2018 LPGA Tour

The 2018 LPGA Tour is a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season begins in Bahamas on January 25 and ends on November 18 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.^[1] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

2018 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25) – November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)
Number of official events	33
Most wins	3 Ariya Jutanugarn
Race to CME Globe Winner	Ariya Jutanugarn
Money leader	Ariya Jutanugarn
Rolex Player of the Year	Ariya Jutanugarn
Rookie of the Year	Ko Jin-young
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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	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 28	Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic	Bahamas	Brittany Lincicome (8)	37	1,400,000	210,000
Feb 18	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Australia	Ko Jin-young (2)	34	1,300,000	195,000
Feb 25	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Jessica Korda (5)	62	1,600,000	240,000
Mar 4	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore	Michelle Wie (5)	62	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 18	Bank of Hope Founders Cup	Arizona	Inbee Park (19)	46	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 25	Kia Classic	California	Ji Eun-hee (4)	62	1,800,000	270,000
Apr 2^	ANA Inspiration	California	Pernilla Lindberg (1)	100	2,800,000	420,000
Apr 14	Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Brooke Henderson (6)	46	2,000,000	300,000
Apr 22	Hugel-JTBC LA Open	California	Moriya Jutanugarn (1)	62	1,500,000	225,000
Apr 29	LPGA Mediheal Championship	California	Lydia Ko (15)	56	1,500,000	225,000
May 6	Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic	Texas	Park Sung-hyun (3)	31	1,300,000	195,000
May 20	Kingsmill Championship	Virginia	Ariya Jutanugarn (8)	43	1,300,000	195,000
May 27	LPGA Volvik Championship	Michigan	Minjee Lee (4)	37	1,300,000	195,000
Jun 3	U.S. Women's Open	Alabama	Ariya Jutanugarn (9)	100	5,000,000	900,000
Jun 10	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Annie Park (1)	31	1,750,000	262,500
Jun 17	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Ryu So-yeon (6)	40	2,000,000	300,000
Jun 24	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Nasa Hataoka (1)	62	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 1	KPMG Women's PGA Championship	Illinois	Park Sung-hyun (4)	100	3,650,000	547,500
Jul 8	Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic	Wisconsin	Kim Sei-young (7)	40	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 15	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Thidapa Suwannapura (1)	22	1,600,000	240,000
Jul 29	Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open	Scotland	Ariya Jutanugarn (10)	46	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 5	Ricoh Women's British Open	England	Georgia Hall (1)	100	3,250,000	490,000
Aug 19	Indy Women in Tech Championship	Indiana	Park Sung-hyun (5)	53	2,000,000	300,000
Aug 26	CP Women's Open	Saskatchewan	Brooke Henderson (7)	56	2,250,000	337,500
Sep 2	Cambia Portland Classic	Oregon	Marina Alex (1)	40	1,300,000	195,000
Sep 16	Evian Championship	France	Angela Stanford (6)	100	3,850,000	577,500
Oct 7	UL International Crown	South Korea	South Korea	n/a	1,600,000[2]	400,000[2]
Oct 14	LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship	South Korea	Chun In-gee (3)	62	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 21	Buick LPGA Shanghai	China	Danielle Kang (2)	50	2,100,000	315,000
Oct 28	Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship	Taiwan	Nelly Korda (1)	37	2,200,000	330,000
Nov 4	Toto Japan Classic	Japan	Nasa Hataoka (2)	53	1,500,000	225,000
Nov 10	Blue Bay LPGA	China	Gaby López (1)	24	2,100,000	315,000
Nov 18	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Lexi Thompson (10)	53	2,500,000	500,000

^ ANA Inspiration finished on Monday April 2 due to darkness.

Statistical information

Wins by player Rank Player Wins T1  Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 3  Park Sung-hyun (KOR) T3  Nasa Hataoka (JPN) 2  Brooke Henderson (CAN) T5  Brittany Lincicome (USA) 1  Ko Jin-young (KOR)  Jessica Korda (USA)  Michelle Wie (USA)  Inbee Park (KOR)  Ji Eun-hee (KOR)  Pernilla Lindberg (SWE)  Moriya Jutanugarn (THA)  Lydia Ko (NZL)  Minjee Lee (AUS)  Annie Park (USA)  Ryu So-yeon (KOR)  Kim Sei-young (KOR)  Thidapa Suwannapura (THA)  Georgia Hall (ENG)  Marina Alex (USA)  Angela Stanford (USA)  Chun In-gee (KOR)  Danielle Kang (USA)  Nelly Korda (USA)  Gaby López (MEX)  Lexi Thompson (USA)

Wins by nation Rank Nation Wins T1  South Korea 9  United States 3  Thailand 5 T4  Canada 2  Japan T6  Australia 1  England  Mexico  New Zealand  Sweden

Statistics leaders

Money list leaders Rank Player Events Prize money ($) 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 28 2,743,949 2 Minjee Lee 27 1,551,032 3 Park Sung-hyun 24 1,498,077 4 Brooke Henderson 28 1,473,247 5 Nasa Hataoka 24 1,454,261 6 Ryu So-yeon 23 1,438,850 7 Kim Sei-young 27 1,369,418 8 Carlota Ciganda 25 1,244,610 9 Lexi Thompson 20 1,223,748 10 Ko Jin-young 25 1,159,005 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

Scoring average Rank Player Total strokes Total rounds Average 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 7,358 106 69.415 2 Minjee Lee 6,905 99 69.747 3 Ko Jin-young 6,492 93 69.806 4 Brooke Henderson 6,789 97 69.990 5 Lexi Thompson 5,041 72 70.014 6 Jessica Korda 4,623 66 70.045 7 Lydia Ko 6,655 95 70.053 8 Carlota Ciganda 6,378 91 70.088 9 Ryu So-yeon 6,169 88 70.102 10 Nasa Hataoka 6,099 87 70.103 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Rolex Player of the Year	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand
Glenna Collett-Vare Trophy	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand
Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year	Ko Jin-young	South Korea
Money winner	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand
Rolex Annika Major Award	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand
Race to the CME Globe	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand

See also

• 2018 Ladies European Tour
• 2018 Symetra Tour