2005 LPGA Tour

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2005 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) – December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)
Number of official events35
Most wins10 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 the United States.svg Paula Creamer
2004
2006

The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of 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.

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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.

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

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2,588,24020
2 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,531,78025
3 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,360,94122
4 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1,201,78623
5 Jang Jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,131,98628
6 Natalie Gulbis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,010,15427
7 Meena Lee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 870,18228
8 Hee-Won Han Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 856,36427
9 Gloria Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 842,34926
10 Catriona Matthew Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 776,92426

Full 2005 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 Annika Sörenstam Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 69.33
2 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.86
3 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.98
4 Jang Jeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 71.17
5 Natalie Gulbis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 71.24

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:

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