2022 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 20, 2022 (2022-01-20) – November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
Number of official events34 (2 canceled, now 32)
Most wins3 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 YearThailand Atthaya Thitikul[1]
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The 2022 LPGA Tour was the 73rd edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season began at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on January 20, and ended on November 20, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at 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]

The total prize money to be won increased to $88.9 million for the 34 scheduled to be played, $19.7 million more than in 2021, with another $3.2 million increase announced by the U.S. Women's Open from $6.8 million to $10 million, the largest purse in women's golf, in January 2022.[5][6] The 2021 total was $69.2 million in its 30 played tournaments, with five canceled. The CME Group Tour Championship then had that tournament's purse at $5 million, and the winner's share of $1.5 million. For 2022, it will offer a larger purse of $7 million, and pay the winner $2.0 million, the largest winner's payout ever in woman's golf, with the year's purse now $90.9 million.[7] The KPMG Women's PGA Championship on June 21, announced a doubling of its purse from $4.5 million to $9 million for the second-highest on the tour, with the winner now receiving $1.35 million from $675,0000.[8] The total purse for 2022 jumps from $90.9 million to a new record $95.4 million. The Evian Championship announced its purse increase from $4.5 million to $6.5 million, and the winner's share jumps from $675,000 to $1 million. [9] The total purse for 2022 is now a record $97.4 million. The Buick LPGA Shanghai event, with a purse of $2.1 million was canceled on July 6, dropping the total for the year to $95.3 million.[10] The AIG Women's Open increased its purse and winner's share on August 3, from $6.8 million ($1.02 million), to $7.3 million ($1.095 million)[11] The purse for 2022 increases $500,000 to $95.8 million. The Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA, with a purse of $2.2 million, was canceled on August 10 due to ongoing COVID-19-related travel restrictions, dropping the total for the year to $93.6 million.[12] The Portland Classic increased its purse $100,000 to $1.5 million on May 11, total for 2022 now $93.7 million.[13] The Volunteers of America Classic tournament starting on September 29, increased its purse $200,000 from its previous $1.5 million, pushing the 2022 total to $93.9 million.[14]

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Date Tournament Location Winner(s)[lower-alpha 1] WWGR
points[15]		 Other
tours[lower-alpha 2]		 Purse (US$) Winner's
share ($)
Jan 23 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions Florida United States Danielle Kang (6) 31 1,500,000 225,000
Jan 30 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio Florida New Zealand Lydia Ko (17) 56 2,000,000 300,000
Feb 5 LPGA Drive On Championship Florida Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire (1) 46 1,500,000 225,000
Mar 6 HSBC Women's World Championship Singapore South Korea Ko Jin-young (13) 50 1,700,000 255,000
Mar 13 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Denmark Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1) 34 1,600,000 240,000
Mar 27 JTBC Classic California Thailand Atthaya Thitikul (1) 62 1,500,000 225,000
Apr 3 Chevron Championship California United States Jennifer Kupcho (1) 100 5,000,000 750,000
Apr 16 Lotte Championship Hawaii South Korea Kim Hyo-joo (5) 40 2,000,000 300,000
Apr 24 DIO Implant LA Open California Japan Nasa Hataoka (6) 53 1,500,000 225,000
May 1 Palos Verdes Championship California United States Marina Alex (2) 53 1,500,000 225,000
May 15 Cognizant Founders Cup New Jersey Australia Minjee Lee (7) 46 3,000,000 450,000
May 29 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Nevada South Korea Ji Eun-hee (6) 28 1,500,000 225,000
Jun 5 U.S. Women's Open North Carolina Australia Minjee Lee (8) 100 10,000,000 1,800,000
Jun 12 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Canada Brooke Henderson (11) 28 1,750,000 262,500
Jun 19 Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan United States Jennifer Kupcho (2) 56 2,500,000 375,000
Jun 26 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Maryland South Korea Chun In-gee (4) 100 9,000,000[8] 1,350,000
Jul 16 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Michigan United States Jennifer Kupcho (3) and
United States Lizette Salas (2)		 n/a 2,500,000 301,586
(each)[16][17]
Jul 24 Evian Championship France Canada Brooke Henderson (12) 100 6,500,000 1,000,000
Jul 31 Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open Scotland Japan Ayaka Furue (1) 62 LET 2,000,000 300,000
Aug 7 AIG Women's Open Scotland South Africa Ashleigh Buhai (1) 100 7,300,000[11] 1,095,000
Aug 14 ISPS Handa World Invitational Northern Ireland Sweden Maja Stark (1) 19 LET 1,500,000 225,000
Aug 28 CP Women's Open Canada South Africa Paula Reto (1) 56 2,350,000 352,500
Sep 4 Dana Open Ohio Mexico Gaby López (3) 46 1,750,000 262,500
Sep 11 Kroger Queen City Championship Ohio United States Ally Ewing (3) 43 1,750,000 262,500
Sep 18 Portland Classic Oregon United States Andrea Lee (1) 24 1,500,000 225,000
Sep 25 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Thailand Atthaya Thitikul (2) 56 2,300,000 345,000
Oct 2 Volunteers of America Classic Texas England Charley Hull (2) 46 1,700,000 255,000
Oct 9 LPGA Mediheal Championship California England Jodi Ewart Shadoff (1) 28 1,800,000 270,000
Oct 16 Buick LPGA Shanghai China Tournament canceled[10] 2,100,000 –
Oct 23 BMW Ladies Championship South Korea New Zealand Lydia Ko (18) 43 2,000,000 300,000
Oct 30 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Tournament canceled[12] 2,200,000 –
Nov 6 Toto Japan Classic Japan Scotland Gemma Dryburgh (1) 34 JLPGA 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 13 Pelican Women's Championship Florida United States Nelly Korda (8) 50 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 20 CME Group Tour Championship Florida New Zealand Lydia Ko (19) 62 7,000,000 2,000,000

Statistics leaders

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LPGA Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for LPGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ JLPGA − LPGA of Japan Tour, LET − Ladies European Tour.

References

  1. ↑ "Atthaya Thitikul Wins 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie Of The Year Award". LPGA. November 10, 2022.
  2. ↑ "LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events, nearly $86 million in prize money". Golf Channel. November 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tournaments". LPGA.
  4. ↑ "LPGA Tour purse payout percentages and distribution". Golf News Net. May 27, 2017.
  5. ↑ "LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events, nearly $86 million in prize money". Golf Channel. November 19, 2021.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open 2022: Purse increasing to $10 million, a $4.5 million leap over 2021". Golf Channel. January 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "CME Group again bumps up purse, first-place prize for LPGA finale". Golf Channel. November 17, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Nichols, Beth Ann (June 21, 2022). "KPMG Women's PGA doubles its purse to $9 million, marking a 300 percent increase since 2014". Golfweek. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Amundi Evian Championship Continues to Assert Its Ambition to Promote Parity in Sport, Increases its Prize Purse to $6.5 Million". LPGA. May 17, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Buick LPGA Shanghai canceled for 3rd straight year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China". ESPN. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Prize money increased again for 2022 AIG Women's Open". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Cancelled for 2022". LPGA. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  13. ↑ "LPGA Tour's 2022 Portland Classic Announces New Title Sponsor, Amazingcre". LPGA. May 11, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Volunteers of America Classic Preview, Field and Prize Money". golfmonthly. September 27, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Rolex Rankings – Events – LPGA Tour – 2022". Rolex Rankings.
  16. ↑ "Dow GLBI to increase tournament purse to $2.5 million in 2022". Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  17. ↑ "2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational final results: Prize money payout, leaderboard and how much each golfer won". golfnewsnet.com. July 16, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
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