2004 LPGA Tour explained

Year:	2004
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	33
Most Wins:	8 Annika Sörenstam
Honor1:	Money leader
Honoree1:	Annika Sörenstam
Honor2:	Rolex Player of the Year
Honor3:	Rookie of the Year
Honoree3:	Shi Hyun Ahn
Prevseason:	2003
Nextseason:	2005

The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Total prize money for all tournaments was $42,875,000.

Annika Sörenstam continued to dominate women's golf in 2004, winning eight tournaments and $2,544,707 in prize money. Four other players earned over $1 million. There were six first-time winners in 2004: Moira Dunn, Christina Kim, Lorena Ochoa, Jennifer Rosales, Kim Saiki, and Karen Stupples. Ochoa (Mexico) and Rosales (Philippines) were the first winners of their respective countries to win on the LPGA Tour.

For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2004 in golf.

Tournament schedule and results

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 ($)	Winner's share ($)
Mar 14		Arizona	Karen Stupples (1)	800,000	120,000
Mar 21		Arizona	Annika Sörenstam (49)	1,200,000	180,000
Mar 28	Kraft Nabisco Championship	California	Grace Park (5)	1,600,000	240,000
Apr 4		California	Annika Sörenstam (50)	1,750,000	262,500
Apr 17		Nevada	Cristie Kerr (2)	1,100,000	165,000
May 2		Georgia	Jennifer Rosales (1)	1,600,000	240,000
May 9		Virginia	Se Ri Pak (22)	2,200,000	330,000
May 16		Tennessee	Lorena Ochoa (1)	900,000	135,000
May 23		New York	Sherri Steinhauer (6)	1,250,000	187,500
May 30		New York	Annika Sörenstam (51)	1,000,000	150,000
Jun 6		Illinois	Karrie Webb (30)	1,200,000	180,000
Jun 13	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Delaware	Annika Sörenstam (52)	1,600,000	240,000
Jun 20		New Jersey	Cristie Kerr (3)	1,300,000	195,000
Jun 27		New York	Kim Saiki (1)	1,500,000	225,000
Jul 4	U.S. Women's Open	Massachusetts	Meg Mallon (16)	3,100,000	560,000
Jul 11		Ontario	Meg Mallon (17)	1,300,000	195,000
Jul 18		Ohio	Moira Dunn (1)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 24		France	Wendy Doolan (3)	2,500,000	375,000
Aug 1	Weetabix Women's British Open	England	Karen Stupples (2)	1,600,000	290,880
Aug 8		Ohio	Meg Mallon (18)	1,100,000	165,000
Aug 22		Ohio	Catriona Matthew (2)	1,100,000	165,000
Aug 29		Pennsylvania	Lorena Ochoa (2)	1,000,000	150,000
Sep 5		Illinois	Cristie Kerr (4)	1,200,000	180,000
Sep 12		Oklahoma	Annika Sörenstam (53)	1,000,000	150,000
Sep 19		Oregon	Hee-Won Han (3)	1,200,000	180,000
Sep 26		California	Christina Kim (1)	1,000,000	150,000
Oct 10		South Carolina	Liselotte Neumann (13)	1,000,000	150,000
Oct 17		California	Annika Sörenstam (54)	825,000	206,250
Oct 31		South Korea	Grace Park (6)	1,350,000	202,500
Nov 7		Japan	Annika Sörenstam (55)	1,000,000	150,000
Nov 14		Alabama	Heather Daly-Donofrio (2)	800,000	130,000
Nov 21		Florida	Annika Sörenstam (56)	1,000,000	215,000
Dec 19		Nevada		align=center colspan=2	n/a

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Leaders

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events
1			2,544,707	18
2			1,525,471	25
3			1,450,824	27
4			1,358,623	21
5			1,189,990	24
6			968,852	23
7			931,693	28
8			840,605	28
9			748,316	22
10			693,625	25

Full 2004 Official Money List

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1			68.70
2			69.99
3			70.02
4			70.33
5			70.48

Full 2004 Scoring Average List - navigate to "2004", then "Scoring Average"

Award winners

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.
  • 2004 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Grace Park
• The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
  • 2004 Winner: Grace Park. Runner-up: Annika Sörenstam
• 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.
  • 2004 Winner: Shi Hyun Ahn. Runner-up: Aree Song

See also

• 2004 in golf

External links

• LPGA official website