2010 in Golf - Women's Professional Golf

Women's Professional Golf

LPGA majors

• 1–4 April: Kraft Nabisco Championship - Taiwan's Yani Tseng won her second career major and third LPGA Tour title, edging out Norwegian Suzann Pettersen by one shot.
• 24–27 June: LPGA Championship - American Cristie Kerr won her second career major, coming in at 19 strokes under par, 12 strokes ahead of second-place Song-Hee Kim. With that record-setting margin of victory, Kerr became the first American to be ranked the top woman golfer in the world since rankings began in 2006.
• 8–11 July: U.S. Women's Open - American Paula Creamer was the only player to finish under par in a four-stroke victory, her ninth on the LPGA Tour and her first career major win.
• 29 July-1 August: Ricoh Women's British Open - 21-year-old Yani Tseng won her second major of the year and the third of her career by one shot over Australian Katherine Hull.

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

• 22–25 July: Evian Masters - Korean Jiyai Shin won her seventh career LPGA Tour title by one shot and reclaimed the top spot in the world rankings from Japan's Ai Miyazato.

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

Additional LPGA Tour events

• 2–5 December: LPGA Tour Championship - Swede Maria Hjorth won her fourth career LPGA Tour title by one shot.

For a complete list of LPGA Tour results see 2010 LPGA Tour.

Money list leaders

• LPGA Tour – Na Yeon Choi ($1,871,166)
• LPGA of Japan Tour - Ahn Sun-ju (¥145,073,799)
• Ladies European Tour – Lee-Anne Pace (€339,517.77)
• LPGA of Korea Tour - Lee Bo-mee (₩557,376,856)
• Ladies Asian Golf Tour - Lee-Anne Pace ($88,330)
• ALPG Tour - Karrie Webb (A$132,000) (2009/2010 season)
• Duramed Futures Tour - Cindy LaCrosse ($94,578)

Awards

• LPGA Player of the Year - Yani Tseng
• LPGA Rookie of the Year - Azahara Muñoz
• LPGA Vare Trophy - Na Yeon Choi
• LET Rookie of the Year - In-Kyung Kim

Other happenings

• 23 April – Lorena Ochoa, the world's top-ranked player, announced her retirement. The 28-year-old Ochoa, with two majors and 25 other LPGA tour wins, indicated that she wanted to raise a family and work with her charitable foundation. Her last regular event was the Tres Marias Championship, although she also said she would play in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, the tournament she hosts, in November in her hometown of Guadalajara.
• 2 May – Jiyai Shin claimed the World Number One Ranking, surpassing Lorena Ochoa who had held the position for the previous 158 weeks. Shin's ascension came after she won the Cyber Agent Ladies event on the Japan LPGA Tour. It was her seventh victory worldwide in the previous two years, including three wins on the LPGA Tour. Ochoa, playing in her last LPGA tournament before her announced retirement would have had to finish in fourth place or higher to retain the Number One position; she finished sixth.
• 9 May – The body of 25-year-old LPGA player and former University of Arizona standout Erica Blasberg was found in her Henderson, Nevada home with a plastic bag over her head. On 24 August, the Clark County Coroner ruled her death a suicide. The primary cause of death was asphyxia, with toxic levels of several prescription drugs a contributing factor.
• 20 June – Jennifer Song, the current U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and U.S. Women's Amateur Golf champion, won her first tournament as a professional, the Futures Tour major Tate & Lyle Players Championship.
• 21 June – Ai Miyazato took over the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings, succeeding Jiyai Shin who had held the title for the previous seven weeks. Miyazato won four of the first nine official LPGA tournaments in 2010.
• 28 June - Cristie Kerr took over the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after winning the LPGA Championship by 12 strokes. She became the first American to hold the top spot since rankings began in 2006.
• 19 July - Miyazato reclaimed the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
• 26 July - Shin took back the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after her win in the Evian Masters.
• 16 August - Kerr reclaimed the number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
• 23 August – Miyazato returned to number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings after winning the Safeway Classic.
• 25 October - Kerr again regained her number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia.
• 1 November - Shin took back her number 1 position in the Women's World Golf Rankings after LPGA Hana Bank Championship.
• 21 November - Korean Ahn Sun-ju clinched the season money leader in LPGA of Japan Tour regardless of the outcome of the last remaining tournament, the Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup. She is the only non-Japanese golfer to be the season money leader after Taiwanese Ai-Yu Tu in 1991.