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LPGA

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite women professional golfers from around the world.

Ladies Professional Golf Association
Current season, competition or edition:
2023 LPGA Tour
Logo introduced in October 2007[1][2]
SportGolf
Founded1950; 73 years ago (1950)
Founder13 original LPGA players[3]
Inaugural season1950
CommissionerMollie Marcoux Samaan
Country United States, with events in other countries around the world
Most titles Kathy Whitworth (88)
TV partner(s)NBC Sports
Golf Channel
CBS Sports
Official websiteLPGA.com

Organization and history

Other "LPGAs" exist in other countries, each with a geographical designation in its name, but the U.S. organization is the first, largest, and most prestigious. The LPGA is also an organization for female club and teaching professionals. This is different from the PGA Tour, which runs the main professional tours in the U.S. and, since 1968, has been independent of the club and teaching professionals' organization, the PGA of America.

The LPGA also administers an annual qualifying school similar to that conducted by the PGA Tour. Depending on a golfer's finish in the final qualifying tournament, she may receive full or partial playing privileges on the LPGA Tour. In addition to the main LPGA Tour, the LPGA also owns and operates the Epson Tour, formerly the Futures Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA. Top finishers at the end of each season on that tour receive playing privileges on the main LPGA Tour for the following year.

The LPGA is the oldest continuing women's professional sports organization in the United States.[4][5] It succeeded the WPGA (Women's Professional Golf Association), which was founded in 1944 but stopped its limited tour after the 1948 season and officially ceased operations in December 1949.[6] The WPGA was founded by Ellen Griffin, Betty Hicks, and Hope Seignious.[7][8]

The LPGA was founded in 1950 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.[9] Its 13 founders were: Alice Bauer, Patty Berg, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettweiler, Marlene Hagge, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Betty Jameson, Sally Sessions, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias.[10][11] Patty Berg was its first president.[11] The founders were elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame as a group in 2023 though six had already been inducted individually.[12]

The first LPGA tournament was the 1950 Tampa Women's Open, held at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa, Florida. Ironically, the winner was amateur Polly Riley, who beat the stellar field of professional founders.[13]

In 1956, the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the Havana Open in Havana, Cuba.

In 1996, Muffin Spencer-Devlin became the first LPGA player to come out as gay.[14]

In 2001, Jane Blalock's JBC Marketing established the Women's Senior Golf Tour, now called the Legends Tour, for women professionals aged 45 and older. This is affiliated with the LPGA, but is not owned by the LPGA.

Since 2006, the LPGA has played a season-ending championship tournament.

Michael Whan became the eighth commissioner of the LPGA in October 2009, succeeding the ousted Carolyn Bivens.[5][15] Whan is a former marketing executive in the sporting goods industry.[16]

After a lawsuit filed by golfer Lana Lawless, the rules were changed in 2010 to allow transgender competitors.[17][18][19] In 2013, trans woman Bobbi Lancaster faced local scorn for attempting playing in Arizona's Cactus Tour and attempting to qualify in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament.[20]

In 2018, the LPGA acquired an amateur golf association, the Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA), and expanded its emphasis to include amateur golfers in the U.S. and North America. Initially called the LPGA Women Who Play,[21] the amateur organization was rebranded as the LPGA Amateur Golf Association. The LPGA Amateur Golf Association has member-operated chapters throughout North America and the Caribbean.[22]

Prize money and tournaments

In 2010, total official prize money on the LPGA Tour was $41.4 million, a decrease of over $6 million from 2009. In 2010 there were 24 official tournaments, down from 28 in 2009 and 34 in 2008. Despite the loss in total tournaments, the number of tournaments hosted outside of the United States in 2010 stayed the same, as all four lost tournaments had been hosted in the United States. By 2016, the number of tournaments had risen to 33 with a record-high total prize money in excess of $63 million. In 2019, a new record was set with total prize money amounting to $70.5 million (a rise of over $5 million in one year).[23]

International presence

In its first four decades, the LPGA Tour was dominated by American players. Sandra Post of Canada became the first player living outside the United States to gain an LPGA tour card in 1968. The non-U.S. contingent is now very large. The last time an American player topped the money list was in 2014 (Stacy Lewis), the last time an American led the tour in tournaments won was in 2020 (Danielle Kang), and from 2000 through 2009, non-Americans won 31 of 40 major championships.

