Chronological List of LPGA Major Golf Champions

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
# 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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