2005 LPGA Tour

The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Total prize money for all tournaments was $45,100,000.

Annika Sörenstam dominated the Tour in 2005, winning ten tournaments, including two of the four major tournaments, winning more than $2 million in prize money for the fifth consecutive season. Five other players earned over $1 million. Players from South Korea continued to be a growing force on the Tour, with seven different Korean players winning tournaments, including the two majors not won by Sörenstam: Birdie Kim at the U.S. Women's Open and Jeong Jang at the Women's British Open

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2005 in golf.

Tournament schedule and results

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.

DatesTournamentLocationWinnerPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Feb 11–13Women's World Cup of Golf South Africa Japan (Rui Kitada & Ai Miyazato)
Feb 24–26SBS Open at Turtle Bay Hawaii Jennifer Rosales (2)1,000,000150,000
Mar 4–6MasterCard Classic Mexico Annika Sörenstam (57)1,200,000180,000
Mar 17–20Safeway International Arizona Annika Sörenstam (58)1,400,000210,000
Mar 24–27Kraft Nabisco Championship California Annika Sörenstam (59)1,800,000270,000
Apr 14–16LPGA Takefuji Classic Nevada Wendy Ward (4)1,100,000165,000
Apr 21–24Corona Morelia Championship Mexico Carin Koch (2)1,000,000150,000
Apr 28 – May 1Franklin American Mortgage Championship Tennessee Stacy Prammanasudh (1)1,000,000150,000
May 5–8Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia Cristie Kerr (5)2,200,000330,000
May 12–15Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Annika Sörenstam (60)1,600,000240,000
May 19–22Sybase Classic New York Paula Creamer (1)1,250,000187,500
May 26–29LPGA Corning Classic New York Jimin Kang (1)1,100,000165,000
Jun 3–5ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Annika Sörenstam (61)1,400,000210,000
Jun 9–12McDonald's LPGA Championship Maryland Annika Sörenstam (62)1,800,000270,000
Jun 16–19Wegmans LPGA New York Lorena Ochoa (3)1,500,000225,000
Jun 23–26U.S. Women's Open Colorado Birdie Kim (1)3,100,000560,000
Jun 30 – Jul 3HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship New Jersey Marisa Baena (1)2,000,000500,000
Jul 7–10Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio Heather Bowie (1)1,200,000180,000
Jul 14–17BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open Nova Scotia, Canada Meena Lee (1)1,300,000195,000
Jul 20–23Evian Masters France Paula Creamer (2)2,500,000375,000
Jul 28–31Weetabix Women's British Open England Jeong Jang (1)1,800,000280,208
Aug 19–21Safeway Classic Oregon Soo-Yun Kang (1)1,400,000210,000
Aug 25–28Wendy's Championship for Children Ohio Cristie Kerr (6)1,100,000165,000
Sep 1–4State Farm Classic Illinois Pat Hurst (4)1,300,000195,000
Sep 9–11The Solheim Cup Indiana Team USAn/a
Sep 16–18John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic Oklahoma Annika Sörenstam (63)1,000,000150,000
Sep 30 – Oct 2Office Depot Championship California Hee-Won Han (4)1,300,000195,000
Oct 6–9Longs Drugs Challenge California Nicole Perrot (1)1,000,000150,000
Oct 13–16Samsung World Championship California Annika Sörenstam (64)850,000212,500
Oct 28–30CJ Nine Bridges Classic South Korea Jee Young Lee (1)1,350,000202,500
Nov 4–6Mizuno Classic Japan Annika Sörenstam (65)1,000,000150,000
Nov 10–13The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions Alabama Christina Kim (2)850,000138,000
Nov 16–19ADT Championship Florida Annika Sörenstam (66)1,000,000215,000
Dec 9–11Lexus Cup SingaporeInternational Teamn/a
Dec 17–18Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge NevadaChampions Tourn/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1Annika Sörenstam Sweden2,588,24020
2Paula Creamer United States1,531,78025
3Cristie Kerr United States1,360,94122
4Lorena Ochoa Mexico1,201,78623
5Jang Jeong South Korea1,131,98628
6Natalie Gulbis United States1,010,15427
7Meena Lee South Korea870,18228
8Hee-Won Han South Korea856,36427
9Gloria Park South Korea842,34926
10Catriona Matthew Scotland776,92426

Full 2005 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Annika Sörenstam Sweden69.33
2Cristie Kerr United States70.86
3Paula Creamer United States70.98
4Jang Jeong South Korea71.17
5Natalie Gulbis United States71.24

Full 2005 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2005", then "Scoring Average"

Award winners

The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:

  • The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
  • The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
  • The Louis Suggs Rolex Rooke of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded at all full-field domestic events and doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in increments of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA.

See also

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