The 2000 LPGA Tour was the 51st season since the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...
officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 19. The season consisted of 36 official money events.
Karrie Webb
Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall ...
won the most tournaments, seven. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,876,853, breaking her own record for single-season earnings.
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
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 ...
in 2001. There were seven first-time winners in 2000:
Dorothy Delasin,
Sophie Gustafson,
Lorie Kane,
Laurel Kean
Laurel Kean (born June 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Kean was born in Portland, Maine. She played college golf at University of South Florida where she was an All-American in 1986.
Kean turned profe ...
,
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.
Leaders
Money List leaders
Source:
Awards
References
External links
LPGA Tour official site2000 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 LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...