2017 LPGA Tour

The 2017 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began in the Bahamas on January 26 and ended on November 19 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.[1] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

2017 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 26, 2017 (2017-01-26) – November 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)
Number of official events35
Most wins3 South Korea In-Kyung Kim
Race to CME Globe WinnerUnited States Lexi Thompson
Money leaderSouth Korea Park Sung-hyun
Rolex Player of the YearSouth Korea Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Park Sung-hyun
2016
2018

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerWWGR
points[2]
Purse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Jan 29Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA ClassicBahamas Brittany Lincicome (7)281,400,000210,000
Feb 19ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustralia Jang Ha-na (4)341,300,000195,000
Feb 26Honda LPGA ThailandThailand Amy Yang (3)621,600,000240,000
Mar 5HSBC Women's ChampionsSingapore Inbee Park (18)621,500,000225,000
Mar 19Bank of Hope Founders CupArizona Anna Nordqvist (7)621,500,000225,000
Mar 26Kia ClassicCalifornia Mirim Lee (3)681,800,000270,000
Apr 2ANA InspirationCalifornia Ryu So-yeon (4)1002,700,000405,000
Apr 15Lotte ChampionshipHawaii Cristie Kerr (19)532,000,000300,000
Apr 30Volunteers of America Texas ShootoutTexas Haru Nomura (3)681,300,000195,000
May 7Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Match PlayMexico Kim Sei-young (6)431,200,000250,000
May 21Kingsmill ChampionshipVirginia Lexi Thompson (8)621,300,000195,000
May 28LPGA Volvik ChampionshipMichigan Shanshan Feng (7)501,300,000195,000
Jun 4ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey In-Kyung Kim (5)371,500,000225,000
Jun 11Manulife LPGA ClassicOntario Ariya Jutanugarn (6)311,700,000255,000
Jun 18Meijer LPGA ClassicMichigan Brooke Henderson (4)462,000,000300,000
Jun 25Walmart NW Arkansas ChampionshipArkansas Ryu So-yeon (5)432,000,000300,000
Jul 2KPMG Women's PGA ChampionshipIllinois Danielle Kang (1)1003,500,000525,000
Jul 9Thornberry Creek LPGA ClassicWisconsin Katherine Kirk (3)262,000,000300,000
Jul 16U.S. Women's OpenNew Jersey Park Sung-hyun (1)1005,000,000900,000
Jul 23Marathon ClassicOhio In-Kyung Kim (6)281,600,000240,000
Jul 30Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish OpenScotland Lee Mi-hyang (2)431,500,000225,000
Aug 6Ricoh Women's British OpenScotland In-Kyung Kim (7)1003,250,000504,821
Aug 20Solheim CupIowa  United Statesn/a
Aug 27Canadian Pacific Women's OpenOntario Park Sung-hyun (2)562,250,000337,500
Sep 3Cambia Portland ClassicOregon Stacy Lewis (12)311,300,000195,000
Sep 9[notes 1]Indy Women in Tech ChampionshipIndiana Lexi Thompson (9)312,000,000300,000
Sep 17Evian ChampionshipFrance Anna Nordqvist (8)1003,650,000547,500
Oct 1McKayson New Zealand Women's OpenNew Zealand Brooke Henderson (5)191,300,000195,000
Oct 8Alisports LPGAChinaTournament canceled[4]2,100,000315,000
Oct 15LPGA KEB Hana Bank ChampionshipSouth Korea Ko Jin-young (1)622,000,000300,000
Oct 22Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipTaiwan Ji Eun-hee (3)432,200,000330,000
Oct 29Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaMalaysia Cristie Kerr (20)531,800,000270,000
Nov 5Toto Japan ClassicJapan Shanshan Feng (8)531,500,000225,000
Nov 11Blue Bay LPGAChina Shanshan Feng (9)282,100,000315,000
Nov 19CME Group Tour ChampionshipFlorida Ariya Jutanugarn (7)622,500,000500,000

Season leaders

Money list leaders

RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money($)
1Park Sung-hyun  South Korea232,335,883
2Ryu So-yeon  South Korea231,981,593
3Lexi Thompson  United States211,877,181
4Shanshan Feng  China221,728,191
5Ariya Jutanugarn  Thailand271,549,858
6Brooke Henderson  Canada301,504,869
7Cristie Kerr  United States231,414,752
8Anna Nordqvist  Sweden201,335,164
9Moriya Jutanugarn  Thailand281,320,900
10Kim Sei-young  South Korea251,278,166

Full 2017 official money list

Scoring average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lexi Thompson  United States69.114
2Park Sung-hyun  South Korea69.247
3Chun In-gee  South Korea69.415
4Stacy Lewis  United States69.609
5Inbee Park  South Korea69.673

Full 2017 scoring average list

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerPark Sung-hyun  South Korea
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Lexi Thompson  United States
Player of the YearPark Sung-hyun
Ryu So-yeon[5]
 South Korea
 South Korea
Rookie of the YearPark Sung-hyun[6]  South Korea
Race to the CME GlobeLexi Thompson  United States

See also

Notes

References

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