2014 LPGA Tour

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2014 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 23, 2014 (2014-01-23) – November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)
Number of official events33
Most wins5 Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Race to CME Globe Winner Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko
Money leader Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis
Rookie of the Year Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko
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The 2014 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began at Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island in The Bahamas on January 23 and ended on November 23 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

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The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 was a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year (those in which the Solheim Cup is not held), the event involved four-woman teams from eight countries competing in a four-day match play format. The eight qualifying countries were those whose four top players are cumulatively ranked highest in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of the end of the preceding LPGA season. [1] The individual participants from each qualified country were determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship. [2]

Qualification for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship changed for 2014 and a $1 million bonus was added. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. The field in 2014 was determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points with 500 points going to the winner. The five major champions had a higher points distribution with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational). Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the points list gained entry into the Tour Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72. Points were reset before the tournament such that only the top three players were guaranteed to win the Race by winning the tournament and only the top nine had a mathematical chance of winning the Race. The winner of the points race received a $1 million bonus that did not count on the official money list. [3] [4] [5] The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.

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.

DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points [6] 		Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Jan 26 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Bahamas Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Korda (2)341,300,000195,000
Feb 116 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (40)431,200,000180,000
Feb 223 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist (3)621,500,000225,000
Mar 2 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer (10)621,400,000210,000
Mar 23 JTBC Founders Cup Arizona Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (41)621,500,000225,000
Mar 30 Kia Classic California Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist (4)621,700,000255,000
Apr 6 Kraft Nabisco Championship California Flag of the United States.svg Lexi Thompson (4)1002,000,000300,000
Apr 19 LPGA Lotte Championship Hawaii Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie (3)461,700,000255,000
Apr 27 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic California Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (3)621,800,000270,000
May 4 North Texas LPGA Shootout Texas Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis (9)431,300,000195,000
May 18 Kingsmill Championship Virginia Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas (1)501,300,000195,000
May 25 Airbus LPGA Classic Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Korda (3)531,300,000195,000
Jun 1 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis (10)621,500,000225,000
Jun 8 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Ontario Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park (10)431,500,000225,000
Jun 22 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie (4)1004,000,000720,000
Jun 29 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis (11)622,000,000300,000
Jul 13 Ricoh Women's British Open England Flag of the United States.svg Mo Martin (1)1003,000,000474,575
Jul 20 Marathon Classic Ohio Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (4)371,400,000210,000
Jul 27^ International Crown MarylandFlag of Spain.svg  Spain n/a1,600,000100,000 [a 1]
Aug 10 Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan Flag of South Korea.svg Mirim Lee (1)531,500,000225,000
Aug 17 Wegmans LPGA Championship New York Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park (11)1002,250,000337,500
Aug 24 Canadian Pacific Women's Open Ontario Flag of South Korea.svg So Yeon Ryu (3)622,250,000337,500
Aug 31 Portland Classic Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Austin Ernst (1)311,300,000195,000
Sep 14 The Evian Championship France Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hyo-joo (1)1003,250,000487,500
Sep 21 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic Alabama Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Jung Hur (2)221,300,000195,000
Oct 5 Reignwood LPGA Classic China Flag of South Korea.svg Mirim Lee (2)342,100,000315,000
Oct 12 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng (4)462,000,000300,000
Oct 19 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Kyu-jung (1)622,000,000300,000
Oct 27 Blue Bay LPGA China Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace (1)342,000,000300,000
Nov 2 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park (12)432,000,000300,000
Nov 9 Mizuno Classic Japan Flag of South Korea.svg Mi Hyang Lee (1)281,200,000180,000
Nov 16 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Christina Kim (3)371,000,000200,000
Nov 23 CME Group Tour Championship Florida Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (5)622,000,000500,000

^ Event held over to Monday, July 27 due to lack of daylight. The event was also shortened to 54 holes.

  1. ↑ Prize for each of the four members of the winning team.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money($)
1 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 282,539,039
2 Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 232,226,641
3 Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 262,089,033
4 Michelle Wie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 211,924,796
5 So Yeon Ryu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 251,468,804
6 Shanshan Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 241,404,623
7 Anna Nordqvist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 261,144,245
8 Karrie Webb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 191,069,540
9 Azahara Muñoz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 271,051,332
10 Chella Choi Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 311,048,932

Full 2014 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69.53
2 Inbee Park Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69.68
3 Michelle Wie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 69.82
4 So Yeon Ryu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 69.98
5 Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 70.08

Full 2014 Scoring Average List

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner Stacy Lewis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Stacy Lewis (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Player of the Year Stacy Lewis (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Rookie of the Year Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Race to the CME Globe Lydia Ko Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

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