2021 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 21, 2021 (2021-01-21) – November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)
Number of official events	35 (with 5 canceled)
Most wins	5 Ko Jin-young
Race to CME Globe Winner	Ko Jin-young
Money leader	Ko Jin-young
Rolex Player of the Year	Ko Jin-young
Rookie of the Year	Patty Tavatanakit[1]
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The 2021 LPGA Tour was the 72nd edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Four Season Golf Club in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on January 21 and ended on November 21 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.^[2] The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

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. The schedule and purse amount for each tournament is listed on the LPGA website.^[3] The LPGA has a standard formula for payout percentages and distribution of its purse and prize money for every event. The winner typically gets 15% of the total, second place gets 9.3%, third place 6.75%, etc.^[4]

With the $1.3 million increase in the total prize fund for the 2021 Women's British Open from $4.5 million to $5.8 million announced on August 18,^[5] if all remaining events are played, the present 2021 total prize money is now scheduled to be $73.3 million, the largest in its history. With the cancellation of the Toto Japan Classic, as the fifth canceled of the 35 originally scheduled, the total prize money to be won now drops to $69.2 million for the 30 played, $1 million fewer than in 2019. That 2019 total was $70.2 million in its 32 played tournaments. For 2021, the AIG Women's British Open has the largest total prize fund, but its winner's share of $870,000 is barely more than one-half of the CME Group Tour Championship that pays the winner $1.5 million, as it did in 2019, the largest ever in woman's golf.

Several events were postponed or canceled due to an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Key

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	WWGR points	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 24	Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions	Florida	Jessica Korda (6)	20.5	1,200,000	180,000
Feb 28	Gainbridge LPGA	Florida	Nelly Korda (4)	53	2,000,000	300,000
Mar 7	LPGA Drive On Championship	Florida	Austin Ernst (3)	53	1,500,000	225,000
Mar 28	Kia Classic	California	Inbee Park (21)	68	1,800,000	270,000
Apr 4	ANA Inspiration	California	Patty Tavatanakit (1)	100	3,100,000	465,000
Apr 17	Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Lydia Ko (16)	53	2,000,000	300,000
Apr 24	Hugel-Air Premia LA Open	California	Brooke Henderson (10)	62	1,500,000	225,000
May 2	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore	Kim Hyo-joo (4)	46	1,600,000	240,000
May 9	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Ariya Jutanugarn (11)	34	1,600,000	240,000
May 16	Blue Bay LPGA	China	Tournament canceled[6]		2,100,000	–
May 23	Pure Silk Championship	Virginia	Hsu Wei-ling (1)	31	1,300,000	195,000
May 30	Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play	Nevada	Ally Ewing (2)	50	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 6	U.S. Women's Open	California	Yuka Saso (1)	100	5,500,000	1,000,000
Jun 13	LPGA Mediheal Championship	California	Matilda Castren (1)	37	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 20	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Nelly Korda (5)	50	2,300,000	345,000
Jun 27	KPMG Women's PGA Championship	Georgia	Nelly Korda (6)	100	4,500,000	675,000
Jul 4	Volunteers of America Classic	Texas	Ko Jin-young (8)	24	1,500,000	225,000
Jul 11	Marathon Classic	Ohio	Nasa Hataoka (4)	34	2,000,000	300,000
Jul 17	Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational	Michigan	Ariya Jutanugarn (12) Moriya Jutanugarn (2)	n/a	2,300,000	279,500 (each)
Jul 25	Evian Championship	France	Minjee Lee (6)	100	4,500,000	675,000
Aug 1	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	Pajaree Anannarukarn (1)	18	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 15	Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open	Scotland	Ryann O'Toole (1)	37	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 22	AIG Women's Open	Scotland	Anna Nordqvist (9)	100	5,800,000	870,000
Aug 29	CP Women's Open	Canada	Tournament canceled[7]		2,350,000	–
Sep 6	Solheim Cup	Ohio	Europe	n/a
Sep 19	Cambia Portland Classic	Oregon	Ko Jin-young (9)	26	1,400,000	210,000
Sep 26	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Nasa Hataoka (5)	50	2,300,000	345,000
Oct 3	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Céline Boutier (2)	50	1,750,000	262,500
Oct 10	Cognizant Founders Cup	New Jersey	Ko Jin-young (10)	62	3,000,000	450,000
Oct 17	Buick LPGA Shanghai	China	Tournament canceled[8]		2,100,000	–
Oct 24	BMW Ladies Championship	South Korea	Ko Jin-young (11)	40	2,000,000	300,000
Oct 31	Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA	Taiwan	Tournament canceled[9]		2,200,000	–
Nov 7	Toto Japan Classic	Japan	Tournament removed from schedule[10]		2,000,000	–
Nov 14	Pelican Women's Championship	Florida	Nelly Korda (7)	53	1,750,000	262,500
Nov 21	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Ko Jin-young (12)	56	5,000,000	1,500,000

Unofficial events

The following event appears on the schedule, but does not carry official money.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Winner	WWGR points
Aug 7	Olympic women's golf competition	Japan	Nelly Korda	37

Statistics leaders

Money list leaders Rank Player Events Prize money ($) 1 Ko Jin-young 19 3,502,161 2 Nelly Korda 17 2,382,198 3 Nasa Hataoka 21 1,901,081 4 Minjee Lee 18 1,542,332 5 Lydia Ko 20 1,530,629 6 Yuka Saso 10 1,517,876 7 Patty Tavatanakit 19 1,393,437 8 Ariya Jutanugarn 23 1,260,430 9 Anna Nordqvist 19 1,258,467 10 Lexi Thompson 19 1,254,423 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

Scoring average Rank Player Total strokes Total rounds Average 1 Nelly Korda 4,264 62 68.774 2 Ko Jin-young 4,614 67 68.866 3 Lydia Ko 5,061 73 69.329 4 Yuka Saso 2,289 33 69.364 5 Inbee Park 4,033 58 69.534 6 Lexi Thompson 4,874 70 69.629 7 In Gee Chun 5,292 76 69.632 8 Jessica Korda 4,397 63 69.794 9 Brooke Henderson 5,235 75 69.800 10 Danielle Kang 4,818 69 69.826 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

See also

• 2021 Ladies European Tour
• 2021 Symetra Tour

References