2015 LPGA Tour

The 2015 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Ocala, Florida on January 28 and ended on November 22 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Lydia Ko won five tournaments, including one major, led the money list, won the Race to the CME Globe, and became the youngest winner of the LPGA Tour's Player of the Year award.[2] Inbee Park also won five tournaments, including two majors, and won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average. She also accumulated enough points to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame upon her completion of her 10th year on tour (2016).[3] Sei-Young Kim won three tournaments and the Rookie of the Year award.[4]

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.

Date Tournament Location Winner Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Jan 28–31 Coates Golf Championship Florida Na Yeon Choi (8) 1,500,000 225,000
Feb 5–8 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Bahamas Sei-Young Kim (1) 1,300,000 195,000
Feb 19–22 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Lydia Ko (6) 1,200,000 180,000
Feb 26 – Mar 1 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Amy Yang (2) 1,500,000 225,000
Mar 5–8 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Inbee Park (13) 1,400,000 210,000
Mar 19–22 JTBC Founders Cup Arizona Hyo-Joo Kim (2) 1,500,000 225,000
Mar 26–29 Kia Classic California Cristie Kerr (17) 1,700,000 255,000
Apr 2–5 ANA Inspiration California Brittany Lincicome (6) 2,500,000 375,000
Apr 15–18 LPGA Lotte Championship Hawaii Sei-Young Kim (2) 1,800,000 270,000
Apr 23–26 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic California Lydia Ko (7) 2,000,000 300,000
Apr 30 – May 3 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout Texas Inbee Park (14) 1,300,000 195,000
May 14–18^ Kingsmill Championship Virginia Minjee Lee (1) 1,300,000 195,000
May 29–31 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Anna Nordqvist (5) 1,500,000 225,000
Jun 4–7 Manulife LPGA Classic Ontario Suzann Pettersen (15) 1,500,000 225,000
Jun 11–14 KPMG Women's PGA Championship New York Inbee Park (15) 3,500,000 525,000
Jun 26–28 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Na Yeon Choi (9) 2,000,000 300,000
Jul 9–12 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Chun In-gee (1) 4,500,000 810,000
Jul 16–19 Marathon Classic Ohio Chella Choi (1) 1,500,000 225,000
Jul 23–26 Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan Lexi Thompson (5) 2,000,000 300,000
Jul 30 – Aug 2 Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Inbee Park (16) 3,000,000 464,817
Aug 13–16 Cambia Portland Classic Oregon Brooke Henderson (1) 1,300,000 195,000
Aug 20–23 Canadian Pacific Women's Open British Columbia Lydia Ko (8) 2,250,000 337,500
Aug 27–30 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic Alabama Kris Tamulis (1) 1,300,000 195,000
Sep 10–13 The Evian Championship France Lydia Ko (9) 3,250,000 487,500
Sep 18–20 Solheim Cup Germany  United States n/a
Oct 8–11 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia Jessica Korda (4) 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 15–18 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship South Korea Lexi Thompson (6) 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 22–25 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan Lydia Ko (10) 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 29 – Nov 1 Blue Bay LPGA China Sei-Young Kim (3) 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 6–8 Toto Japan Classic Japan Ahn Sun-ju (1) 1,500,000 225,000
Nov 12–15 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Inbee Park (17) 1,000,000 200,000
Nov 19–22 CME Group Tour Championship Florida Cristie Kerr (18) 2,000,000 500,000

^ Kingsmill Championship finished on Monday May 18 due to a rain-delay.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money($)
1Lydia Ko New Zealand242,800,802
2Inbee Park South Korea252,630,011
3Stacy Lewis United States261,893,423
4Sei-Young Kim South Korea271,820,056
5Lexi Thompson United States241,763,904
6Amy Yang South Korea231,438,312
7Cristie Kerr United States251,294,301
8So Yeon Ryu South Korea251,292,395
9Shanshan Feng China211,086,338
10Anna Nordqvist Sweden25977,743

Full 2015 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Inbee Park South Korea69.42
2Lydia Ko New Zealand69.44
3Stacy Lewis United States69.79
4Lexi Thompson United States70.01
5Hyo-Joo Kim South Korea70.14

Full 2015 Scoring Average List

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerLydia Ko New Zealand
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Inbee Park South Korea
Player of the YearLydia Ko New Zealand
Rookie of the YearSei-Young Kim South Korea
Race to the CME GlobeLydia Ko New Zealand

See also

References
  1. "LPGA Continues To Elevate With Release Of 2015 Tour Schedule". LPGA. November 18, 2014.
  2. "Lydia Ko Clinches 2015 Rolex Player of the Year Award". LPGA. November 22, 2015.
  3. "Inbee Park Wins 2015 Vare Trophy, Earns Final Point For LPGA Hall of Fame". LPGA. November 22, 2015.
  4. "Sei Young Kim Clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year". LPGA. November 8, 2015.
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