2022 LPGA Tour

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).

2022 LPGA Tour season

Duration	January 20, 2022 (2022-01-20) – November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20)
Number of official events	34 (2 canceled, now 32)
Most wins	3 Lydia Ko
Race to CME Globe Winner	Lydia Ko
Money leader	Lydia Ko
Rolex Player of the Year	Lydia Ko
Rookie of the Year	Atthaya Thitikul[1]
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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. 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)[a]	WWGR points[15]	Other tours[b]	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)
Jan 23	Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions	Florida	Danielle Kang (6)	31		1,500,000	225,000
Jan 30	Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio	Florida	Lydia Ko (17)	56		2,000,000	300,000
Feb 5	LPGA Drive On Championship	Florida	Leona Maguire (1)	46		1,500,000	225,000
Mar 6	HSBC Women's World Championship	Singapore	Ko Jin-young (13)	50		1,700,000	255,000
Mar 13	Honda LPGA Thailand	Thailand	Nanna Koerstz Madsen (1)	34		1,600,000	240,000
Mar 27	JTBC Classic	California	Atthaya Thitikul (1)	62		1,500,000	225,000
Apr 3	Chevron Championship	California	Jennifer Kupcho (1)	100		5,000,000	750,000
Apr 16	Lotte Championship	Hawaii	Kim Hyo-joo (5)	40		2,000,000	300,000
Apr 24	DIO Implant LA Open	California	Nasa Hataoka (6)	53		1,500,000	225,000
May 1	Palos Verdes Championship	California	Marina Alex (2)	53		1,500,000	225,000
May 15	Cognizant Founders Cup	New Jersey	Minjee Lee (7)	46		3,000,000	450,000
May 29	Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play	Nevada	Ji Eun-hee (6)	28		1,500,000	225,000
Jun 5	U.S. Women's Open	North Carolina	Minjee Lee (8)	100		10,000,000	1,800,000
Jun 12	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Brooke Henderson (11)	28		1,750,000	262,500
Jun 19	Meijer LPGA Classic	Michigan	Jennifer Kupcho (2)	56		2,500,000	375,000
Jun 26	KPMG Women's PGA Championship	Maryland	Chun In-gee (4)	100		9,000,000[8]	1,350,000
Jul 16	Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational	Michigan	Jennifer Kupcho (3) and Lizette Salas (2)	n/a		2,500,000	301,586 (each)[16][17]
Jul 24	Evian Championship	France	Brooke Henderson (12)	100		6,500,000	1,000,000
Jul 31	Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open	Scotland	Ayaka Furue (1)	62	LET	2,000,000	300,000
Aug 7	AIG Women's Open	Scotland	Ashleigh Buhai (1)	100		7,300,000[11]	1,095,000
Aug 14	ISPS Handa World Invitational	Northern Ireland	Maja Stark (1)	19	LET	1,500,000	225,000
Aug 28	CP Women's Open	Canada	Paula Reto (1)	56		2,350,000	352,500
Sep 4	Dana Open	Ohio	Gaby López (3)	46		1,750,000	262,500
Sep 11	Kroger Queen City Championship	Ohio	Ally Ewing (3)	43		1,750,000	262,500
Sep 18	Portland Classic	Oregon	Andrea Lee (1)	24		1,500,000	225,000
Sep 25	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	Arkansas	Atthaya Thitikul (2)	56		2,300,000	345,000
Oct 2	Volunteers of America Classic	Texas	Charley Hull (2)	46		1,700,000	255,000
Oct 9	LPGA Mediheal Championship	California	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	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	Gemma Dryburgh (1)	34	JLPGA	2,000,000	300,000
Nov 13	Pelican Women's Championship	Florida	Nelly Korda (8)	50		2,000,000	300,000
Nov 20	CME Group Tour Championship	Florida	Lydia Ko (19)	62		7,000,000	2,000,000

Statistics leaders

Money list leaders Rank Player Events Prize money ($) 1 Lydia Ko 22 4,364,403 2 Minjee Lee 20 3,809,960 3 Chun In-gee 19 2,673,860 4 Brooke Henderson 22 2,413,251 5 Atthaya Thitikul 26 2,193,642 6 Choi Hye-jin 27 2,075,696 7 Jennifer Kupcho 26 1,955,531 8 Lexi Thompson 18 1,929,718 9 Leona Maguire 24 1,812,831 10 Ashleigh Buhai 24 1,553,004 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

Scoring average Rank Player Total strokes Total rounds Average 1 Lydia Ko 5,864 85 68.988 2 Kim Hyo-joo 4,094 59 69.390 3 Atthaya Thitikul 6,668 96 69.458 4 Brooke Henderson 5,283 76 69.513 5 Lin Xiyu 6,120 88 69.545 6 Nelly Korda 3,483 50 69.660 7 Minjee Lee 5,018 72 69.694 8 Lexi Thompson 4,182 60 69.700 9 Danielle Kang 4,253 61 69.721 10 Choi Hye-jin 6,554 94 69.723 Source and complete list: LPGA official website.

See also

• 2022 Ladies European Tour
• 2022 Epson Tour

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

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3. "Tournaments". LPGA.
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8. 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. "Buick LPGA Shanghai canceled for 3rd straight year due to COVID-19 restrictions in China". ESPN. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
11. "Prize money increased again for 2022 AIG Women's Open". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
12. "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.
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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.
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