2013 LPGA Tour

The 2013 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Australia on February 14 and ended on November 24 in Florida.^[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Inbee Park of South Korea won the most tournaments, six, including three majors. She also led the money list for the second straight year and won the Rolex Player of the Year award. Stacy Lewis won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, the first American to win since 1994. Three players, Lewis, Park, and Suzann Pettersen had scoring averages below 70, for the first time in LPGA Tour history.^[2] Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand won the Rookie of the Year award.

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Purse ($)	First prize ($)	Titleholders qualifiers
Feb 14–17	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Jiyai Shin (11)	1,200,000	180,000	Jiyai Shin Yani Tseng Moriya Jutanugarn
Feb 21–24	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Inbee Park (4)	1,500,000	225,000	Inbee Park So Yeon Ryu Beatriz Recari
Feb 28 – Mar 3	HSBC Women's Champions	Singapore	Stacy Lewis (6)	1,400,000	210,000	Stacy Lewis Na Yeon Choi Paula Creamer
Mar 14–17	RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup	Arizona	Stacy Lewis (7)	1,500,000	225,000	Ai Miyazato Angela Stanford Jessica Korda
Mar 21–24	Kia Classic	California	Beatriz Recari (2)	1,700,000	255,000	I.K. Kim Pornanong Phatlum Mo Martin
Apr 4–7	Kraft Nabisco Championship	California	Inbee Park (5)	2,000,000	300,000	Caroline Hedwall Suzann Pettersen Haeji Kang
Apr 17–20	LPGA Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Suzann Pettersen (11)	1,700,000	255,000	Lizette Salas Shanshan Feng Hee-Kyung Seo
Apr 25–28	North Texas LPGA Shootout	Texas	Inbee Park (6)	1,300,000	195,000	Carlota Ciganda Hee-Young Park Karine Icher
May 2–5	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Cristie Kerr (16)	1,300,000	195,000	Cristie Kerr Ilhee Lee Gerina Piller
May 16–19	Mobile Bay LPGA Classic	Alabama	Jennifer Johnson (1)	1,200,000	180,000	Jennifer Johnson Karrie Webb Anna Nordqvist
May 23–26	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Bahamas	Ilhee Lee (1)	1,300,000	195,000	Irene Cho Mika Miyazato Mindy Kim
May 31 – Jun 2	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Karrie Webb (39)	1,500,000	225,000	Jenny Shin Jeong Jang Chie Arimura
Jun 6–9	Wegmans LPGA Championship	New York	Inbee Park (7)	2,250,000	337,500	Catriona Matthew Morgan Pressel Amy Yang
Jun 21–23	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Inbee Park (8)	2,000,000	300,000	Brittany Lang Juli Inkster Brooke Pancake
Jun 27–30	U.S. Women's Open	New York	Inbee Park (9)	3,250,000	585,000	Jodi Ewart Shadoff Brittany Lincicome Lexi Thompson
Jul 11–14	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Ontario	Hee-Young Park (2)	1,300,000	195,000	Meena Lee Austin Ernst Hanna Kang
Jul 18–21	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Beatriz Recari (3)	1,300,000	195,000	Jacqui Concolino Se Ri Pak Chella Choi
Aug 1–4	Ricoh Women's British Open	Scotland	Stacy Lewis (8)	2,750,000	402,584	Natalie Gulbis Nicole Castrale Pernilla Lindberg
Aug 16–18	Solheim Cup	Colorado	Europe	n/a
Aug 22–25	CN Canadian Women's Open	Alberta	Lydia Ko (2) (a)	2,000,000	300,000	Lydia Ko (a) Stacy Prammanasudh Caroline Masson
Aug 29 – Sep 1	Safeway Classic	Oregon	Suzann Pettersen (12)	1,300,000	195,000	Sandra Gal Sandra Changkija Dewi Claire Schreefel
Sep 12–15	The Evian Championship	France	Suzann Pettersen (13)	3,250,000	487,500	Rebecca Lee-Bentham Cindy LaCrosse Katherine Hull-Kirk
Oct 3–6	Reignwood LPGA Classic	China	Shanshan Feng (2)	1,800,000	270,000	Christel Boeljon Sun Young Yoo Paola Moreno
Oct 10–13	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	Malaysia	Lexi Thompson (2)	2,000,000	300,000	Alison Walshe Michelle Wie Jane Park
Oct 18–20	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	South Korea	Amy Yang (1)	1,900,000	285,000	Eun-Hee Ji Ayako Uehara Candie Kung
Oct 24–27	Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Suzann Pettersen (14)	2,000,000	300,000	Azahara Muñoz Mina Harigae M.J. Hur
Nov 8–10	Mizuno Classic	Japan	Teresa Lu (1)	1,200,000	180,000	Teresa Lu Haru Nomura Hee-Won Han
Nov 14–17	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	Mexico	Lexi Thompson (3)	1,000,000	200,000	None
Nov 21–24	CME Group Titleholders	Florida	Shanshan Feng (3)	2,000,000	700,000	n/a

Season leaders

Money list leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events played
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	2,456,619	23
2	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	2,296,106	23
3	Stacy Lewis	United States	1,938,868	26
4	Shanshan Feng	China	1,716,657	19
5	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	1,278,864	24
6	Lexi Thompson	United States	1,206,109	24
7	I.K. Kim	South Korea	1,125,389	23
8	Beatriz Recari	Spain	1,030,614	25
9	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	929,964	24
10	Hee Young Park	South Korea	848,676	26

Full 2013 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	69.48
2	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	69.70
3	Inbee Park	South Korea	69.87
4	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	70.29
5	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	70.31

Full 2013 Scoring Average List

References

External links

• Official site