2005 LPGA Tour

The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Total prize money for all tournaments was $45,100,000.

2005 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) – December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)
Number of official events35
Most wins10 Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Money leaderSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the YearSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the YearUnited States Paula Creamer
2004
2006

Annika Sörenstam dominated the Tour in 2005, winning ten tournaments, including two of the four major tournaments, winning more than $2 million in prize money for the fifth consecutive season. Five other players earned over $1 million. Players from South Korea continued to be a growing force on the Tour, with seven different Korean players winning tournaments, including the two majors not won by Sörenstam: Birdie Kim at the U.S. Women's Open and Jeong Jang at the Women's British Open

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2005 in golf.

Tournament schedule and results

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

DateTournamentLocationWinnerPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Feb 13Women's World Cup of GolfSouth Africa  Japan (Rui Kitada & Ai Miyazato)
Feb 26SBS Open at Turtle BayHawaii Jennifer Rosales (2)1,000,000150,000
Mar 6MasterCard ClassicMexico Annika Sörenstam (57)1,200,000180,000
Mar 20Safeway InternationalArizona Annika Sörenstam (58)1,400,000210,000
Mar 27Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Annika Sörenstam (59)1,800,000270,000
Apr 16LPGA Takefuji ClassicNevada Wendy Ward (4)1,100,000165,000
Apr 24Corona Morelia ChampionshipMexico Carin Koch (2)1,000,000150,000
May 1Franklin American Mortgage ChampionshipTennessee Stacy Prammanasudh (1)1,000,000150,000
May 8Michelob ULTRA Open at KingsmillVirginia Cristie Kerr (5)2,200,000330,000
May 15Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Annika Sörenstam (60)1,600,000240,000
May 22Sybase ClassicNew York Paula Creamer (1)1,250,000187,500
May 29LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Jimin Kang (1)1,100,000165,000
Jun 5ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Annika Sörenstam (61)1,400,000210,000
Jun 12McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipMaryland Annika Sörenstam (62)1,800,000270,000
Jun 19Wegmans LPGANew York Lorena Ochoa (3)1,500,000225,000
Jun 26U.S. Women's OpenColorado Birdie Kim (1)3,100,000560,000
Jul 3HSBC Women's World Match Play ChampionshipNew Jersey Marisa Baena (1)2,000,000500,000
Jul 10Jamie Farr Owens Corning ClassicOhio Heather Bowie (1)1,200,000180,000
Jul 17BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's OpenNova Scotia Meena Lee (1)1,300,000195,000
Jul 23Evian MastersFrance Paula Creamer (2)2,500,000375,000
Jul 31Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Jeong Jang (1)1,800,000280,208
Aug 21Safeway ClassicOregon Kang Soo-yun (1)1,400,000210,000
Aug 28Wendy's Championship for ChildrenOhio Cristie Kerr (6)1,100,000165,000
Sep 4State Farm ClassicIllinois Pat Hurst (4)1,300,000195,000
Sep 11The Solheim CupIndiana Team USAn/a
Sep 18John Q. Hammons Hotel ClassicOklahoma Annika Sörenstam (63)1,000,000150,000
Oct 2Office Depot ChampionshipCalifornia Hee-Won Han (4)1,300,000195,000
Oct 9Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Nicole Perrot (1)1,000,000150,000
Oct 16Samsung World ChampionshipCalifornia Annika Sörenstam (64)850,000212,500
Oct 30CJ Nine Bridges ClassicSouth Korea Jee Young Lee (1)1,350,000202,500
Nov 6Mizuno ClassicJapan Annika Sörenstam (65)1,000,000150,000
Nov 13The Mitchell Company Tournament of ChampionsAlabama Christina Kim (2)850,000138,000
Nov 19ADT ChampionshipFlorida Annika Sörenstam (66)1,000,000215,000
Dec 11Lexus CupSingaporeInternational Teamn/a
Dec 18Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeNevadaChampions Tourn/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1Annika Sörenstam  Sweden2,588,24020
2Paula Creamer  United States1,531,78025
3Cristie Kerr  United States1,360,94122
4Lorena Ochoa  Mexico1,201,78623
5Jang Jeong  South Korea1,131,98628
6Natalie Gulbis  United States1,010,15427
7Meena Lee  South Korea870,18228
8Hee-Won Han  South Korea856,36427
9Gloria Park  South Korea842,34926
10Catriona Matthew  Scotland776,92426

Full 2005 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Annika Sörenstam  Sweden69.33
2Cristie Kerr  United States70.86
3Paula Creamer  United States70.98
4Jang Jeong  South Korea71.17
5Natalie Gulbis  United States71.24

Full 2005 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2005", then "Scoring Average"

Award winners

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

  • The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
  • The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
  • The Louis Suggs Rolex Rooke of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded at all full-field domestic events and doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in increments of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA.

See also

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