2005 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

2005 LPGA Tour seasonDuration| February 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) – December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)

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Number of official events| 35
Most wins| 10  Annika Sörenstam
Money leader|  Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the Year|  Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the Year|  Paula Creamer

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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.

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[edit]

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.

Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse ($) | Winner's
share ($)

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Feb 13 | Women's World Cup of Golf | South Africa |  Japan (Rui Kitada & Ai Miyazato) |  |
Feb 26 | SBS Open at Turtle Bay | Hawaii |  Jennifer Rosales (2) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
Mar 6 | MasterCard Classic | Mexico |  Annika Sörenstam (57) | 1,200,000 | 180,000
Mar 20 | Safeway International | Arizona |  Annika Sörenstam (58) | 1,400,000 | 210,000
Mar 27 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | California |  Annika Sörenstam (59) | 1,800,000 | 270,000
Apr 16 | LPGA Takefuji Classic | Nevada |  Wendy Ward (4) | 1,100,000 | 165,000
Apr 24 | Corona Morelia Championship | Mexico |  Carin Koch (2) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
May 1 | Franklin American Mortgage Championship | Tennessee |  Stacy Prammanasudh (1) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
May 8 | Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill | Virginia |  Cristie Kerr (5) | 2,200,000 | 330,000
May 15 | Chick-fil-A Charity Championship | Georgia |  Annika Sörenstam (60) | 1,600,000 | 240,000
May 22 | Sybase Classic | New York |  Paula Creamer (1) | 1,250,000 | 187,500
May 29 | LPGA Corning Classic | New York |  Jimin Kang (1) | 1,100,000 | 165,000
Jun 5 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey |  Annika Sörenstam (61) | 1,400,000 | 210,000
Jun 12 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | Maryland |  Annika Sörenstam (62) | 1,800,000 | 270,000
Jun 19 | Wegmans LPGA | New York |  Lorena Ochoa (3) | 1,500,000 | 225,000
Jun 26 | U.S. Women's Open | Colorado |  Birdie Kim (1) | 3,100,000 | 560,000
Jul 3 | HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship | New Jersey |  Marisa Baena (1) | 2,000,000 | 500,000
Jul 10 | Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic | Ohio |  Heather Bowie (1) | 1,200,000 | 180,000
Jul 17 | BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open | Nova Scotia |  Meena Lee (1) | 1,300,000 | 195,000
Jul 23 | Evian Masters | France |  Paula Creamer (2) | 2,500,000 | 375,000
Jul 31 | Weetabix Women's British Open | England |  Jeong Jang (1) | 1,800,000 | 280,208
Aug 21 | Safeway Classic | Oregon |  Kang Soo-yun (1) | 1,400,000 | 210,000
Aug 28 | Wendy's Championship for Children | Ohio |  Cristie Kerr (6) | 1,100,000 | 165,000
Sep 4 | State Farm Classic | Illinois |  Pat Hurst (4) | 1,300,000 | 195,000
Sep 11 | The Solheim Cup | Indiana |  Team USA | n/a
Sep 18 | John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic | Oklahoma |  Annika Sörenstam (63) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
Oct 2 | Office Depot Championship | California |  Hee-Won Han (4) | 1,300,000 | 195,000
Oct 9 | Longs Drugs Challenge | California |  Nicole Perrot (1) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
Oct 16 | Samsung World Championship | California |  Annika Sörenstam (64) | 850,000 | 212,500
Oct 30 | CJ Nine Bridges Classic | South Korea |  Jee Young Lee (1) | 1,350,000 | 202,500
Nov 6 | Mizuno Classic | Japan |  Annika Sörenstam (65) | 1,000,000 | 150,000
Nov 13 | The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions | Alabama |  Christina Kim (2) | 850,000 | 138,000
Nov 19 | ADT Championship | Florida |  Annika Sörenstam (66) | 1,000,000 | 215,000
Dec 11 | Lexus Cup | Singapore | International Team | n/a
Dec 18 | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | Nevada | Champions Tour | n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

## Leaders[edit]

Money List leaders

Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events

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1 | Annika Sörenstam |  Sweden | 2,588,240 | 20
2 | Paula Creamer |  United States | 1,531,780 | 25
3 | Cristie Kerr |  United States | 1,360,941 | 22
4 | Lorena Ochoa |  Mexico | 1,201,786 | 23
5 | Jang Jeong |  South Korea | 1,131,986 | 28
6 | Natalie Gulbis |  United States | 1,010,154 | 27
7 | Meena Lee |  South Korea | 870,182 | 28
8 | Hee-Won Han |  South Korea | 856,364 | 27
9 | Gloria Park |  South Korea | 842,349 | 26
10 | Catriona Matthew |  Scotland | 776,924 | 26

Full 2005 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

Rank | Player | Country | Average

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1 | Annika Sörenstam |  Sweden | 69.33
2 | Cristie Kerr |  United States | 70.86
3 | Paula Creamer |  United States | 70.98
4 | Jang Jeong |  South Korea | 71.17
5 | Natalie Gulbis |  United States | 71.24

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

## Award winners[edit]

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.
* 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Paula Creamer
* The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
* 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Cristie Kerr
* 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.
* 2005 Winner: Paula Creamer. Runner-up: Meena Lee

## See also[edit]

* 2005 in golf

## External links[edit]

* LPGA official website

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