The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.
This was the first season that the Women's British Open was considered an LPGA major . There were seven first-time winners in 2001: Heather Daly-Donofrio , Wendy Doolan , Tina Fischer , Kate Golden , Carin Koch , Catriona Matthew , and Gloria Park .
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($ ) 1st prize ($) Jan 14 YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic Florida Se Ri Pak (9)203 (−13) 1,000,000 150,000 Jan 21 Subaru Memorial of Naples Florida Sophie Gustafson (3)272 (−16) 1,000,000 150,000 Jan 28 The Office Depot Florida Grace Park (2)280 (−6) 825,000 123,750 Feb 10 LPGA Takefuji Classic Hawaii Lorie Kane (4)205 (−11) 850,000 127,500 Feb 17 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Catriona Matthew (1)210 (−6) 750,000 112,500 Mar 11 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Annika Sörenstam (24)265 (−23) 750,000 112,500 Mar 18 Standard Register PING Arizona Annika Sörenstam (25)261 (−27) 1,000,000 150,000 Mar 25 Nabisco Championship California Annika Sörenstam (26)281 (−7) 1,500,000 225,000 Apr 14 The Office Depot California Annika Sörenstam (27)210 (−6) 800,000 120,000 Apr 22 Longs Drugs Challenge California Se Ri Pak (10)208 (−8) 800,000 120,000 Apr 29 Kathy Ireland Championship Texas Rosie Jones (11)268 (−12) 900,000 135,000 May 6 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Annika Sörenstam (28)203 (−13) 1,200,000 180,000 May 13 Electrolux USA Championship Tennessee Juli Inkster (26)274 (−14) 800,000 120,000 May 20 LPGA Champions Classic Ohio Wendy Doolan (1)132 (−12)^ 750,000 112,500 May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York Carin Koch (1)270 (−18) 900,000 135,000 Jun 3 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Karrie Webb (24)273 (−7) 2,900,000 520,000 Jun 10 Wegmans Rochester International New York Laura Davies (20)279 (−9) 1,000,000 150,000 Jun 16 Evian Masters France Rachel Teske (4)273 (−15) 2,100,000 315,000 Jun 24 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Karrie Webb (25)270 (−14) 1,500,000 225,000 Jul 1 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Betsy King (34)201 (−12) 1,200,000 180,000 Jul 8 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak (11)269 (−15) 1,000,000 150,000 Jul 15 Michelob Light Classic Missouri Emilee Klein (3)205 (−11) 800,000 120,000 Jul 22 Sybase Big Apple Classic New York Rosie Jones (12)272 (−12) 950,000 142,500 Jul 29 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Dorothy Delasin (2)203 (−13) 1,000,000 150,000 Aug 5 Weetabix Women's British Open England Se Ri Pak (12)277 (−11) 1,500,000 221,650 Aug 12 Wendy's Championship for Children Ohio Wendy Ward (3)195 (−21) 1,000,000 150,000 Aug 19 Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open Canada Annika Sörenstam (29)272 (−16) 1,200,000 180,000 Aug 26 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania Heather Daly-Donofrio (1)273 (−15) 800,000 120,000 Sep 2 State Farm Classic Illinois Kate Golden (1)267 (−21) 1,000,000 150,000 Sep 9 Williams Championship Oklahoma Gloria Park (1)201 (−9) 1,000,000 150,000 Sep 16 Safeway Classic Oregon Tournament canceled due to the September 11 attacks 1,000,000 Sep 23 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship South Carolina Tina Fischer (1)206 (−10) 1,200,000 180,000 Sep 30 AFLAC Champions Alabama Se Ri Pak (13)272 (−16) 750,000 122,000 Oct 7 Samsung World Championship California Dorothy Delasin (3)277 (−11) 750,000 157,000 Oct 21 Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic South Korea Tournament canceled due to the September 11 attacks 1,500,000 Oct 28 Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship Japan Annika Sörenstam (30)1 up 960,000 144,000 Nov 4 Mizuno Classic Japan Annika Sörenstam (31)203 (−13) 1,080,000 162,000 Nov 18 Tyco/ADT Championship Florida Karrie Webb (26)279 (−9) 1,000,000 215,000
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Leaders Money List leaders
Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events 1 Annika Sörenstam Sweden 2,105,868 26 2 Se Ri Pak South Korea 1,623,009 21 3 Karrie Webb Australia 1,535,404 22 4 Lorie Kane Canada 947,489 27 5 Maria Hjorth Sweden 848,195 29 6 Rosie Jones United States 785,010 23 7 Dottie Pepper United States 776,482 23 8 Mi Hyun Kim South Korea 762,363 29 9 Laura Diaz United States 751,466 27 10 Catriona Matthew Scotland 747,970 29
Full 2001 Official Money List
Awards
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