whether Park has actually accomplished this feat, as she won The Evian Championship in 2012 before it officially became a major in 2013, LPGA acknowledged Park to have successfully achieved a "Career Grand Slam."[8][9] The LPGA recognizes Webb as its only "Super Career Grand Slam" winner, since she is the only golfer to have won five events recognized by the LPGA as majors. Before the elevation of The Evian Championship to major status, the following was required for a golfer to win the Super Career Grand Slam:

  • The du Maurier Classic between 1979 and 2000, when it was recognized by the LPGA as a major;
  • the Women's British Open in 2001 or later; and
  • the other three then-existing majors.

Webb won the du Maurier Classic in 1999 and the Women's British Open in 2002.

Major champions by nationality

The table below shows the number of major championships won by golfers from various countries/regions.

Country1930s40s50s60s70s80s90s2000s10s20sTotal
 United States132134322131299115206
 South Korea2920435
 Sweden1392116
 Australia3161213
 England14117
 Taiwan145
 Canada1113
 France1113
 Thailand213
 Japan112
 Mexico22
 New Zealand22
 Norway112
 South Africa112
 Uruguay112
 China112
 Germany11
 Peru11
 Philippines11
 Scotland11
Total13213535223740404717307

Consecutive victories at a major championship

Nationality Player Major # Years
 United StatesPatty BergTitleholders Championship31937, 1938, 1939
 SwedenAnnika SörenstamLPGA Championship32003, 2004, 2005
 South KoreaInbee ParkWomen's PGA Championship32013, 2014, 2015
 United StatesOpal HillWomen's Western Open21935, 1936
 United StatesDorothy KirbyTitleholders Championship21941, 1942
 United StatesBabe ZahariasWomen's Western Open21944, 1945
 United StatesLouise SuggsWomen's Western Open21946, 1947
 United StatesPatty BergWomen's Western Open21957, 1958
 United StatesMickey WrightU.S. Women's Open21958, 1959
 United StatesMickey WrightLPGA Championship21960, 1961
 United StatesMickey WrightTitleholders Championship21961, 1962
 United StatesMickey WrightWomen's Western Open21962, 1963
 United StatesMarilynn SmithTitleholders Championship21963, 1964
 United StatesKathy WhitworthTitleholders Championship21965, 1966
 United StatesDonna CaponiU.S. Women's Open21969, 1970
 United StatesSusie BerningU.S. Women's Open21972, 1973
 United StatesHollis StacyU.S. Women's Open21977, 1978
 United StatesPatty SheehanLPGA Championship21983, 1984
 United StatesPat Bradleydu Maurier Classic21985, 1986
 United StatesBetsy KingU.S. Women's Open21989, 1990
 SwedenAnnika SörenstamU.S. Women's Open21995, 1996
 United StatesJuli InksterLPGA Championship21999, 2000
 AustraliaKarrie WebbU.S. Women's Open22000, 2001
 SwedenAnnika SörenstamKraft Nabisco Championship22001, 2002
 TaiwanYani TsengWomen's British Open22010, 2011

Multiple major victories in a calendar year

Three victories

  • 1950: United States Babe Zaharias; Women's Western Open, U.S. Women's Open, and Titleholders Championship
  • 1961: United States Mickey Wright; LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, and Titleholders Championship
  • 1986: United States Pat Bradley; Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship, du Maurier Classic
  • 2013: South Korea Inbee Park; Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open

Note: These golfers are also included below in the Two victories section.

ANA Inspiration and LPGA Championship

ANA Inspiration and The Evian Championship

  • 2019: South Korea Ko Jin-young

ANA Inspiration and U.S. Women's Open

ANA Inspiration and Women's British Open

LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open

LPGA Championship and Women's British Open

U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open

  • Never has occurred

ANA Inspiration and du Maurier Classic

  • 1984: United States Juli Inkster
  • 1986: United States Pat Bradley

LPGA Championship and du Maurier Classic

U.S. Women's Open and du Maurier Classic

  • Never occurred

Women's Western Open and LPGA Championship

Women's Western Open and U.S. Women's Open

Women's Western Open and Titleholders Championship

  • 1946: United States Louise Suggs
  • 1948: United States Patty Berg
  • 1950: United States Babe Zaharias
  • 1955: United States Patty Berg
  • 1957: United States Patty Berg
  • 1962: United States Mickey Wright

LPGA Championship and Titleholders Championship

  • 1961: United States Mickey Wright

U.S. Women's Open and Titleholders Championship

  • 1950: United States Babe Zaharias
  • 1961: United States Mickey Wright

Record scores

The lowest score in relation to par recorded in a women's major championship was 21-under-par, by Chun In-gee at the 2016 Evian Championship.[10] Chun also holds the record for lowest aggregate score for 72-holes, at 263, for her performance at that tournament. The single round scoring record is 61 held by three golfers, Kim Hyo-joo at the 2014 Evian Championship, Lee Jeong-eun and Leona Maguire, both at 2021 Evian Championship. A score of 62 has been shot by Minea Blomqvist at the 2004 Women's British Open (third round), Lorena Ochoa at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship (first round), and Mirim Lee at the 2016 Women's British Open (first round).

