Leading Money Winners By Year
| Year | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Most wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Inbee Park | South Korea | 2,287,080 | 4 – Stacy Lewis |
| 2011 | Yani Tseng | Taiwan | 2,921,713 | 7 – Yani Tseng |
| 2010 | Na Yeon Choi | South Korea | 1,871,166 | 5 – Ai Miyazato |
| 2009 | Jiyai Shin | South Korea | 1,807,334 | 3 – Jiyai Shin, Lorena Ochoa |
| 2008 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 2,754,660 | 7 – Lorena Ochoa |
| 2007 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 4,364,994 | 8 – Lorena Ochoa |
| 2006 | Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 2,592,872 | 6 – Lorena Ochoa |
| 2005 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2,588,240 | 10 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 2004 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2,544,707 | 8 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 2003 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2,029,506 | 6 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 2002 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2,863,904 | 11 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 2001 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2,105,868 | 8 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 2000 | Karrie Webb | Australia | 1,876,853 | 7 – Karrie Webb |
| 1999 | Karrie Webb | Australia | 1,591,959 | 6 – Karrie Webb |
| 1998 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 1,092,748 | 4 – Annika Sörenstam, Se Ri Pak |
| 1997 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 1,236,789 | 6 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 1996 | Karrie Webb | Australia | 1,002,000 | 4 – Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper, Karrie Webb |
| 1995 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 666,533 | 3 – Annika Sörenstam |
| 1994 | Laura Davies | England | 687,201 | 4 – Beth Daniel |
| 1993 | Betsy King | United States | 595,992 | 3 – Brandie Burton |
| 1992 | Dottie Mochrie | United States | 693,335 | 4 – Dottie Mochrie |
| 1991 | Pat Bradley | United States | 763,118 | 4 – Pat Bradley, Meg Mallon |
| 1990 | Beth Daniel | United States | 863,578 | 7 – Beth Daniel |
| 1989 | Betsy King | United States | 654,132 | 6 – Betsy King |
| 1988 | Sherri Turner | United States | 350,851 | 3 – 5 players (see 1) |
| 1987 | Ayako Okamoto | Japan | 466,034 | 5 – Jane Geddes |
| 1986 | Pat Bradley | United States | 492,021 | 5 – Pat Bradley |
| 1985 | Nancy Lopez | United States | 416,472 | 5 – Nancy Lopez |
| 1984 | Betsy King | United States | 266,771 | 4 – Patty Sheehan, Amy Alcott |
| 1983 | JoAnne Carner | United States | 291,404 | 4 – Pat Bradley, Patty Sheehan |
| 1982 | JoAnne Carner | United States | 310,400 | 5 – JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel |
| 1981 | Beth Daniel | United States | 206,998 | 5 – Donna Caponi |
| 1980 | Beth Daniel | United States | 231,000 | 5 – Donna Caponi, JoAnne Carner |
| 1979 | Nancy Lopez | United States | 197,489 | 8 – Nancy Lopez |
| 1978 | Nancy Lopez | United States | 189,814 | 9 – Nancy Lopez |
| 1977 | Judy Rankin | United States | 122,890 | 5 – Judy Rankin, Debbie Austin |
| 1976 | Judy Rankin | United States | 150,734 | 6 – Judy Rankin |
| 1975 | Sandra Palmer | United States | 76,374 | 4 – Carol Mann, Sandra Haynie |
| 1974 | JoAnne Carner | United States | 87,094 | 6 – JoAnne Carner, Sandra Haynie |
| 1973 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 82,864 | 7 – Kathy Whitworth |
| 1972 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 65,063 | 5 – Kathy Whitworth, Jane Blalock |
| 1971 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 41,181 | 5 – Kathy Whitworth |
| 1970 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 30,235 | 4 – Shirley Englehorn |
| 1969 | Carol Mann | United States | 49,152 | 8 – Carol Mann |
| 1968 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 48,379 | 10 – Carol Mann, Kathy Whitworth |
| 1967 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 32,937 | 8 – Kathy Whitworth |
| 1966 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 33,517 | 9 – Kathy Whitworth |
| 1965 | Kathy Whitworth | United States | 28,658 | 8 – Kathy Whitworth |
| 1964 | Mickey Wright | United States | 29,800 | 11 – Mickey Wright |
| 1963 | Mickey Wright | United States | 31,269 | 13 – Mickey Wright |
| 1962 | Mickey Wright | United States | 21,641 | 10 – Mickey Wright |
| 1961 | Mickey Wright | United States | 22,236 | 10 – Mickey Wright |
| 1960 | Louise Suggs | United States | 16,892 | 6 – Mickey Wright |
| 1959 | Betsy Rawls | United States | 26,774 | 10 – Betsy Rawls |
| 1958 | Beverly Hanson | United States | 12,639 | 5 – Mickey Wright |
| 1957 | Patty Berg | United States | 16,272 | 5 – Betsy Rawls, Patty Berg |
| 1956 | Marlene Hagge | United States | 20,235 | 8 – Marlene Hagge |
| 1955 | Patty Berg | United States | 16,492 | 6 – Patty Berg |
| 1954 | Patty Berg | United States | 16,011 | 5 – Louise Suggs, Babe Zaharias |
| 1953 | Louise Suggs | United States | 19,816 | 8 – Louise Suggs |
| 1952 | Betsy Rawls | United States | 14,505 | 8 – Betsy Rawls |
| 1951 | Babe Zaharias | United States | 15,087 | 7 – Babe Zaharias |
| 1950 | Babe Zaharias | United States | 14,800 | 6 – Babe Zaharias |
1 The five players with who won three titles in 1988 were Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto.
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