2012 LPGA Tour

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.^[1] 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^[1]

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.

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner	Purse ($)	First prize ($)	Titleholders qualifiers
Feb 9–12	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Jessica Korda (1)	1,100,000	165,000	Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome
Feb 16–19	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Yani Tseng (13)	1,500,000	225,000	Yani Tseng Ai Miyazato Jiyai Shin
Feb 23–26	HSBC Women's Champions	Singapore	Angela Stanford (5)	1,400,000	210,000	Angela Stanford Na Yeon Choi Shanshan Feng
Mar 15–18	RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup	Arizona	Yani Tseng (14)	1,500,000	225,000	So Yeon Ryu Hee Young Park Caroline Hedwall
Mar 22–25	Kia Classic	California	Yani Tseng (15)	1,700,000	255,000	Sun Young Yoo Se Ri Pak Jodi Ewart
Mar 29 – Apr 1	Kraft Nabisco Championship	California	Sun-Young Yoo (2)	2,000,000	300,000	I.K. Kim Amy Yang Hee Kyung Seo
Apr 18–21	LPGA Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Ai Miyazato (8)	1,700,000	255,000	Meena Lee Azahara Muñoz Cristie Kerr
Apr 26–29	Mobile Bay LPGA Classic	Alabama	Stacy Lewis (2)	1,250,000	187,500	Lexi Thompson Karine Icher Karrie Webb
May 5–6	HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup¹	Brazil	Pornanong Phatlum (n/a)	720,000	108,000	n/a
May 17–20	Sybase Match Play Championship	New Jersey	Azahara Muñoz (1)	1,500,000	375,000	Morgan Pressel Vicky Hurst Candie Kung
Jun 1–3	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Stacy Lewis (3)	1,500,000	225,000	Katherine Hull Mika Miyazato Hee-Won Han
Jun 7–10	Wegmans LPGA Championship	New York	Shanshan Feng (1)	2,500,000	375,000	Suzann Pettersen Eun-Hee Ji Gerina Piller
Jun 21–24	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Ontario	Brittany Lang (1)	1,300,000	195,000	Brittany Lang Inbee Park Chella Choi
Jun 29 – Jul 1	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Ai Miyazato (9)	2,000,000	300,000	Veronica Felibert Anna Nordqvist Jenny Shin
Jul 5–8	U.S. Women's Open	Wisconsin	Na Yeon Choi (6)	3,250,000	585,000	Sandra Gal Ilhee Lee Giulia Sergas
Jul 26–29	Evian Masters	France	Inbee Park (2)	3,250,000	487,500	Natalie Gulbis Beatriz Recari Paula Creamer
Aug 9–12	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	Ohio	So Yeon Ryu (2)	1,300,000	195,000	Jennie Lee Jacqui Concolino Lindsey Wright
Aug 17–19	Safeway Classic	Oregon	Mika Miyazato (1)	1,500,000	225,000	Haeji Kang Sydnee Michaels Michelle Wie
Aug 23–26	CN Canadian Women's Open	British Columbia	Lydia Ko (1) (a)	2,000,000	300,000*	Lydia Ko (a) Jane Rah Catriona Matthew
Sep 6–9	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Jiyai Shin (9)	1,300,000	195,000	Danielle Kang Maria Hjorth Dewi Claire Schreefel
Sep 13–16	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Jiyai Shin (10)	2,750,000	428,650	Julieta Granada Katie Futcher Cindy LaCrosse
Sep 20–23	Navistar LPGA Classic	Alabama	Stacy Lewis (4)	1,300,000	195,000	M. J. Hur Sarah Jane Smith Pernilla Lindberg
Oct 11–14	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	Malaysia	Inbee Park (3)	1,900,000	285,000	Lizette Salas Momoko Ueda Mina Harigae
Oct 19–21	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	South Korea	Suzann Pettersen (9)	1,800,000	270,000	Karin Sjödin Jennifer Johnson Nicole Castrale
Oct 25–28	Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Suzann Pettersen (10)	2,000,000	300,000	Belén Mozo Mariajo Uribe Mo Martin
Nov 2–4	Mizuno Classic	Japan	Stacy Lewis (5)	1,200,000	180,000	Pornanong Phatlum Jennifer Song Alison Walshe
Nov 8–11	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	Mexico	Cristie Kerr (15)	1,000,000	200,000	Lorena Ochoa Kristy McPherson Tanya Dergal
Nov 13	Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge¹	Nevada	PGA Tour (n/a)	1,000,000	500,000	n/a
Nov 15–18	CME Group Titleholders	Florida	Na Yeon Choi (7)	1,500,000	500,000	n/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

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events played
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	2,287,080	24
2	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	1,981,834	22
3	Stacy Lewis	United States	1,872,409	26
4	Yani Tseng	Taiwan	1,430,159	24
5	Ai Miyazato	Japan	1,334,977	23
6	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	1,282,673	24
7	Jiyai Shin	South Korea	1,234,597	18
8	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	1,230,751	26
9	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	1,182,860	24
10	Shanshan Feng	China	1,101,147	19