2001 LPGA Tour
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ( $ ) 1st prize ( $ )
Jan 14 YourLife Vitamins LPGA Classic Florida Se Ri Pak ( 9 ) 203 ( −13 ) 1,000,000 150,000
Jan 21 Subaru Memorial of Naples Florida Sophie Gustafson ( 3 ) 272 ( −16 ) 1,000,000 150,000
Jan 28 The Office Depot Florida Grace Park ( 2 ) 280 ( −6 ) 825,000 123,750
Feb 10 LPGA Takefuji Classic Hawaii Lorie Kane ( 4 ) 205 ( −11 ) 850,000 127,500
Feb 17 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open Hawaii Catriona Matthew ( 1 ) 210 ( −6 ) 750,000 112,500
Mar 11 Welch's/Circle K Championship Arizona Annika Sörenstam ( 24 ) 265 ( −23 ) 750,000 112,500
Mar 18 Standard Register PING Arizona Annika Sörenstam ( 25 ) 261 ( −27 ) 1,000,000 150,000
Mar 25 Nabisco Championship California Annika Sörenstam ( 26 ) 281 ( −7 ) 1,500,000 225,000
Apr 14 The Office Depot California Annika Sörenstam ( 27 ) 210 ( −6 ) 800,000 120,000
Apr 22 Longs Drugs Challenge California Se Ri Pak ( 10 ) 208 ( −8 ) 800,000 120,000
Apr 29 Kathy Ireland Championship Texas Rosie Jones ( 11 ) 268 ( −12 ) 900,000 135,000
May 6 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Annika Sörenstam ( 28 ) 203 ( −13 ) 1,200,000 180,000
May 13 Electrolux USA Championship Tennessee Juli Inkster ( 26 ) 274 ( −14 ) 800,000 120,000
May 20 LPGA Champions Classic Ohio Wendy Doolan ( 1 ) 132 ( −12 ) 750,000 112,500
May 27 LPGA Corning Classic New York Carin Koch ( 1 ) 270 ( −18 ) 900,000 135,000
Jun 3 U.S. Women 's Open North Carolina Karrie Webb ( 24 ) 273 ( −7 ) 2,900,000 520,000
Jun 10 Wegmans Rochester International New York Laura Davies ( 20 ) 279 ( −9 ) 1,000,000 150,000
Jun 16 Evian Masters France Rachel Teske ( 4 ) 273 ( −15 ) 2,100,000 315,000
Jun 24 McDonald 's LPGA Championship Delaware Karrie Webb ( 25 ) 270 ( −14 ) 1,500,000 225,000
Jul 1 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Betsy King ( 34 ) 201 ( −12 ) 1,200,000 180,000
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season . [ 1 ] `` Date '' is the ending date of the tournament . The numbers in parentheses after the winners ' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event . Majors are shown in bold .
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868. This was the first season that the Women's British Open was considered an LPGA major. There were seven first-time winners in 2001: Heather Daly-Donofrio, Wendy Doolan, Tina Fischer, Kate Golden, Carin Koch, Catriona Matthew, and Gloria Park. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.