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2005 LPGA Tour

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2005 LPGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 11, 2005 (2005-02-11) – December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)
Number of official events35
Most wins10 Sweden Annika Sörenstam
Money leaderSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the YearSweden Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the YearUnited States Paula Creamer
2004
2006

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

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

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Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events
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
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

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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.
  • The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
  • 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.

See also

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