Particularly, one of the notable trends seen in the early 21st century in the LPGA is the rise and dominance of Korean golfers.[24] Se Ri Pak's early success in the LPGA sparked the boom in Korean women golfers on the LPGA Tour.[25] In 2009, there were 122 non-Americans from 27 countries on the tour, including 47 from South Korea, 14 from Sweden, 10 from Australia, eight from the United Kingdom (four from England, three from Scotland and one from Wales), seven from Canada, five from Taiwan, and four from Japan.[26]

LPGA Tour tournaments

 
Kristy McPherson during her practice round before the 2009 LPGA Championship
at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Maryland.

As a United States-based tour, most of the LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States. In 1956, the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the Havana Open in Havana, Cuba. In 2020, fourteen tournaments are held outside of the United States, seven events in Asia, four in Europe, two events in Australia, and one in Canada.

Five of the tournaments held outside North America are co-sanctioned with other professional tours. The Ladies European Tour co-sanctions the Women's British Open, The Evian Championship in France, and the Women's Australian Open (also co-sanctioned with the ALPG Tour). The other two co-sanctioned events—the BMW Ladies Championship (LPGA of Korea Tour) and Toto Japan Classic (LPGA of Japan Tour)—are held during the tour's autumn swing to Asia.

LPGA majors

The LPGA's annual major championships are:

LPGA Playoffs

Since 2006, the LPGA has played a season-ending championship tournament. Through the 2008 season, it was known as the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT; in 2009 and 2010, it was known as the LPGA Tour Championship; and in 2011, the event became the CME Group Titleholders, held in November.

From 2006 through 2008 the LPGA schedule was divided into two halves, with 15 players from each half qualifying for the Championship based on their performance. Two wild-card selections were also included for a final field of 21 players. The winner of the LPGA Tour Championship, which features three days of "playoffs" plus the final championship round, earns $1 million.

In 2009, the Tour Championship field was increased to 120 players, with entry open to all Tour members in the top 120 on the money list as of three weeks prior to the start of the tournament. The total purse was $1.5 million with $225,000 going to the winner.

The CME Group Titleholders, which resurrects the name of a former LPGA major championship (the Titleholders Championship), was first played in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, its field was made up of three qualifiers from each official tour event during the season, specifically the top three finishers not previously qualified. Beginning in 2014, the field will be determined by a season-long points race. The winner of the points race will receive a $1 million bonus.[27]

2023 LPGA Tour

Historical tour schedules and results

Year Number of
official tournaments
Countries hosting
tournaments
Tournaments in
United States
Tournaments in
other countries
Total prize
money ($)
2023 32 11 21 11 102,350,000[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
2022 32 9 23 9 93,900,000[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
2021 30 7 23 7 69,200,000
2020 18 3 14 4 41,300,000
2019 32 12 20 12 70,200,000
2018 33 13 19 14 66,950,000
2017 34 15 17 17 67,650,000
2016 33 14 18 15 63,000,000
2015 31 14 17 14 59,100,000
2014 32 14 17 15 57,550,000
2013 28 14 14 14 48,900,000
2012 27 12 15 12 47,000,000
2011 23 11 13 10 41,500,000
2010 24 10 14 10 41,400,000
2009 28 9 18 10 47,600,000
2008 34 8 24 10 60,300,000
2007 31 8 23 8 54,285,000
2006 33 8 25 8 50,275,000
2005 32 7 25 7 45,100,000
2004 32 6 27 5 42,875,000
  • Official tournaments are tournaments in which earnings and scores are credited to the players' official LPGA record.

Hall of Fame

The LPGA established the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf in 1951, with four charter members: Patty Berg, Betty Jameson, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias. After being inactive for several years, the Hall of Fame moved in 1967 to its first physical premises, in Augusta, Georgia, and was renamed the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. In 1998 it merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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 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 five major championships, and the season-ending CME Group 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 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.

American golfer Nancy Lopez, in 1978, is the only player to win all three awards in the same season. Lopez was also the Tour's top money earner that season.

