The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events.
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 intern ...
won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.
This was the first season that the
Women's British Open
The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...
was considered an
LPGA major. There were seven first-time winners in 2001:
Heather Daly-Donofrio,
Wendy Doolan,
Tina Fischer,
Kate Golden,
Carin Koch
Anna Carin Pernilla Hjalmarsson Koch (née Hjalmarsson; born 23 February 1971) is a Swedish professional golfer who previously played on the Ladies European Tour and on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was captain of the 2015 European Solheim Cup te ...
,
Catriona Matthew, and
Gloria Park.
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season.
LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008
"Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
''^ – weather-shortened tournament''
Leaders
Money List leaders
''Full 2001 Official Money List''
Awards
References
External links
LPGA Tour official site2001 season coverage at golfobserver.com
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The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...