2012 LPGA Tour
The 2012 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Australia on February 9 and ended November 18 in Florida. The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Season overview
There were 27 official tournaments on the 2012 LPGA Tour, four more than in 2011. Fifteen tournaments were held in the United States. Eleven other countries hosted the remaining twelve tournaments.Stacy Lewis won the most tournaments, four, and won the Player of the Year award. Inbee Park won two tournaments and both the money title with earnings of $2,266,638 and the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average. So Yeon Ryu won Rookie of the Year honors, winning one tournament, finishing sixth on the money list and second in scoring average.
Other players winning multiple tournaments were Yani Tseng with three wins and Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen, and Jiyai Shin with two wins each.
Changes for 2012
Five additional events
- ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open in February at Royal Melbourne - existing event now co-sanctioned by LPGA
- LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii in April; LPGA returned to Oahu after a two-year hiatus
- Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada in June
- Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Ohio in August; returned after a year off
- Kingsmill Championship in Virginia in September; LPGA returned to Williamsburg after a two-year absence. Scheduled to move to May in 2013.
Final major delayed
The Ricoh Women's British Open was moved from its usual late-July date to mid-September, to accommodate the 2012 Summer Olympics in London which were being held in London.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.| Dates | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse | First prize | Titleholders qualifiers |
| Feb 9–12 | ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open |  Australia |  Jessica Korda | 1,100,000 | 165,000 | Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome |
| Feb 16–19 | Honda LPGA Thailand |  Thailand |  Yani Tseng | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | Yani Tseng  Ai Miyazato  Jiyai Shin |
| Feb 23–26 | HSBC Women's Champions |  Singapore | Angela Stanford | 1,400,000 | 210,000 | Angela Stanford Na Yeon Choi  Shanshan Feng |
| Mar 15–18 | RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup | Arizona | Yani Tseng | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | So Yeon Ryu Hee Young Park  Caroline Hedwall |
| Mar 22–25 | Kia Classic | California | Yani Tseng | 1,700,000 | 255,000 | Sun Young Yoo Se Ri Pak  Jodi Ewart |
| Mar 29 – Apr 1 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | California | Sun-Young Yoo | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | I.K. Kim Amy Yang Hee Kyung Seo |
| Apr 18–21 | LPGA Lotte Championship | Hawaii | Ai Miyazato | 1,700,000 | 255,000 | Meena Lee  Azahara Muñoz Cristie Kerr |
| Apr 26–29 | Mobile Bay LPGA Classic | Alabama | Stacy Lewis | 1,250,000 | 187,500 | Lexi Thompson  Karine Icher Karrie Webb |
| May 5–6 | HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup1 |  Brazil | Pornanong Phatlum | 720,000 | 108,000 | n/a |
| May 17–20 | Sybase Match Play Championship | New Jersey | Azahara Muñoz | 1,500,000 | 375,000 | Morgan Pressel Vicky Hurst Candie Kung |
| Jun 1–3 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey | Stacy Lewis | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | Katherine Hull Mika Miyazato Hee-Won Han |
| Jun 7–10 | Wegmans LPGA Championship | New York | Shanshan Feng | 2,500,000 | 375,000 |  Suzann Pettersen Eun-Hee Ji Gerina Piller |
| Jun 21–24 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic |  Ontario | Brittany Lang | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | Brittany Lang Inbee Park Chella Choi |
| Jun 29 – Jul 1 | Walmart NW Arkansas Championship | Arkansas | Ai Miyazato | 2,000,000 | 300,000 |  Veronica Felibert Anna Nordqvist Jenny Shin |
| Jul 5–8 | U.S. Women's Open | Wisconsin | Na Yeon Choi | 3,250,000 | 585,000 |  Sandra Gal Ilhee Lee Giulia Sergas |
| Jul 26–29 | Evian Masters | France | Inbee Park | 3,250,000 | 487,500 | Natalie Gulbis Beatriz Recari Paula Creamer |
| Aug 9–12 | Jamie Farr Toledo Classic | Ohio | So Yeon Ryu | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | Jennie Lee Jacqui Concolino Lindsey Wright |
| Aug 17–19 | Safeway Classic | Oregon | Mika Miyazato | 1,500,000 | 225,000 | Haeji Kang Sydnee Michaels Michelle Wie |
| Aug 23–26 | CN Canadian Women's Open | British Columbia |  Lydia Ko | 2,000,000 | 300,000* | Lydia Ko Jane Rah  Catriona Matthew |
| Sep 6–9 | Kingsmill Championship | Virginia | Jiyai Shin | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | Danielle Kang Maria Hjorth Dewi Claire Schreefel |
| Sep 13–16 | Ricoh Women's British Open | England | Jiyai Shin | 2,750,000 | 428,650 |  Julieta Granada Katie Futcher Cindy LaCrosse |
| Sep 20–23 | Navistar LPGA Classic | Alabama | Stacy Lewis | 1,300,000 | 195,000 | M. J. Hur Sarah Jane Smith Pernilla Lindberg |
| Oct 11–14 | Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia |  Malaysia | Inbee Park | 1,900,000 | 285,000 | Lizette Salas Momoko Ueda Mina Harigae |
| Oct 19–21 | LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship | South Korea | Suzann Pettersen | 1,800,000 | 270,000 | Karin Sjödin Jennifer Johnson Nicole Castrale |
| Oct 25–28 | Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship | Taiwan | Suzann Pettersen | 2,000,000 | 300,000 | Belén Mozo Mariajo Uribe Mo Martin |
| Nov 2–4 | Mizuno Classic | Japan | Stacy Lewis | 1,200,000 | 180,000 | Pornanong Phatlum Jennifer Song Alison Walshe |
| Nov 8–11 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational |  Mexico | Cristie Kerr | 1,000,000 | 200,000 | Lorena Ochoa Kristy McPherson Tanya Dergal |
| Nov 13 | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge1 | Nevada | PGA Tour | 1,000,000 | 500,000 | n/a |
| Nov 15–18 | CME Group Titleholders | Florida | Na Yeon Choi | 1,500,000 | 500,000 | n/a |
1 Unofficial events
Season leaders
Money list leaders| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Events played |
| 1 | Inbee Park | 2,287,080 | 24 | |
| 2 | Na Yeon Choi | 1,981,834 | 22 | |
| 3 | Stacy Lewis | 1,872,409 | 26 | |
| 4 | Yani Tseng | 1,430,159 | 24 | |
| 5 | Ai Miyazato | 1,334,977 | 23 | |
| 6 | So Yeon Ryu | 1,282,673 | 24 | |
| 7 | Jiyai Shin | 1,234,597 | 18 | |
| 8 | Azahara Muñoz | 1,230,751 | 26 | |
| 9 | Suzann Pettersen | 1,182,860 | 24 | |
| 10 | Shanshan Feng | 1,101,147 | 19 |
Scoring average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
| 1 | Inbee Park | 70.21 | |
| 2 | So Yeon Ryu | 70.30 | |
| 3 | Jiyai Shin | 70.31 | |
| 4 | Stacy Lewis | 70.33 | |
| 5 | Na Yeon Choi | 70.49 |