Year Player of the Year Vare Trophy Rookie of the Year
2022   Lydia Ko   Lydia Ko   Atthaya Thitikul[44]
2021   Ko Jin-young   Lydia Ko   Patty Tavatanakit[45]
2020   Kim Sei-young   Danielle Kang
2019   Ko Jin-young   Ko Jin-young   Lee Jeong-eun
2018   Ariya Jutanugarn[46]   Ariya Jutanugarn   Ko Jin-young[47]
2017   Sung Hyun Park
  So Yeon Ryu
  Lexi Thompson   Sung Hyun Park[48]
2016   Ariya Jutanugarn   In Gee Chun   In Gee Chun
2015   Lydia Ko   Inbee Park   Sei Young Kim
2014   Stacy Lewis   Stacy Lewis   Lydia Ko[49]
2013   Inbee Park   Stacy Lewis   Moriya Jutanugarn
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   Pam 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

Leading money winners by year

Year Player Country Earnings ($) Most wins
2022 Lydia Ko   New Zealand 4,364,403 3 – Lydia Ko, Jennifer Kupcho
2021 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 3,502,161 5 – Ko Jin-young
2020 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 1,667,925 2 – Danielle Kang, Kim Sei-young
2019 Ko Jin-young   South Korea 2,773,894 4 – Ko Jin-young
2018 Ariya Jutanugarn   Thailand 2,743,949 3 – Ariya Jutanugarn, Sung Hyun Park
2017 Sung Hyun Park   South Korea 2,335,883 3 – Shanshan Feng, In-Kyung Kim
2016 Ariya Jutanugarn   Thailand 2,550,928 5 – Ariya Jutanugarn
2015 Lydia Ko   New Zealand 2,800,802 5 – Lydia Ko, Inbee Park
2014 Stacy Lewis   United States 2,539,039 3 – Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park
2013 Inbee Park   South Korea 2,456,619 6 – Inbee Park
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 9 – Babe Zaharias
1950 Babe Zaharias   United States 14,800 8 – Babe Zaharias

1 The five players with three titles in 1988 were Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto.

Leading career money winners

The table below shows the top-10 career money leaders on the LPGA Tour (from the start of their rookie seasons) as of August 13, 2023.[50]

Active players on the Tour are shown in bold.

Rank Player Country Played Earnings ($) Career
events
1 Annika Sörenstam   Sweden 1994–2023 22,583,693 307
2 Karrie Webb   Australia 1996–present 20,293,617 494
3 Cristie Kerr   United States 1997–present 20,179,848 596
4 Inbee Park   South Korea 2007–present 18,262,344 305
5 Lydia Ko   New Zealand 2014–present 16,891,433 217
6 Lorena Ochoa   Mexico 2003–2010 14,863,331 175
7 Suzann Pettersen   Norway 2003–2019 14,837,578 316
8 Stacy Lewis   United States 2009–present 14,493,255 336
9 Juli Inkster   United States 1983–2022 14,018,391 714
10 Lexi Thompson   United States 2012–present 13,698,315 234

Total prize money awarded in past years

Season Total
purse ($)
2020 41,300,000
(73,500,000[51][52])
2010 41,400,000
2000 38,500,000
1990 17,100,000
1980 5,150,000
1970 435,040
1960 186,700
1950 50,000

