2012 LPGA Tour


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. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association.

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

''source: LPGA 2012 Schedule''

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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerPurse First prize
Titleholders
qualifiers
Feb 12ISPS Handa Women's Australian OpenAustralia

Season leaders

Money list leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Events
played
1Inbee Park2,287,08024
2Na Yeon Choi1,981,83422
3Stacy Lewis1,872,40926
4Yani Tseng1,430,15924
5Ai Miyazato1,334,97723
6So Yeon Ryu1,282,67324
7Jiyai Shin1,234,59718
8Azahara Muñoz1,230,75126
9Suzann Pettersen1,182,86024
10Shanshan Feng1,101,14719

Scoring average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Inbee Park70.21
2So Yeon Ryu70.30
3Jiyai Shin70.31
4Stacy Lewis70.33
5Na Yeon Choi70.49