Rolex Annika Major Award

In 2014, the LPGA established the yearly Rolex Annika Major Award to recognize the overall best performance in the LPGA majors. Points are award for top-10 finishes in each major: 60 points for first place, 24 for second, down to 2 points for tenth place. The major winner with the most points at the end of the season wins the award. It is named after Annika Sörenstam.[11]

YearWinnerCountryPointsRef
2014Michelle Wie United States84[12]
2015Inbee Park South Korea144[13]
2016Lydia Ko New Zealand102[14]
2017Ryu So-yeon South Korea78[15]
2018Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand88[16]
2019Ko Jin-young South Korea138[17]
2021Patty Tavatanakit Thailand80[18]
2022Minjee Lee Australia98[19]
2023Lilia Vu United States120[20]

Other regular tours

In men's (non-senior) golf, the four majors are agreed globally. All the principal tours acknowledge the status of the majors via their sponsorship of the Official World Golf Ranking, and the prize money is official on the three richest regular tours (the PGA, European, and Japanese tours). This is not the case in women's golf, but the significance of this is limited, as the LPGA Tour is much more dominant in women's golf than the PGA Tour is in men's golf. For example, the BBC has been known to use the LPGA definition of women's majors without qualifying it. Also, before the Evian Masters was elevated to major status, the Ladies' Golf Union, the governing body for women's golf in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the organiser of the Women's British Open, stated on its official site that the Women's British Open is "the only Women's Major to be played outside the U.S."[21]

The Ladies European Tour does not sanction any of the LPGA majors which are played in the United States, and only has two events which it designates as majors on its schedule, namely the Women's British Open and The Evian Championship (historically the Evian Masters), which is played in France. The Ladies European Tour had long tacitly acknowledged the dominance of the LPGA Tour by not scheduling any of its events to conflict with any of the LPGA majors played in the U.S., but that changed slightly in 2008 when the LET scheduled a tournament opposite the LPGA Championship. Also, while the LPGA Tour did not recognize the then-Evian Masters as a major until 2013, it began co-sanctioning the tournament as a regular tour event in 2000. Because it was played the week before the Women's British Open (except in 2012, when the latter event was moved to September to avoid conflict with the London Olympics), and the purse was (and remains) one of the largest on the LPGA Tour, virtually all top LPGA players played the Evian Masters before its elevation to major status. The Evian Championship has now moved to September. (During the 2006–08 period, its winner also received an automatic berth in the LPGA Tour Championship.)

The LPGA of Japan Tour, which is the second richest women's golf tour, has its own set of four majors: the World Ladies, the Japan Open, the JLPGA Championship and the JLPGA Tour Championship. However, these events attract little notice outside Japan, and to a lesser degree South Korea (since a number of Koreans now play on the Japan tour).

Symetra Tour

Since 2006, the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour known through 2011 as the Futures Tour, has designated the Tate & Lyle Players Championship, an event which has been held since 1985, as a major championship. It was the Tour's first $100,000 purse.

Women's senior golf

The Legends of the LPGA Tour, originally the Women's Senior Golf Tour, played its first season in 2001. The U.S. Senior Women's Open and the Senior LPGA Championship are considered to constitute the senior women's major golf championships.

The U.S. Senior Women's Open was established in 2018 and is open to women whose 50th birthday falls on or before the first day of competition. The eligibility for the Senior LPGA Championship, established in 2017, and the Legends of the LPGA Tour are for female golfers age 45 and older.[22][23]

See also

Notes and references

  1. "LPGA Adds The Evian as a Major Championship in 2013" (Press release). LPGA. July 20, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  2. "PGA of America, LPGA, KPMG join forces for KPMG Women's PGA Championship". PGA of America. May 29, 2014.
  3. LPGA Major Championship Winners
  4. "The Long, Strange Trip of Major Championships in Women's Golf". Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  5. "Evian Championship canceled in France due to uncertainty of borders reopening". ESPN. Associated Press. June 9, 2019.
  6. Order in 2014: Kraft Nabisco, U.S. Open, British Open, LPGA Championship, Evian
  7. Order in 2013: Kraft Nabisco, LPGA Championship, U.S. Open, British Open, Evian
  8. "Countdown to the Hall - Inbee Park Achieves Career Grand Slam at RICOH Women's British Open". LPGA.
  9. "Inbee Park's Women's British Open win sparks 'career grand slam' debate". SB Nation.
  10. "In Gee Chun finishes at 21 under for lowest 72-hole score in a major". ESPN. Associated Press. September 19, 2016.
  11. "Rolex Annika Major Award – Structure 2014". LPGA. April 4, 2014.
  12. Mell, Randall (September 14, 2014). "Wie wins inaugural Annika Major Award". Golf Channel.
  13. "Inbee Park Presented with the 2015 Rolex Annika Major Award". LPGA. September 12, 2015.
  14. "Lydia Ko Wins 2016 Rolex Annika Major Award". LPGA. September 18, 2016.
  15. Mell, Randall (September 17, 2017). "ANA winner Ryu takes Annika Major Award". Golf Channel.
  16. "Ariya Jutanugarn Wins 2018 Rolex Annika Major Award". LPGA. September 17, 2018.
  17. "Jin Young Ko Wins 2019 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award". LPGA. August 4, 2019.
  18. "Patty Tavatanakit Wins the 2021 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award". LPGA. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
  19. "Minjee Lee Wins The 2022 Rolex Annika Major Award". LPGA. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  20. "Lilia Vu Wins Rolex Annika Major Award". LPGA. August 13, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  21. "Women's British Open breaks new ground at St Andrews". Ladies' Golf Union. Retrieved April 1, 2007.
  22. "Wow: Chicago Golf Club To Host First U.S. Senior Women's". geoffshackelford.com. February 6, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  23. Driscoll, Ron (July 15, 2018). "Davies Dominates in 10-Stroke Inaugural Victory". USGA. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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