2000 LPGA Tour


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.
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 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

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2000 season. "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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 16The Office DepotFlorida Karrie Webb 281 750,000112,500
Jan 23Subaru Memorial of NaplesFlorida Nancy Scranton 275 850,000127,500
Feb 13Los Angeles Women's ChampionshipCalifornia Laura Davies 211 750,000112,500
Feb 19Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies OpenHawaii Betsy King 204 650,00097,500
Feb 27Australian Ladies MastersAustralia Karrie Webb 274 750,000112,500
Mar 4LPGA Takefuji ClassicHawaii Karrie Webb 207 800,000120,000
Mar 12Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizona Annika Sörenstam 269 700,000105,000
Mar 19Standard Register PINGArizona Charlotta Sörenstam 276 850,000127,500
Mar 26Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Karrie Webb 274 1,250,000187,500
Apr 16Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Juli Inkster 275 700,000105,000
Apr 30Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Sophie Gustafson 206 900,000135,000
May 7The Philips InvitationalTexas Laura Davies 275 850,000127,500
May 14Electrolux USA ChampionshipTennessee Pat Hurst 275 800,000120,000
May 21Firstar LPGA ClassicOhio Annika Sörenstam 197 650,00097,500
May 28LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Betsy King 276 800,000120,000
Jun 4Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA ClassicSouth Carolina Grace Park 274 750,000112,500
Jun 11Wegmans Rochester InternationalNew York Meg Mallon 280 1,000,000150,000
Jun 17Evian MastersFrance Annika Sörenstam 276 1,800,000270,000
Jun 25McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Juli Inkster 281 1,400,000210,000
Jul 2ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Janice Moodie 203 1,100,000165,000
Jul 9Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhio Annika Sörenstam 274 1,000,000150,000
Jul 16Japan Airlines Big Apple ClassicNew York Annika Sörenstam 206 900,000135,000
Jul 23U.S. Women's OpenIllinois Karrie Webb 282 2,750,000500,000
Jul 30Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhio Dorothy Delasin 205 1,000,000150,000
Aug 6Michelob Light ClassicMissouri Lorie Kane 205 800,000120,000
Aug 13du Maurier ClassicCanada Meg Mallon 282 1,200,000180,000
Aug 20Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland Sophie Gustafson 282 1,250,000178,000
Aug 27Oldsmobile ClassicMichigan Karrie Webb 265 750,000112,500
Sep 3State Farm Rail ClassicIllinois Laurel Kean 198 900,000135,000
Sep 10First Union Betsy King ClassicPennsylvania Michele Redman 202 800,000120,000
Sep 24Safeway LPGA Golf ChampionshipOregon Mi Hyun Kim 215 800,000120,000
Oct 1New Albany Golf ClassicOhio Lorie Kane 277 1,000,000150,000
Oct 15Samsung World ChampionshipCalifornia Juli Inkster 274 725,000152,000
Oct 22AFLAC ChampionsAlabama Karrie Webb 273 750,000122,000
Nov 5Mizuno ClassicJapan Lorie Kane 204 850,000127,500
Nov 19Arch Wireless ChampionshipFlorida Dottie Pepper 279 1,000,000215,000

Leaders

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Events
1Karrie Webb1,876,85322
2Annika Sörenstam1,404,94822
3Meg Mallon1,146,36026
4Juli Inkster980,33019
5Lorie Kane929,18930
6Pat Hurst840,16126
7Mi Hyun Kim825,72027
8Dottie Pepper786,69519
9Rosie Jones643,05425
10Michele Redman585,69428

Awards