The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853.

2000 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 13, 2000 (2000-01-13) – November 13, 2000 (2000-11-13)
Number of official events36
Most wins7 Australia Karrie Webb
Money leaderAustralia Karrie Webb
Rolex Player of the YearAustralia Karrie Webb
Rookie of the YearUnited States Dorothy Delasin
1999
2001

The U.S. Women's Open was the first tournament with a purse over $2,000,00 and a winner's share of $500,000. This was the last season that the du Maurier Classic (now known as the Canadian Women's Open) was considered an LPGA major. It was replaced as a major by the Women's British Open in 2001. There were seven first-time winners in 2000: Dorothy Delasin, Sophie Gustafson, Lorie Kane, Laurel Kean, Janice Moodie, Grace Park, and Charlotta Sörenstam.

The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results edit

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season.[1] "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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 16 The Office Depot Florida   Karrie Webb (17) 281 (−7) 750,000 112,500
Jan 23 Subaru Memorial of Naples Florida   Nancy Scranton (3) 275 (−13) 850,000 127,500
Feb 13 Los Angeles Women's Championship California   Laura Davies (18) 211 (−5) 750,000 112,500
Feb 19 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii   Betsy King (32) 204 (−12) 650,000 97,500
Feb 27 Australian Ladies Masters Australia   Karrie Webb (18) 274 (−14) 750,000 112,500
Mar 4 LPGA Takefuji Classic Hawaii   Karrie Webb (19) 207 (−9) 800,000 120,000
Mar 12 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona   Annika Sörenstam (19) 269 (−19) 700,000 105,000
Mar 19 Standard Register PING Arizona   Charlotta Sörenstam (1) 276 (−12) 850,000 127,500
Mar 26 Nabisco Championship California   Karrie Webb (20) 274 (−14) 1,250,000 187,500
Apr 16 Longs Drugs Challenge California   Juli Inkster (23) 275 (−13) 700,000 105,000
Apr 30 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia   Sophie Gustafson (1) 206 (−10) 900,000 135,000
May 7 The Philips Invitational Texas   Laura Davies (19) 275 (−5) 850,000 127,500
May 14 Electrolux USA Championship Tennessee   Pat Hurst (3) 275 (−13) 800,000 120,000
May 21 Firstar LPGA Classic Ohio   Annika Sörenstam (20) 197 (−19) 650,000 97,500
May 28 LPGA Corning Classic New York   Betsy King (33) 276 (−12) 800,000 120,000
Jun 4 Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic South Carolina   Grace Park (1) 274 (−14) 750,000 112,500
Jun 11 Wegmans Rochester International New York   Meg Mallon (12) 280 (−8) 1,000,000 150,000
Jun 17 Evian Masters France   Annika Sörenstam (21) 276 (−12) 1,800,000 270,000
Jun 25 McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware   Juli Inkster (24) 281 (−3) 1,400,000 210,000
Jul 2 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey   Janice Moodie (1) 203 (−10) 1,100,000 165,000
Jul 9 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio   Annika Sörenstam (22) 274 (−10) 1,000,000 150,000
Jul 16 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic New York   Annika Sörenstam (23) 206 (−7) 900,000 135,000
Jul 23 U.S. Women's Open Illinois   Karrie Webb (21) 282 (−6) 2,750,000 500,000
Jul 30 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio   Dorothy Delasin (1) 205 (−11) 1,000,000 150,000
Aug 6 Michelob Light Classic Missouri   Lorie Kane (1) 205 (−11) 800,000 120,000
Aug 13 du Maurier Classic Canada   Meg Mallon (13) 282 (−6) 1,200,000 180,000
Aug 20 Weetabix Women's British Open England   Sophie Gustafson (2) 282 (−10) 1,250,000 178,000
Aug 27 Oldsmobile Classic Michigan   Karrie Webb (22) 265 (−23) 750,000 112,500
Sep 3 State Farm Rail Classic Illinois   Laurel Kean (1) 198 (−18) 900,000 135,000
Sep 10 First Union Betsy King Classic Pennsylvania   Michele Redman (2) 202 (−14) 800,000 120,000
Sep 24 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship Oregon   Mi Hyun Kim (3) 215 (−1) 800,000 120,000
Oct 1 New Albany Golf Classic Ohio   Lorie Kane (2) 277 (−11) 1,000,000 150,000
Oct 15 Samsung World Championship California   Juli Inkster (25) 274 (−14) 725,000 152,000
Oct 22 AFLAC Champions Alabama   Karrie Webb (23) 273 (−15) 750,000 122,000
Nov 5 Mizuno Classic Japan   Lorie Kane (3) 204 (−12) 850,000 127,500
Nov 19 Arch Wireless Championship Florida   Dottie Pepper (17) 279 (−9) 1,000,000 215,000

Leaders edit

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events
1 Karrie Webb   Australia 1,876,853 22
2 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden 1,404,948 22
3 Meg Mallon   United States 1,146,360 26
4 Juli Inkster   United States 980,330 19
5 Lorie Kane   Canada 929,189 30
6 Pat Hurst   United States 840,161 26
7 Mi Hyun Kim   South Korea 825,720 27
8 Dottie Pepper   United States 786,695 19
9 Rosie Jones   United States 643,054 25
10 Michele Redman   United States 585,694 28

Full 2000 Official Money List

Awards edit

Award Winner Country
Money winner Karrie Webb (3)   Australia
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy) Karrie Webb (3)   Australia
Player of the Year Karrie Webb (2)   Australia
Rookie of the Year Dorothy Delasin   United States

References edit

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