The 2012 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in

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on February 9 and ended November 18 in

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.2012 LPGA Schedule
/ref> The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

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

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in April; LPGA returned to Oahu after a two-year hiatus * Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in

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in June * Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in

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in August; returned after a year off *

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in September; LPGA returned to Williamsburg after a two-year absence. Scheduled to move to May in 2013. ''source: LPGA 2012 Schedule''

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

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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. ¹ Unofficial events
* Lydia Ko was an amateur when she won the CN Canadian Women's Open; the winner's share went to the runner-up, Inbee Park.

Season leaders

Money list leaders
''Full 2012 Official Money List''
Scoring average leaders
''Full 2012 Scoring Average List''

References

External links

Official site
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