2009 LPGA Tour

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2009 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 24, 2009 (2009-01-24) – November 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)
Number of official events28
Most wins3 Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin and Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa
Money leader Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
Rolex Player of the Year Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
2008
2010

The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

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2009 saw a reduction in both the number of tournaments and the total prize money on the Tour. Official prize money was $47.6 million, the lowest total in since 2005. There were 28 official tournaments, the lowest number since at least 2004.

Rookie Jiyai Shin topped the money list, earning $1,807,334. In addition Shin took Rookie of the Year honors. Shin and Lorena Ochoa each won three tournaments during the season. Ochoa also won the Player of the Year trophy for the fourth consecutive year and the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, also for the fourth consecutive year.

Anna Nordqvist was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, topping off a season that began with her having only conditional status on the LPGA Tour. She won the fifth tournament in which she played in 2009, the McDonald's LPGA Championship, a major, and also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, ending the season 15th on the official money list.

The four major championships were won by: Brittany Lincicome (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Anna Nordqvist (LPGA Championship), Eun-Hee Ji (U.S. Women's Open), and Catriona Matthew (Women's British Open). All major winners were first-time major winners. Matthew won her the British Open 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child.

The LPGA experienced a turn-over in leadership in 2009, when commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure from players in July. At the time of Bivens' resignation, the tour had only 14 events committed for the 2010 schedule, having failed to sign key long-term tournaments, notably the LPGA Corning Classic. [1] On October 28, the LPGA board of directors announced that marketing executive Michael Whan had been hired as the permanent replacement for Bivens and would assume his duties in January 2010. [2]

Tournament schedule and results

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

DateTournamentLocationWinner1st prize ($)
Jan 25 HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup*Brazil Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew (n/a)100,000
Feb 14 SBS Open at Turtle Bay Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford (4)180,000
Mar 1 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (25)217,500
Mar 8 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (4)300,000
Mar 22 MasterCard Classic Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Pat Hurst (6)195,000
Mar 29 J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (36)225,000
Apr 5 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lincicome (3)300,000
Apr 26 Corona Championship Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (26)195,000
May 10 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr (12)330,000
May 17 Sybase Classic New Jersey Flag of South Korea.svg Ji Young Oh (2)300,000
May 24 LPGA Corning Classic New York Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (2)225,000
Jun 7 LPGA State Farm Classic Illinois Flag of South Korea.svg In-Kyung Kim (2)255,000
Jun 14 McDonald's LPGA Championship Maryland Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist (1)300,000
Jun 28 Wegmans LPGA New York Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (5)300,000
Jul 5 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Ohio Flag of South Korea.svg Eunjung Yi (1)210,000
Jul 12 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Flag of South Korea.svg Eun-Hee Ji (2)585,000
Jul 26 Evian Masters France Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato (1)487,500
Aug 2 Ricoh Women's British Open England Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew (3)335,000
Aug 23 Solheim Cup IllinoisFlag of the United States.svg  United States n/a
Aug 30 Safeway Classic Oregon Flag of South Korea.svg M. J. Hur (1)255,000
Sep 6 CN Canadian Women's Open Alberta Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (6)412,500
Sep 13 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin (6)270,000
Sep 20 Samsung World Championship California Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi (1)250,000
Sep 27 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge California Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson (5)165,000
Oct 4 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa (27)195,000
Nov 1 Hana Bank-KOLON Championship South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi (2)255,000
Nov 8 Mizuno Classic Japan Flag of South Korea.svg Bo Bae Song (1) [N 1] 210,000
Nov 10 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge*NevadaLPGA Team500,000
Nov 15 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie (1)220,000
Nov 23 [N 2] LPGA Tour Championship Texas Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist (2)225,000

An asterisk next to a tournament name means that the event is unofficial.
Tournaments in bold are majors.

  1. Song was not an LPGA member in 2009.
  2. Due to inclement weather, the event was shortened to 54 holes, and the final round was delayed a day from its scheduled date of November 22.

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1 Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,807,33425
2 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,519,72225
3 Ai Miyazato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1,517,14922
4 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1,489,39522
5 Suzann Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,369,71723
6 Na Yeon Choi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,341,07826
7 Yani Tseng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 1,293,75527
8 In-Kyung Kim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,238,39625
9 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,151,86424
10 Angela Stanford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,081,91621

Full 2009 Official Money List - navigate to "2009"

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 Lorena Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 70.16
2 Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70.26
3 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.28
4 Ai Miyazato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 70.33
5 Yani Tseng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 70.44

Full 2009 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2009", then "Scoring Average"

Award winners

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

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