2014 LPGA Tour

The 2014 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began at Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island in The Bahamas on January 23 and ended on November 23 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 was a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year (those in which the Solheim Cup is not held), the event involved four-woman teams from eight countries competing in a four-day match play format. The eight qualifying countries were those whose four top players are cumulatively ranked highest in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of the end of the preceding LPGA season.^[1] The individual participants from each qualified country were determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship.^[2]

Qualification for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship changed for 2014 and a $1 million bonus was added. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. The field in 2014 was determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points with 500 points going to the winner. The five major champions had a higher points distribution with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational). Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the points list gained entry into the Tour Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72. Points were reset before the tournament such that only the top three players were guaranteed to win the Race by winning the tournament and only the top nine had a mathematical chance of winning the Race. The winner of the points race received a $1 million bonus that did not count on the official money list.^[3][4][5] The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 23–26	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Bahamas	Jessica Korda (2)	1,300,000	195,000
Feb 13–16	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Karrie Webb (40)	1,200,000	180,000
Feb 20–23	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Anna Nordqvist (3)	1,500,000	225,000
Feb 27 – Mar 2	HSBC Women's Champions	Singapore	Paula Creamer (10)	1,400,000	210,000
Mar 20–23	JTBC Founders Cup	Arizona	Karrie Webb (41)	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 27–30	Kia Classic	California	Anna Nordqvist (4)	1,700,000	255,000
Apr 3–6	Kraft Nabisco Championship	California	Lexi Thompson (4)	2,000,000	300,000
Apr 16–19	LPGA Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Michelle Wie (3)	1,700,000	255,000
Apr 24–27	Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic	California	Lydia Ko (3)	1,800,000	270,000
May 1–4	North Texas LPGA Shootout	Texas	Stacy Lewis (9)	1,300,000	195,000
May 15–18	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Lizette Salas (1)	1,300,000	195,000
May 22–25	Airbus LPGA Classic	Alabama	Jessica Korda (3)	1,300,000	195,000
May 30 – Jun 1	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Stacy Lewis (10)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 5–8	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Ontario	Inbee Park (10)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 19–22	U.S. Women's Open	North Carolina	Michelle Wie (4)	4,000,000	720,000
Jun 27–29	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Stacy Lewis (11)	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 10–13	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Mo Martin (1)	3,000,000	474,575
Jul 17–20	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Lydia Ko (4)	1,400,000	210,000
Jul 24–27^	International Crown	Maryland	Spain	1,600,000	100,000[a 1]
Aug 7–10	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Mirim Lee (1)	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 14–17	Wegmans LPGA Championship	New York	Inbee Park (11)	2,250,000	337,500
Aug 21–24	Canadian Pacific Women's Open	Ontario	So Yeon Ryu (3)	2,250,000	337,500
Aug 28–31	Portland Classic	Oregon	Austin Ernst (1)	1,300,000	195,000
Sep 11–14	The Evian Championship	France	Kim Hyo-joo (1)	3,250,000	487,500
Sep 18–21	Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic	Alabama	Mi Jung Hur (2)	1,300,000	195,000
Oct 2–5	Reignwood LPGA Classic	China	Mirim Lee (2)	2,100,000	315,000
Oct 9–12	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	Malaysia	Shanshan Feng (4)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 17–19	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	South Korea	Baek Kyu-jung (1)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 23–27	Blue Bay LPGA	China	Lee-Anne Pace (1)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 30 – Nov 2	Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Inbee Park (12)	2,000,000	300,000
Nov 7–9	Mizuno Classic	Japan	Mi Hyang Lee (1)	1,200,000	180,000
Nov 13–16	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	Mexico	Christina Kim (3)	1,000,000	200,000
Nov 20–23	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Lydia Ko (5)	2,000,000	500,000

^ Event held over to Monday, July 27 due to lack of daylight. The event was also shortened to 54 holes.

1. Prize for each of the four members of the winning team.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money($)
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	28	2,539,039
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	23	2,226,641
3	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	26	2,089,033
4	Michelle Wie	United States	21	1,924,796
5	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	25	1,468,804
6	Shanshan Feng	China	24	1,404,623
7	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	26	1,144,245
8	Karrie Webb	Australia	19	1,069,540
9	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	27	1,051,332
10	Chella Choi	South Korea	31	1,048,932

Full 2014 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Stacy Lewis	United States	69.53
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	69.68
3	Michelle Wie	United States	69.82
4	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	69.98
5	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	70.08

Full 2014 Scoring Average List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Stacy Lewis	United States
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Stacy Lewis (2)	United States
Player of the Year	Stacy Lewis (2)	United States
Rookie of the Year	Lydia Ko	New Zealand
Race to the CME Globe	Lydia Ko	New Zealand

See also

• 2014 Ladies European Tour

References

1. "32 Players, 8 Countries, 1 Crown: LPGA Unveils the International Crown" (Press release). LPGA. January 24, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
2. "LPGA International Crown Celebrates "Year from Here" Event" (Press release). LPGA. July 23, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
3. "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
4. Voepel, Mechelle (January 8, 2014). "LPGA adds intrigue with points race". ESPNW. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
5. "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.

External links

• Official site