2011 LPGA Tour

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2011 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 17, 2011 (2011-02-17) – November 20, 2011 (2011-11-20)
Number of official events23
Most wins7 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng
Money leader Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng
Rolex Player of the Year Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng
Rookie of the Year Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Kyung Seo
2010
2012

The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011, and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011, in Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

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Season overview

There were 23 official tournaments on the 2011 LPGA, the lowest number in nearly 40 years. More events were held outside of the United States, with eleven different countries hosting tournaments, the highest number in the history of the LPGA Tour. Thirteen tournaments were held in the United States, the lowest number in several decades.

Yani Tseng from Taiwan, was the dominant player on the 2011 Tour. She won seven of the 22 tournaments in which she played and had fourteen top-10 finishes. Her wins in the Women's British Open and the LPGA Championship made her the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five career major tournaments. She won the LPGA money list title with $2,921,713 in official earnings; American Cristie Kerr finished second with $1,470,979.

Tseng also won the Player of the Year award and the Vare Trophy given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. Korean Hee Kyung Seo won the Rookie of the Year award.

Changes in the 2011 season

Schedule and results

DateTournamentLocationWinnerFirst prize
($)
Titleholders
qualifiers
Feb 20 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (6)225,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb
Feb 27 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (37)210,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Sun Young Yoo
Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Pressel
Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi
Mar 20 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (38)200,000
donation
Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lincicome
Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer
Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr
Mar 27 Kia Classic California Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Gal (1)255,000 Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Gal
Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
Flag of South Korea.svg I.K. Kim
Apr 3 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis (1)300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Katie Futcher
Flag of the United States.svg Angela Stanford
Apr 24 Tres Marias Championship MexicoTournament canceled [5]
May 1 Avnet LPGA Classic Alabama Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth (5)195,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Maria Hjorth
Flag of South Korea.svg Song-Hee Kim
Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen
May 22 Sybase Match Play Championship New Jersey Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (7)375,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato
Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
May 29 HSBC Brazil Cup [n 1] Brazil Flag of Colombia.svg Mariajo Uribe (n/a)108,000n/a
Jun 35 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lincicome (4)225,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew
Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist
Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lang
Jun 12 LPGA State Farm Classic Illinois Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (7)255,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak
Flag of the United States.svg Mindy Kim
Flag of the United States.svg Wendy Ward
Jun 26 Wegmans LPGA Championship New York Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (8)375,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Meena Lee
Flag of Japan.svg Mika Miyazato
Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz
Jul 11 U.S. Women's Open Colorado Flag of South Korea.svg So Yeon Ryu (1)1585,000 Flag of South Korea.svg So Yeon Ryu
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Kyung Seo
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Jul 24 Evian Masters France Flag of Japan.svg Ai Miyazato (7)487,500 Flag of Sweden.svg Caroline Hedwall
Flag of South Korea.svg Amy Yang
Flag of the United States.svg Paige Mackenzie
Jul 31 Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (9)392,133 Flag of the United States.svg Candie Kung
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dewi Claire Schreefel
Flag of England.svg Karen Stupples
Aug 21 Safeway Classic Oregon Flag of Norway.svg Suzann Pettersen (8)225,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Young Park
Flag of the United States.svg Vicky Hurst
Flag of the United States.svg Ryann O'Toole
Aug 28 CN Canadian Women's Open Quebec Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lincicome (5)337,500 Flag of South Korea.svg Hee-Won Han
Flag of South Korea.svg Jenny Shin
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Johnson
Sep 11 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (10)300,000 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Amy Hung
Flag of Spain.svg Belén Mozo
Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim
Sep 18 Navistar LPGA Classic Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson (1)195,000 Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson
Flag of the United States.svg Tiffany Joh
Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Sergas
Sep 25 Solheim Cup Ireland Flag of Europe.svg Europe n/a
Oct 9 LPGA Hana Bank Championship South Korea Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (11)270,000 Flag of South Korea.svg Jimin Kang
Flag of South Korea.svg Chella Choi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng
Oct 16 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi (5)285,000 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christel Boeljon
Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Blumenherst
Mina Harigae
Oct 23 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship TAiwan Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yani Tseng (12)300,000 Flag of the United States.svg Pat Hurst
Flag of the United States.svg Alison Walshe
Flag of South Korea.svg Grace Park
Nov 6 Mizuno Classic Japan Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda (2)180,000 Flag of Japan.svg Momoko Ueda
Flag of the United States.svg Christina Kim
Flag of Thailand.svg Pornanong Phatlum
Nov 8 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Nevada Champions Tour n/a
Nov 13 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Flag of Scotland.svg Catriona Matthew (4)200,000 Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster
Flag of the United States.svg Natalie Gulbis
Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Recari
Nov 20 CME Group Titleholders Florida Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Young Park (1)500,000n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.
1Ryu was not an LPGA member at the time of her win and her win was not counted as an official LPGA win.

  1. Prize money is not official.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
played
1 Yani Tseng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 2,921,71322
2 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,470,97922
3 Na Yeon Choi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1,357,38221
4 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,356,21123
5 Suzann Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1,322,77020
6 Brittany Lincicome Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,154,23421
7 Angela Stanford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1,017,19621
8 Ai Miyazato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1,007,63319
9 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 926,33821
10 Amy Yang Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 912,16022

Full 2011 Official Money List - navigate to "Official Money List"

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 Yani Tseng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 69.66
2 Na Yeon Choi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70.53
3 Cristie Kerr Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.71
4 Jiyai Shin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 70.81
5 Paula Creamer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 70.84

Full 2011 Scoring Average List - navigate to "Scoring Average"

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