2015 LPGA Tour

The 2015 LPGA Tour was a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Ocala, Florida on January 28 and ended on November 22 at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.^[1] The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Lydia Ko won five tournaments, including one major, led the money list, won the Race to the CME Globe, and became the youngest winner of the LPGA Tour's Player of the Year award.^[2] Inbee Park also won five tournaments, including two majors, and won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average. She also accumulated enough points to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame upon her completion of her 10th year on tour (2016).^[3] Sei-Young Kim won three tournaments and the Rookie of the Year award.^[4]

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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 28–31	Coates Golf Championship	Florida	Na Yeon Choi (8)	1,500,000	225,000
Feb 5–8	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Bahamas	Sei-Young Kim (1)	1,300,000	195,000
Feb 19–22	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Lydia Ko (6)	1,200,000	180,000
Feb 26 – Mar 1	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Amy Yang (2)	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 5–8	HSBC Women's Champions	Singapore	Inbee Park (13)	1,400,000	210,000
Mar 19–22	JTBC Founders Cup	Arizona	Hyo-Joo Kim (2)	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 26–29	Kia Classic	California	Cristie Kerr (17)	1,700,000	255,000
Apr 2–5	ANA Inspiration	California	Brittany Lincicome (6)	2,500,000	375,000
Apr 15–18	LPGA Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Sei-Young Kim (2)	1,800,000	270,000
Apr 23–26	Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic	California	Lydia Ko (7)	2,000,000	300,000
Apr 30 – May 3	Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout	Texas	Inbee Park (14)	1,300,000	195,000
May 14–18^	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Minjee Lee (1)	1,300,000	195,000
May 29–31	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Anna Nordqvist (5)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 4–7	Manulife LPGA Classic	Ontario	Suzann Pettersen (15)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 11–14	KPMG Women's PGA Championship	New York	Inbee Park (15)	3,500,000	525,000
Jun 26–28	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Na Yeon Choi (9)	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 9–12	U.S. Women's Open	Pennsylvania	Chun In-gee (1)	4,500,000	810,000
Jul 16–19	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Chella Choi (1)	1,500,000	225,000
Jul 23–26	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Lexi Thompson (5)	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 30 – Aug 2	Ricoh Women's British Open	Scotland	Inbee Park (16)	3,000,000	464,817
Aug 13–16	Cambia Portland Classic	Oregon	Brooke Henderson (1)	1,300,000	195,000
Aug 20–23	Canadian Pacific Women's Open	British Columbia	Lydia Ko (8)	2,250,000	337,500
Aug 27–30	Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic	Alabama	Kris Tamulis (1)	1,300,000	195,000
Sep 10–13	The Evian Championship	France	Lydia Ko (9)	3,250,000	487,500
Sep 18–20	Solheim Cup	Germany	United States	n/a
Oct 8–11	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	Malaysia	Jessica Korda (4)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 15–18	LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship	South Korea	Lexi Thompson (6)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 22–25	Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Lydia Ko (10)	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 29 – Nov 1	Blue Bay LPGA	China	Sei-Young Kim (3)	2,000,000	300,000
Nov 6–8	Toto Japan Classic	Japan	Ahn Sun-ju (1)	1,500,000	225,000
Nov 12–15	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	Mexico	Inbee Park (17)	1,000,000	200,000
Nov 19–22	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Cristie Kerr (18)	2,000,000	500,000

^ Kingsmill Championship finished on Monday May 18 due to a rain-delay.

Season leaders

Money list leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Events	Prize money($)
1	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	24	2,800,802
2	Inbee Park	South Korea	25	2,630,011
3	Stacy Lewis	United States	26	1,893,423
4	Sei-Young Kim	South Korea	27	1,820,056
5	Lexi Thompson	United States	24	1,763,904
6	Amy Yang	South Korea	23	1,438,312
7	Cristie Kerr	United States	25	1,294,301
8	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	25	1,292,395
9	Shanshan Feng	China	21	1,086,338
10	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	25	977,743

Full 2015 Official Money List

Scoring average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Inbee Park	South Korea	69.42
2	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	69.44
3	Stacy Lewis	United States	69.79
4	Lexi Thompson	United States	70.01
5	Hyo-Joo Kim	South Korea	70.14

Full 2015 Scoring Average List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Lydia Ko	New Zealand
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Inbee Park	South Korea
Player of the Year	Lydia Ko	New Zealand
Rookie of the Year	Sei-Young Kim	South Korea
Race to the CME Globe	Lydia Ko	New Zealand

See also

• 2015 Ladies European Tour

References

1. "LPGA Continues To Elevate With Release Of 2015 Tour Schedule". LPGA. November 18, 2014.
2. "Lydia Ko Clinches 2015 Rolex Player of the Year Award". LPGA. November 22, 2015.
3. "Inbee Park Wins 2015 Vare Trophy, Earns Final Point For LPGA Hall of Fame". LPGA. November 22, 2015.
4. "Sei Young Kim Clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year". LPGA. November 8, 2015.

External links

• Official site