2001 LPGA Tour

The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.

This was the first season that the Women's British Open was considered an LPGA major. There were seven first-time winners in 2001: Heather Daly-Donofrio, Wendy Doolan, Tina Fischer, Kate Golden, Carin Koch, Catriona Matthew, and Gloria Park.

The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 14YourLife Vitamins LPGA ClassicFlorida Se Ri Pak (9)203 (−13)1,000,000150,000
Jan 21Subaru Memorial of NaplesFlorida Sophie Gustafson (3)272 (−16)1,000,000150,000
Jan 28The Office DepotFlorida Grace Park (2)280 (−6)825,000123,750
Feb 10LPGA Takefuji ClassicHawaii Lorie Kane (4)205 (−11)850,000127,500
Feb 17Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Catriona Matthew (1)210 (−6)750,000112,500
Mar 11Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizona Annika Sörenstam (24)265 (−23)750,000112,500
Mar 18Standard Register PINGArizona Annika Sörenstam (25)261 (−27)1,000,000150,000
Mar 25Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Annika Sörenstam (26)281 (−7)1,500,000225,000
Apr 14The Office DepotCalifornia Annika Sörenstam (27)210 (−6)800,000120,000
Apr 22Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Se Ri Pak (10)208 (−8)800,000120,000
Apr 29Kathy Ireland ChampionshipTexas Rosie Jones (11)268 (−12)900,000135,000
May 6Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Annika Sörenstam (28)203 (−13)1,200,000180,000
May 13Electrolux USA ChampionshipTennessee Juli Inkster (26)274 (−14)800,000120,000
May 20LPGA Champions ClassicOhio Wendy Doolan (1)132 (−12)^750,000112,500
May 27LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Carin Koch (1)270 (−18)900,000135,000
Jun 3U.S. Women's OpenNorth Carolina Karrie Webb (24)273 (−7)2,900,000520,000
Jun 10Wegmans Rochester InternationalNew York Laura Davies (20)279 (−9)1,000,000150,000
Jun 16Evian MastersFrance Rachel Teske (4)273 (−15)2,100,000315,000
Jun 24McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Karrie Webb (25)270 (−14)1,500,000225,000
Jul 1ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Betsy King (34)201 (−12)1,200,000180,000
Jul 8Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhio Se Ri Pak (11)269 (−15)1,000,000150,000
Jul 15Michelob Light ClassicMissouri Emilee Klein (3)205 (−11)800,000120,000
Jul 22Sybase Big Apple ClassicNew York Rosie Jones (12)272 (−12)950,000142,500
Jul 29Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhio Dorothy Delasin (2)203 (−13)1,000,000150,000
Aug 5Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Se Ri Pak (12)277 (−11)1,500,000221,650
Aug 12Wendy's Championship for ChildrenOhio Wendy Ward (3)195 (−21)1,000,000150,000
Aug 19Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's OpenCanada Annika Sörenstam (29)272 (−16)1,200,000180,000
Aug 26First Union Betsy King ClassicPennsylvania Heather Daly-Donofrio (1)273 (−15)800,000120,000
Sep 2State Farm ClassicIllinois Kate Golden (1)267 (−21)1,000,000150,000
Sep 9Williams ChampionshipOklahoma Gloria Park (1)201 (−9)1,000,000150,000
Sep 16Safeway ClassicOregonTournament canceled due to the September 11 attacks1,000,000
Sep 23Asahi Ryokuken International ChampionshipSouth Carolina Tina Fischer (1)206 (−10)1,200,000180,000
Sep 30AFLAC ChampionsAlabama Se Ri Pak (13)272 (−16)750,000122,000
Oct 7Samsung World ChampionshipCalifornia Dorothy Delasin (3)277 (−11)750,000157,000
Oct 21Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges ClassicSouth KoreaTournament canceled due to the September 11 attacks1,500,000
Oct 28Cisco World Ladies Match Play ChampionshipJapan Annika Sörenstam (30)1 up960,000144,000
Nov 4Mizuno ClassicJapan Annika Sörenstam (31)203 (−13)1,080,000162,000
Nov 18Tyco/ADT ChampionshipFlorida Karrie Webb (26)279 (−9)1,000,000215,000

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Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1Annika Sörenstam Sweden2,105,86826
2Se Ri Pak South Korea1,623,00921
3Karrie Webb Australia1,535,40422
4Lorie Kane Canada947,48927
5Maria Hjorth Sweden848,19529
6Rosie Jones United States785,01023
7Dottie Pepper United States776,48223
8Mi Hyun Kim South Korea762,36329
9Laura Diaz United States751,46627
10Catriona Matthew Scotland747,97029

Full 2001 Official Money List

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerAnnika Sörenstam (4) Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Annika Sörenstam (4) Sweden
Player of the YearAnnika Sörenstam (4) Sweden
Rookie of the YearHee-Won Han South Korea

References
  1. LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008 Archived 2011-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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