2007 in Golf - Women's Professional Golf

Women's Professional Golf

LPGA majors

  • 29 March-1 April: Kraft Nabisco Championship - American Morgan Pressel claimed a one-shot victory to win her first tournament and became the youngest ever winner of an LPGA major.
  • 7–10 June: LPGA Championship - Norwegian Suzann Pettersen won the LPGA Championship, her first major championship, by one stroke over Karrie Webb.
  • 28 June-1 July: U.S. Women's Open - American Cristie Kerr won her first major championship and tenth LPGA Tour title.
  • 2–5 August: Ricoh Women's British Open - World number one Lorena Ochoa from Mexico won her first major championship.

Ladies European Tour major (in addition to the Women's British Open)

  • 25–28 July: Evian Masters - American Natalie Gulbis won as a professional for the first time, beating Jeong Jang in a sudden-death playoff.

For a complete list of Ladies European Tour results see Ladies European Tour.

Additional LPGA Tour events

  • 17–22 July: HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship - Seon Hwa Lee beat Ai Miyazato 2&1 for her second career victory.
  • 15–18 November: LPGA Playoffs at The ADT - Lorena Ochoa emerged as the winner from a 32-player field to win the $1 million prize and raise her season earnings to just under $5 million.

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see LPGA Tour.

Team events

  • 19–21 January: Women's World Cup of Golf - Julieta Granada and Celeste Troche, representing Paraguay, won the event, held in Sun City, South Africa.
  • 14–16 September: The Solheim Cup - Team USA successfully defended its title, beating Europe 16 to 12 in Halmstad, Sweden, winning The Solheim Cup on foreign soil for the first time since 1996.
  • 7–9 December: Lexus Cup - Team Asia took a commanding lead, winning all six matches on day one and won the event for the second consecutive year over Team International, 15-9.

Money list leaders

  • LPGA Tour - Lorena Ochoa led the list with $4,364,994, becoming the first player in LPGA history to earn more than $3 million in a season.
  • Ladies European Tour - Sophie Gustafson topped the Order of Merit list with earnings of 222,081.47 euros.
  • Duramed Futures Tour - Emily Bastel of the United States topped the money list with earnings of $59,779.
  • LPGA of Korea Tour - Ji-Yai Shin led the money list for the second consecutive year.
  • LPGA of Japan Tour - Momoko Ueda claimed the LPGA of Japan Tour money list title, at age 21 the youngest player ever to hold the title.
  • Ladies Asian Golf Tour - Da-Ye Na of Korea led the money list with US$44,500 in earnings.
  • ALPG Tour - Karrie Webb of Australia topped the 2006/07 money list with A$195,000 in earnings.

Awards

  • LPGA Player of the Year - Lorena Ochoa
  • LPGA Rookie of the Year - Angela Park
  • LPGA Vare Trophy - Lorena Ochoa

Other happenings

  • 23 April: Lorena Ochoa took over first place in the Women's World Golf Rankings, overtaking Annika Sörenstam, who held the top position for 60 weeks, since the Rankings were introduced in February 2006.
  • 29 April: Silvia Cavalleri won the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.
  • 16 July: The LPGA announced that it had acquired the Duramed FUTURES Tour effective immediately.

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