2012 LPGA Tour
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{{Infobox golf season
| year = 2012
| tour = LPGA Tour
| regular_season = {{Start date|2012|2|9}} – {{end date|2012|11|18}}
| no_of_events = 29
| most_wins = 4 {{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis
| honor1 = Money leader
| honoree1 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Inbee Park
| honor2 = Rolex Player of the Year
| honoree2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis
| honor3 = Rookie of the Year
| honoree3 = {{flagicon|KOR}} So Yeon Ryu
| prevseason = 2011
| nextseason = 2013
}}
The 2012 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Australia on February 9 and ended November 18 in Florida.[http://www.lpga.com/~/media/0ca35b09283a4cdda7d90a40e33239e2/2012schedule.pdf 2012 LPGA Schedule] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
Season overview
There were 27 official tournaments on the 2012 LPGA Tour, four more than in 2011. Fifteen tournaments were held in the United States. Eleven other countries hosted the remaining twelve tournaments.
Stacy Lewis won the most tournaments, four, and won the Player of the Year award. Inbee Park won two tournaments and both the money title with earnings of $2,266,638 and the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average. So Yeon Ryu won Rookie of the Year honors, winning one tournament, finishing sixth on the money list and second in scoring average.
Other players winning multiple tournaments were Yani Tseng with three wins and Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, and Jiyai Shin with two wins each.
Changes for 2012
=Five additional events=
- ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open in February at Royal Melbourne – existing event now co-sanctioned by LPGA
- LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April; LPGA returned to Oahu after a two-year hiatus
- Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada in June
- Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Ohio in August; returned after a year off
- Kingsmill Championship in Virginia in September; LPGA returned to Williamsburg after a two-year absence. Scheduled to move to May in 2013.
=Final major delayed=
The Ricoh Women's British Open was moved from its usual late-July date to mid-September, to accommodate the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which were being held in London.
Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Date !! Tournament !! Location !! Winner !! Purse ($) !! First prize |
| Feb 12
|ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open |Australia |{{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Korda (1) |align=center|1,100,000 |align=center|165,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Korda |
| Feb 19
|Thailand |{{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng (13) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|225,000 |{{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng |
| Feb 26
|Singapore |{{flagicon|USA}} Angela Stanford (5) |align=center|1,400,000 |align=center|210,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Angela Stanford |
| Mar 18
|RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup |Arizona |{{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng (14) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|225,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} So Yeon Ryu |
| Mar 25
|California |{{flagicon|TWN}} Yani Tseng (15) |align=center|1,700,000 |align=center|255,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Sun Young Yoo |
| Apr 1
|California |{{flagicon|KOR}} Sun-Young Yoo (2) |align=center|2,000,000 |align=center|300,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} I.K. Kim |
| Apr 21
|Hawaii |{{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Miyazato (8) |align=center|1,700,000 |align=center|255,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Meena Lee |
| Apr 29
|Alabama |{{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis (2) |align=center|1,250,000 |align=center|187,500 |{{flagicon|USA}} Lexi Thompson |
| May 6
|Brazil |{{flagicon|THA}} Pornanong Phatlum (n/a) |align=center|720,000 |align=center|108,000 |align=center|n/a |
| May 20
|Sybase Match Play Championship |New Jersey |{{flagicon|ESP}} Azahara Muñoz (1) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|375,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Morgan Pressel |
| Jun 3
|New Jersey |{{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis (3) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|225,000 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Katherine Hull |
