2004 LPGA Tour

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2004 LPGA Tour season
DurationMarch 11, 2004 (2004-03-11) – December 19, 2004 (2004-12-19)
Number of official events33
Most wins8 Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Money leader Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Shi Hyun Ahn
2003
2005

The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Total prize money for all tournaments was $42,875,000.

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Annika Sörenstam continued to dominate women's golf in 2004, winning eight tournaments and $2,544,707 in prize money. Four other players earned over $1 million. There were six first-time winners in 2004: Moira Dunn, Christina Kim, Lorena Ochoa, Jennifer Rosales, Kim Saiki, and Karen Stupples. Ochoa (Mexico) and Rosales (Philippines) were the first winners of their respective countries to win on the LPGA Tour.

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2004 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Mar 14 Welch's/Fry's Championship Arizona Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples (1)800,000120,000
Mar 21 Safeway International Arizona Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (49)1,200,000180,000
Mar 28 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Flag of South Korea.svg Grace Park (5)1,600,000240,000
Apr 4 The Office Depot Championship California Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (50)1,750,000262,500
Apr 17 LPGA Takefuji Classic Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr (2)1,100,000165,000
May 2 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Flag of the Philippines.svg Jennifer Rosales (1)1,600,000240,000
May 9 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak (22)2,200,000330,000
May 16 Franklin American Mortgage Championship Tennessee Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (1)900,000135,000
May 23 Sybase Classic New York Flag of the United States.svg Sherri Steinhauer (6)1,250,000187,500
May 30 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (51)1,000,000150,000
Jun 6 Kellogg-Keebler Classic Illinois Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (30)1,200,000180,000
Jun 13 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (52)1,600,000240,000
Jun 20 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr (3)1,300,000195,000
Jun 27 Wegmans LPGA New York Flag of the United States.svg Kim Saiki (1)1,500,000225,000
Jul 4 U.S. Women's Open Massachusetts Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (16)3,100,000560,000
Jul 11 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open Ontario Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (17)1,300,000195,000
Jul 18 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Moira Dunn (1)1,000,000150,000
Jul 24 Evian Masters France Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Doolan (3)2,500,000375,000
Aug 1 Weetabix Women's British Open England Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples (2)1,600,000290,880
Aug 8 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio Flag of the United States.svg Meg Mallon (18)1,100,000165,000
Aug 22 Wendy's Championship for Children Ohio Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew (2)1,100,000165,000
Aug 29 Wachovia LPGA Classic Pennsylvania Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (2)1,000,000150,000
Sep 5 State Farm Classic Illinois Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr (4)1,200,000180,000
Sep 12 John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic Oklahoma Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (53)1,000,000150,000
Sep 19 Safeway Classic Oregon Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han (3)1,200,000180,000
Sep 26 Longs Drugs Challenge California Flag of the United States.svg Christina Kim (1)1,000,000150,000
Oct 10 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship South Carolina Flag of Sweden.svg Liselotte Neumann (13)1,000,000150,000
Oct 17 Samsung World Championship California Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (54)825,000206,250
Oct 31 CJ Nine Bridges Classic South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Grace Park (6)1,350,000202,500
Nov 7 Mizuno Classic Japan Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (55)1,000,000150,000
Nov 14 The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Heather Daly-Donofrio (2)800,000130,000
Nov 21 ADT Championship Florida Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (56)1,000,000215,000
Dec 19 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada LPGA Tour n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2,544,70718
2 Grace Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,525,47125
3 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1,450,82427
4 Meg Mallon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,358,62321
5 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,189,99024
6 Karen Stupples Flag of England.svg  England 968,85223
7 Mi Hyun Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 931,69328
8 Hee-Won Han Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 840,60528
9 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 748,31622
10 Jennifer Rosales Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 693,62525

Full 2004 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 68.70
2 Grace Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69.99
3 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 70.02
4 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.33
5 Mi Hyun Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70.48

Full 2004 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2004", then "Scoring Average"

Award winners

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

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