Through the 2012 season, 105 golfers have won one of women's golf's LPGA majors. They are listed here in order of their first win. For a complete list of results in these tournaments see the LPGA majors article.
First major | Majors won | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | Country | Year | Tournament | Total | Kraft | LPGA | U.S. Open | British | The Evian | du Maurier | Titleholders | Western |
1 | Mrs. Lee Mida | United States | 1930 | Women's Western Open | 1 | 1930 | |||||||
2 | June Beebe | United States | 1931 | Women's Western Open | 2 | 1931, 1933 | |||||||
3 | Jane Weiller | United States | 1932 | Women's Western Open | 1 | 1932 | |||||||
4 | Marian McDougall | United States | 1934 | Women's Western Open | 1 | 1934 | |||||||
5 | Opal Hill | United States | 1935 | Women's Western Open | 2 | 1935, 1936 | |||||||
6 | Patty Berg | United States | 1937 | Titleholders Championship | 15 | 1946 | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957 | 1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958 | |||||
7 | Helen Hicks | United States | 1937 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
8 | Bea Barrett | United States | 1938 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
9 | Helen Dettweiler | United States | 1939 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
10 | Babe Zaharias | United States | 1940 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
11 | Dorothy Kirby | United States | 1941 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
12 | Betty Jameson | United States | 1942 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
13 | Louise Suggs | United States | 1946 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
14 | Peggy Kirk | United States | 1949 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
15 | Pat O'Sullivan | United States | 1951 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
16 | Betsy Rawls | United States | 1951 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
17 | Fay Crocker | Uruguay | 1955 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
18 | Beverly Hanson | United States | 1955 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
19 | Marlene Hagge | United States | 1956 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
20 | Kathy Cornelius | United States | 1956 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
21 | Mickey Wright | United States | 1958 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
22 | Joyce Ziske | United States | 1960 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
23 | Mary Lena Faulk | United States | 1961 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
24 | Murle Lindstrom | United States | 1962 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
25 | Judy Kimball | United States | 1962 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
26 | Marilynn Smith | United States | 1963 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
27 | Mary Mills | United States | 1963 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
28 | Carol Mann | United States | 1964 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
29 | Susie Berning | United States | 1965 | Women's Western Open | 0 | ||||||||
30 | Sandra Haynie | United States | 1965 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
31 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 1965 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
32 | Sandra Spuzich | United States | 1966 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
33 | Gloria Ehret | United States | 1966 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
34 | Catherine Lacoste | France | 1967 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
35 | Sandra Post | Canada | 1968 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
36 | Donna Caponi | United States | 1969 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
37 | Shirley Englehorn | United States | 1970 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
38 | JoAnne Carner | United States | 1971 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
39 | Sandra Palmer | United States | 1972 | Titleholders Championship | 0 | ||||||||
40 | Kathy Ahern | United States | 1972 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
41 | Betty Burfeindt | United States | 1976 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
42 | Chako Higuchi | Japan | 1977 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
43 | Hollis Stacy | United States | 1977 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
44 | Nancy Lopez | United States | 1978 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
45 | Jerilyn Britz | United States | 1979 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
46 | Amy Alcott | United States | 1979 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
47 | Sally Little | South Africa | 1980 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
48 | Pat Bradley | United States | 1980 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
49 | Jan Stephenson | Australia | 1981 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
50 | Janet Anderson | United States | 1982 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
51 | Patty Sheehan | United States | 1983 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
52 | Juli Inkster | United States | 1984 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
53 | Alice Miller | United States | 1985 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
54 | Kathy Baker | United States | 1985 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
55 | Jane Geddes | United States | 1986 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
56 | Betsy King | United States | 1987 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
57 | Jody Anschutz | United States | 1987 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
58 | Laura Davies | England | 1987 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
59 | Sherri Turner | United States | 1988 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
60 | Liselotte Neumann | Sweden | 1988 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
61 | Tammie Green | United States | 1989 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
62 | Cathy Johnston | United States | 1990 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
63 | Beth Daniel | United States | 1990 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
64 | Meg Mallon | United States | 1991 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
65 | Nancy Scranton | United States | 1991 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
66 | Dottie Pepper | United States | 1992 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
67 | Sherri Steinhauer | United States | 1992 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
68 | Helen Alfredsson | Sweden | 1993 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
69 | Lauri Merten | United States | 1993 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
70 | Brandie Burton | United States | 1993 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
71 | Donna Andrews | United States | 1994 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
72 | Martha Nause | United States | 1994 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
73 | Nanci Bowen | United States | 1995 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
74 | Kelly Robbins | United States | 1995 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
75 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 1995 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
76 | Jenny Lidback | Peru | 1995 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
77 | Christa Johnson | United States | 1997 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
78 | Alison Nicholas | England | 1997 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
79 | Colleen Walker | United States | 1997 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
80 | Pat Hurst | United States | 1998 | Nabisco Dinah Shore | 0 | ||||||||
81 | Se Ri Pak | South Korea | 1998 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
82 | Karrie Webb | Australia | 1999 | du Maurier Classic | 0 | ||||||||
83 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | France | 2003 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 0 | ||||||||
84 | Hilary Lunke | United States | 2003 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
85 | Grace Park | South Korea | 2004 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 0 | ||||||||
86 | Karen Stupples | England | 2004 | Women's British Open | 0 | ||||||||
87 | Birdie Kim | South Korea | 2005 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
88 | Jeong Jang | South Korea | 2005 | Women's British Open | 0 | ||||||||
89 | Morgan Pressel | United States | 2007 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 0 | ||||||||
90 | Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 2007 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
91 | Cristie Kerr | United States | 2007 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
92 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 2007 | Women's British Open | 0 | ||||||||
93 | Yani Tseng | Taiwan | 2008 | LPGA Championship | 0 | ||||||||
94 | Inbee Park | South Korea | 2008 | U.S. Women's Open | 0 | ||||||||
95 | Jiyai Shin | South Korea | 2008 | Women's British Open | 2 | 2008, 2012 | |||||||
96 | Brittany Lincicome | United States | 2009 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
97 | Anna Nordqvist | Sweden | 2009 | LPGA Championship | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
98 | Eun-Hee Ji | South Korea | 2009 | U.S. Women's Open | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
99 | Catriona Matthew | Scotland | 2009 | Women's British Open | 1 | 2009 | |||||||
100 | Paula Creamer | United States | 2010 | U.S. Women's Open | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
101 | Stacy Lewis | United States | 2011 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
102 | So Yeon Ryu | South Korea | 2011 | U.S. Women's Open | 1 | 2011 | |||||||
103 | Sun-Young Yoo | South Korea | 2012 | Kraft Nabisco Championship | 1 | 2012 | |||||||
104 | Shanshan Feng | China | 2012 | LPGA Championship | 1 | 2012 | |||||||
105 | Na Yeon Choi | South Korea | 2012 | U.S. Women's Open | 1 | 2012 |
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