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LPGA Tour Awards

The LPGA Tour presents several annual awards. Three are awarded in competitive contests, based on scoring over the course of the year.

  • The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships and at the season-ending Tour Championship. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
  • The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
  • The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded based on a player's finish in an event. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in decrements of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Points are doubled in the major events and at the season-ending Tour Championship. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA.
Year Player of the Year Vare Trophy Rookie of the Year
2012 Stacy Lewis Inbee Park So Yeon Ryu
2011 Yani Tseng Yani Tseng Hee Kyung Seo
2010 Yani Tseng Na Yeon Choi Azahara Muñoz
2009 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Jiyai Shin
2008 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Yani Tseng
2007 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Angela Park
2006 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Seon Hwa Lee
2005 Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Paula Creamer
2004 Annika Sörenstam Grace Park Shi Hyun Ahn
2003 Annika Sörenstam Se Ri Pak Lorena Ochoa
2002 Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Beth Bauer
2001 Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Hee-Won Han
2000 Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Dorothy Delasin
1999 Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Mi Hyun Kim
1998 Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Se Ri Pak
1997 Annika Sörenstam Karrie Webb Lisa Hackney
1996 Laura Davies Annika Sörenstam Karrie Webb
1995 Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Pat Hurst
1994 Beth Daniel Beth Daniel Annika Sörenstam
1993 Betsy King Betsy King Suzanne Strudwick
1992 Dottie Mochrie Dottie Mochrie Helen Alfredsson
1991 Pat Bradley Pat Bradley Brandie Burton
1990 Beth Daniel Beth Daniel Hiromi Kobayashi
1989 Betsy King Beth Daniel Pamela Wright
1988 Nancy Lopez Colleen Walker Liselotte Neumann
1987 Ayako Okamoto Betsy King Tammie Green
1986 Pat Bradley Pat Bradley Jody Rosenthal
1985 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Penny Hammel
1984 Betsy King Patty Sheehan Juli Inkster
1983 Patty Sheehan JoAnne Carner Stephanie Farwig
1982 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Patti Rizzo
1981 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Patty Sheehan
1980 Beth Daniel Amy Alcott Myra Blackwelder
1979 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Beth Daniel
1978 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez
1977 Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Debbie Massey
1976 Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Bonnie Lauer
1975 Sandra Palmer JoAnne Carner Amy Alcott
1974 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Jan Stephenson
1973 Kathy Whitworth Judy Rankin Laura Baugh
1972 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jocelyne Bourassa
1971 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Sally Little
1970 Sandra Haynie Kathy Whitworth JoAnne Carner
1969 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jane Blalock
1968 Kathy Whitworth Carol Mann Sandra Post
1967 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Sharron Moran
1966 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jan Ferraris
1965 Kathy Whitworth Margie Masters
1964 Mickey Wright Susie Maxwell
1963 Mickey Wright Clifford Ann Creed
1962 Mickey Wright Mary Mills
1961 Mickey Wright
1960 Mickey Wright
1959 Betsy Rawls
1958 Beverly Hanson
1957 Louise Suggs
1956 Patty Berg
1955 Patty Berg
1954 Babe Zaharias
1953 Patty Berg

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