2015 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 28, 2015 (2015-01-28) – November 22, 2015 (2015-11-22)
Number of official events32
Most wins5 New Zealand Lydia Ko
Race to CME Globe WinnerNew Zealand Lydia Ko
Money leaderNew Zealand Lydia Ko
Rolex Player of the YearNew Zealand Lydia Ko
Rookie of the YearSouth Korea Sei-Young Kim
← 2014
2016 →

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 WWGR
points[5] 		Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
Jan 31 Coates Golf Championship Florida South Korea Na Yeon Choi (8) 62 1,500,000 225,000
Feb 8 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Bahamas South Korea Sei-Young Kim (1) 56 1,300,000 195,000
Feb 22 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia New Zealand Lydia Ko (6) 37 1,200,000 180,000
Mar 1 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand South Korea Amy Yang (2) 56 1,500,000 225,000
Mar 8 HSBC Women's Champions Singapore South Korea Inbee Park (13) 62 1,400,000 210,000
Mar 22 JTBC Founders Cup Arizona South Korea Hyo-Joo Kim (2) 53 1,500,000 225,000
Mar 29 Kia Classic California United States Cristie Kerr (17) 68 1,700,000 255,000
Apr 5 ANA Inspiration California United States Brittany Lincicome (6) 100 2,500,000 375,000
Apr 18 LPGA Lotte Championship Hawaii South Korea Sei-Young Kim (2) 46 1,800,000 270,000
Apr 26 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic California New Zealand Lydia Ko (7) 62 2,000,000 300,000
May 3 Volunteers of America North Texas Shootout Texas South Korea Inbee Park (14) 62 1,300,000 195,000
May 18^ Kingsmill Championship Virginia Australia Minjee Lee (1) 62 1,300,000 195,000
May 31 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Sweden Anna Nordqvist (5) 62 1,500,000 225,000
Jun 7 Manulife LPGA Classic Ontario Norway Suzann Pettersen (15) 62 1,500,000 225,000
Jun 14 KPMG Women's PGA Championship New York South Korea Inbee Park (15) 100 3,500,000 525,000
Jun 28 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas South Korea Na Yeon Choi (9) 62 2,000,000 300,000
Jul 12 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania South Korea Chun In-gee (1) 100 4,500,000 810,000
Jul 19 Marathon Classic Ohio South Korea Chella Choi (1) 50 1,500,000 225,000
Jul 26 Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan United States Lexi Thompson (5) 37 2,000,000 300,000
Aug 2 Ricoh Women's British Open Scotland South Korea Inbee Park (16) 100 3,000,000 464,817
Aug 16 Cambia Portland Classic Oregon Canada Brooke Henderson (1) 53 1,300,000 195,000
Aug 23 Canadian Pacific Women's Open British Columbia New Zealand Lydia Ko (8) 68 2,250,000 337,500
Aug 30 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic Alabama United States Kris Tamulis (1) 28 1,300,000 195,000
Sep 13 The Evian Championship France New Zealand Lydia Ko (9) 100 3,250,000 487,500
Sep 20 Solheim Cup Germany  United States n/a
Oct 11 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia United States Jessica Korda (4) 62 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 18 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship South Korea United States Lexi Thompson (6) 62 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 25 Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan New Zealand Lydia Ko (10) 50 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 1 Blue Bay LPGA China South Korea Sei-Young Kim (3) 43 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 8 Toto Japan Classic Japan South Korea Ahn Sun-ju (1) 34 1,500,000 225,000
Nov 15 Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico South Korea Inbee Park (17) 26 1,000,000 200,000
Nov 22 CME Group Tour Championship Florida United States Cristie Kerr (18) 62 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

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.
  5. ^ "Rolex Rankings – Events – LPGA Tour – 2015". Rolex Rankings.

External links

LPGA Tour seasons
Categories