| Jun 10
|New York |{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanshan Feng (1) |align=center|2,500,000 |align=center|375,000 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Suzann Pettersen |
| Jun 24
|Manulife Financial LPGA Classic |Ontario |{{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Lang (1) |align=center|1,300,000 |align=center|195,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Brittany Lang |
| Jul 1
|Walmart NW Arkansas Championship |Arkansas |{{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Miyazato (9) |align=center|2,000,000 |align=center|300,000 |{{flagicon|VEN}} Veronica Felibert |
| Jul 8
|Wisconsin |{{flagicon|KOR}} Na Yeon Choi (6) |align=center|3,250,000 |align=center|585,000 |{{flagicon|DEU}} Sandra Gal |
| Jul 29
|France |{{flagicon|KOR}} Inbee Park (2) |align=center|3,250,000 |align=center|487,500 |{{flagicon|USA}} Natalie Gulbis |
| Aug 12
|Ohio |{{flagicon|KOR}} So Yeon Ryu (2) |align=center|1,300,000 |align=center|195,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Jennie Lee |
| Aug 19
|Oregon |{{flagicon|JPN}} Mika Miyazato (1) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|225,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} Haeji Kang |
| Aug 26
|British Columbia |{{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko (1) (a) |align=center|2,000,000 |align=center|300,000* |{{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko (a) |
| Sep 9
|Virginia |{{flagicon|KOR}} Jiyai Shin (9) |align=center|1,300,000 |align=center|195,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Kang |
| Sep 16
|England |{{flagicon|KOR}} Jiyai Shin (10) |align=center|2,750,000 |align=center|428,650 |{{flagicon|PAR}} Julieta Granada |
| Sep 23
|Alabama |{{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis (4) |align=center|1,300,000 |align=center|195,000 |{{flagicon|KOR}} M. J. Hur |
| Oct 14
|Malaysia |{{flagicon|KOR}} Inbee Park (3) |align=center|1,900,000 |align=center|285,000 |{{flagicon|USA}} Lizette Salas |
| Oct 21
|LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship |South Korea |{{flagicon|NOR}} Suzann Pettersen (9) |align=center|1,800,000 |align=center|270,000 |{{flagicon|SWE}} Karin Sjödin |
| Oct 28
|Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship |Taiwan |{{flagicon|NOR}} Suzann Pettersen (10) |align=center|2,000,000 |align=center|300,000 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Belén Mozo |
| Nov 4
|Japan |{{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis (5) |align=center|1,200,000 |align=center|180,000 |{{flagicon|THA}} Pornanong Phatlum |
| Nov 11
|Mexico |{{flagicon|USA}} Cristie Kerr (15) |align=center|1,000,000 |align=center|200,000 |{{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa |
| Nov 13
|Nevada |align=center|PGA Tour (n/a) |align=center|1,000,000 |align=center|500,000 |align=center|n/a |
| Nov 18
|Florida |{{flagicon|KOR}} Na Yeon Choi (7) |align=center|1,500,000 |align=center|500,000 |align=center|n/a |
1 Unofficial events
Season leaders
Money list leaders
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Rank!!Player!!Country!!Earnings ($)!!Events | ||||
| 1 | align=left|Inbee Park | align=left|{{KOR}} | align=right|2,287,080 | 24 |
| 2 | align=left|Na Yeon Choi | align=left|{{KOR}} | align=right|1,981,834 | 22 |
| 3 | align=left|Stacy Lewis | align=left|{{USA}} | align=right|1,872,409 | 26 |
| 4 | align=left|Yani Tseng | align=left|{{TWN}} | align=right|1,430,159 | 24 |
| 5 | align=left|Ai Miyazato | align=left|{{JPN}} | align=right|1,334,977 | 23 |
| 6 | align=left|So Yeon Ryu | align=left|{{KOR}} | align=right|1,282,673 | 24 |
| 7 | align=left|Jiyai Shin | align=left|{{KOR}} | align=right|1,234,597 | 18 |
| 8 | align=left|Azahara Muñoz | align=left|{{ESP}} | align=right|1,230,751 | 26 |
| 9 | align=left|Suzann Pettersen | align=left|{{NOR}} | align=right|1,182,860 | 24 |
| 10 | align=left|Shanshan Feng | align=left|{{CHN}} | align=right|1,101,147 | 19 |
[http://www.lpga.com/stats/stats-detail.aspx?q=official%20money Full 2012 Official Money List]
Scoring average leaders
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!Rank!!Player!!Country!!Average | |||
| 1 | align=left|Inbee Park | align=left|{{KOR}} | 70.21 |
| 2 | align=left|So Yeon Ryu | align=left|{{KOR}} | 70.30 |
| 3 | align=left|Jiyai Shin | align=left|{{KOR}} | 70.31 |
| 4 | align=left|Stacy Lewis | align=left|{{USA}} | 70.33 |
| 5 | align=left|Na Yeon Choi | align=left|{{KOR}} | 70.49 |
[http://www.lpga.com/stats/stats-detail.aspx?q=scoring%20avg Full 2012 Scoring Average List]
See also
References
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