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.
The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 was a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year, 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. The individual participants from each qualified country were determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
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. 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. 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerPurse Winner's
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Jan 23–26Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Bahamas Jessica Korda 1,300,000195,000
Feb 13–16ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Australia Karrie Webb 1,200,000180,000
Feb 20–23Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Anna Nordqvist 1,500,000225,000
Feb 27 – Mar 2HSBC Women's Champions Singapore Paula Creamer 1,400,000210,000
Mar 20–23JTBC Founders Cup Arizona Karrie Webb 1,500,000225,000
Mar 27–30Kia Classic California Anna Nordqvist 1,700,000255,000
Apr 3–6Kraft Nabisco Championship California Lexi Thompson 2,000,000300,000
Apr 16–19LPGA Lotte Championship Hawaii Michelle Wie 1,700,000255,000
Apr 24–27Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic California Lydia Ko 1,800,000270,000
May 1–4North Texas LPGA Shootout Texas Stacy Lewis 1,300,000195,000
May 15–18Kingsmill Championship Virginia Lizette Salas 1,300,000195,000
May 22–25Airbus LPGA Classic Alabama Jessica Korda 1,300,000195,000
May 30 – Jun 1ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Stacy Lewis 1,500,000225,000
Jun 5–8Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Ontario Inbee Park 1,500,000225,000
Jun 19–22U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Michelle Wie 4,000,000720,000
Jun 27–29Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Stacy Lewis 2,000,000300,000
Jul 10–13Ricoh Women's British Open England Mo Martin 3,000,000474,575
Jul 17–20Marathon Classic Ohio Lydia Ko 1,400,000210,000
Jul 24–27^International Crown Maryland Spain1,600,000 100,000
Aug 7–10Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan Mirim Lee 1,500,000225,000
Aug 14–17Wegmans LPGA Championship New York Inbee Park 2,250,000337,500
Aug 21–24Canadian Pacific Women's Open Ontario So Yeon Ryu 2,250,000337,500
Aug 28–31Portland Classic Oregon Austin Ernst 1,300,000195,000
Sep 11–14The Evian Championship France Kim Hyo-joo 3,250,000487,500
Sep 18–21Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic Alabama Mi Jung Hur 1,300,000195,000
Oct 2–5Reignwood LPGA Classic China Mirim Lee 2,100,000315,000
Oct 9–12Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Malaysia Shanshan Feng 2,000,000300,000
Oct 17–19LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship South Korea Baek Kyu-jung 2,000,000300,000
Oct 23–27Blue Bay LPGA China Lee-Anne Pace 2,000,000300,000
Oct 30Nov 2Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship Taiwan Inbee Park 2,000,000300,000
Nov 7–9Mizuno Classic Japan Mi Hyang Lee 1,200,000180,000
Nov 13–16Lorena Ochoa Invitational Mexico Christina Kim 1,000,000200,000
Nov 20–23CME Group Tour Championship Florida Lydia Ko 2,000,000500,000

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

Season leaders

Money list leaders
RankPlayerCountryEventsPrize
money
1Stacy Lewis282,539,039
2Inbee Park232,226,641
3Lydia Ko262,089,033
4Michelle Wie211,924,796
5So Yeon Ryu251,468,804
6Shanshan Feng241,404,623
7Anna Nordqvist261,144,245
8Karrie Webb191,069,540
9Azahara Muñoz271,051,332
10Chella Choi311,048,932

Scoring average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Stacy Lewis69.53
2Inbee Park69.68
3Michelle Wie69.82
4So Yeon Ryu69.98
5Lydia Ko70.08

Awards