2014 LPGA Tour
The 2014 LPGA Tour is an ongoing series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in the Bahamas on January 23 and will end on November 23 in Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
The most significant addition to the Tour in 2014 is a new team event, the International Crown. To be held each even-numbered year (those in which the Solheim Cup is not held), the event will involve four-woman teams from eight countries competing in a four-day match play format. The eight qualifying countries will be 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.[1] The individual participants from each qualified country will be determined by the rankings immediately prior to the Kraft Nabisco Championship in the year of the event.[2]
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 will now be determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament will earn points with 500 points going to the winner. The five major champions will have a higher points distribution with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments will only award points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational). Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the points list will gain entry into the Tour Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72. Points will be reset before the tournament such that ony the top three players will be guaranteed to win the Race by winning the tournament and only the top nine will have a mathematical chance of winning the Race. The winner of the points race will receive a $1 million bonus that will not count on the official money list.[3][4][5] The Race is similar to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and the European Tour's Race to Dubai.
Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names is the player's total number wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse ($) |
First prize ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23–26 | Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic |  Bahamas |
 Jessica Korda (2) |
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Feb 13–16 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open |  Australia |
 |
1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Feb 20–23 | Honda LPGA Thailand |  Thailand |
|
1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Feb 27 – Mar 2 | HSBC Women's Champions |  Singapore |
|
1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Mar 20–23 | RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup | Arizona |
|
1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Mar 27–30 | Kia Classic | California |
|
1,700,000 | 255,000 |
| Apr 3–6 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | California |
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Apr 16–19 | LPGA Lotte Championship | Hawaii |
|
1,700,000 | 255,000 |
| Apr 24–27 | Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic | California |
|
1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| May 1–4 | North Texas LPGA Shootout | Texas |
|
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| May 15–18 | Kingsmill Championship | Virginia |
|
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| May 22–25 | Mobile Bay LPGA Classic | Alabama |
|
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| May 30 – Jun 1 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey |
|
1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Jun 5–8 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic |  Ontario |
|
1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Jun 19–22 | U.S. Women's Open | North Carolina |
|
3,250,000 | 585,000 |
| Jun 27–29 | Walmart NW Arkansas Championship | Arkansas |
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Jul 10–13 | Ricoh Women's British Open |  England |
|
3,000,000 | 450,000 |
| Jul 17–20 | Marathon Classic | Ohio |
|
1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Jul 24–27 | International Crown | Maryland |
|
1,600,000 | 240,000 |
| Aug 7–10 | Meijer LPGA Classic | Michigan |
|
1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Aug 14–17 | Wegmans LPGA Championship | New York |
|
2,250,000 | 375,000 |
| Aug 21–24 | Canadian Pacific Women's Open | Ontario |
|
2,250,000 | 337,000 |
| Aug 28–31 | Portland Classic | Oregon |
|
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Sep 11–14 | The Evian Championship |  France |
|
3,250,000 | 487,500 |
| Sep 18–21 | Alabama LPGA Classic | Alabama |
|
1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Oct 2–5 | Reignwood LPGA Classic |  China |
|
1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| Oct 9–12 | Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia |  Malaysia |
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Oct 17–19 | LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship |  South Korea |
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Oct 23–26 | TBA | TBA |
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Oct 30 – Nov 2 | LPGA Taiwan Championship |  Taiwan |
|
1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| Nov 7–9 | Mizuno Classic |  Japan |
|
1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Nov 13–16 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational |  Mexico |
|
1,000,000 | 200,000 |
| Nov 20–23 | CME Group Tour Championship | Florida |
|
2,000,000 | 700,000 |
See also
References
- ↑ "32 Players, 8 Countries, 1 Crown: LPGA Unveils the International Crown" (Press release). LPGA. January 24, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ↑ "LPGA International Crown Celebrates "Year from Here" Event" (Press release). LPGA. July 23, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
- ↑ "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ↑ Voepel, Mechelle (January 8, 2014). "LPGA adds intrigue with points race". ESPNW. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
- ↑ "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.