See also

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This article is about the golf association For the political party see Libertarian Party of Georgia The Ladies Professional Golf Association LPGA is an American organization for female golfers The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach Florida and is best known for running the LPGA Tour a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite women professional golfers from around the world Ladies Professional Golf AssociationCurrent season competition or edition 2023 LPGA TourLogo introduced in October 2007 1 2 SportGolfFounded1950 73 years ago 1950 Founder13 original LPGA players 3 Inaugural season1950CommissionerMollie Marcoux SamaanCountry United States with events in other countries around the worldMost titlesKathy Whitworth 88 TV partner s NBC SportsGolf ChannelCBS SportsOfficial websiteLPGA com Contents 1 Organization and history 2 Prize money and tournaments 3 International presence 4 LPGA Tour tournaments 4 1 LPGA majors 4 2 LPGA Playoffs 5 2023 LPGA Tour 6 Historical tour schedules and results 7 Hall of Fame 8 LPGA Tour awards 9 Leading money winners by year 10 Leading career money winners 11 Total prize money awarded in past years 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksOrganization and history EditOther LPGAs exist in other countries each with a geographical designation in its name but the U S organization is the first largest and most prestigious The LPGA is also an organization for female club and teaching professionals This is different from the PGA Tour which runs the main professional tours in the U S and since 1968 has been independent of the club and teaching professionals organization the PGA of America The LPGA also administers an annual qualifying school similar to that conducted by the PGA Tour Depending on a golfer s finish in the final qualifying tournament she may receive full or partial playing privileges on the LPGA Tour In addition to the main LPGA Tour the LPGA also owns and operates the Epson Tour formerly the Futures Tour the official developmental tour of the LPGA Top finishers at the end of each season on that tour receive playing privileges on the main LPGA Tour for the following year The LPGA is the oldest continuing women s professional sports organization in the United States 4 5 It succeeded the WPGA Women s Professional Golf Association which was founded in 1944 but stopped its limited tour after the 1948 season and officially ceased operations in December 1949 6 The WPGA was founded by Ellen Griffin Betty Hicks and Hope Seignious 7 8 The LPGA was founded in 1950 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita Kansas 9 Its 13 founders were Alice Bauer Patty Berg Bettye Danoff Helen Dettweiler Marlene Hagge Helen Hicks Opal Hill Betty Jameson Sally Sessions Marilynn Smith Shirley Spork Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias 10 11 Patty Berg was its first president 11 The founders were elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame as a group in 2023 though six had already been inducted individually 12 The first LPGA tournament was the 1950 Tampa Women s Open held at Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club in Tampa Florida Ironically the winner was amateur Polly Riley who beat the stellar field of professional founders 13 In 1956 the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the Havana Open in Havana Cuba In 1996 Muffin Spencer Devlin became the first LPGA player to come out as gay 14 In 2001 Jane Blalock s JBC Marketing established the Women s Senior Golf Tour now called the Legends Tour for women professionals aged 45 and older This is affiliated with the LPGA but is not owned by the LPGA Since 2006 the LPGA has played a season ending championship tournament Michael Whan became the eighth commissioner of the LPGA in October 2009 succeeding the ousted Carolyn Bivens 5 15 Whan is a former marketing executive in the sporting goods industry 16 After a lawsuit filed by golfer Lana Lawless the rules were changed in 2010 to allow transgender competitors 17 18 19 In 2013 trans woman Bobbi Lancaster faced local scorn for attempting playing in Arizona s Cactus Tour and attempting to qualify in the LPGA Qualifying Tournament 20 In 2018 the LPGA acquired an amateur golf association the Executive Women s Golf Association EWGA and expanded its emphasis to include amateur golfers in the U S and North America Initially called the LPGA Women Who Play 21 the amateur organization was rebranded as the LPGA Amateur Golf Association The LPGA Amateur Golf Association has member operated chapters throughout North America and the Caribbean 22 Prize money and tournaments EditIn 2010 total official prize money on the LPGA Tour was 41 4 million a decrease of over 6 million from 2009 In 2010 there were 24 official tournaments down from 28 in 2009 and 34 in 2008 Despite the loss in total tournaments the number of tournaments hosted outside of the United States in 2010 stayed the same as all four lost tournaments had been hosted in the United States By 2016 the number of tournaments had risen to 33 with a record high total prize money in excess of 63 million In 2019 a new record was set with total prize money amounting to 70 5 million a rise of over 5 million in one year 23 International presence EditIn its first four decades the LPGA Tour was dominated by American players Sandra Post of Canada became the first player living outside the United States to gain an LPGA tour card in 1968 The non U S contingent is now very large The last time an American player topped the money list was in 2014 Stacy Lewis the last time an American led the tour in tournaments won was in 2020 Danielle Kang and from 2000 through 2009 non Americans won 31 of 40 major championships Particularly one of the notable trends seen in the early 21st century in the LPGA is the rise and dominance of Korean golfers 24 Se Ri Pak s early success in the LPGA sparked the boom in Korean women golfers on the LPGA Tour 25 In 2009 there were 122 non Americans from 27 countries on the tour including 47 from South Korea 14 from Sweden 10 from Australia eight from the United Kingdom four from England three from Scotland and one from Wales seven from Canada five from Taiwan and four from Japan 26 LPGA Tour tournaments Edit Kristy McPherson during her practice round before the 2009 LPGA Championshipat Bulle Rock Golf Course in Maryland As a United States based tour most of the LPGA Tour s events are held in the United States In 1956 the LPGA hosted its first tournament outside the United States at the Havana Open in Havana Cuba In 2020 fourteen tournaments are held outside of the United States seven events in Asia four in Europe two events in Australia and one in Canada Five of the tournaments held outside North America are co sanctioned with other professional tours The Ladies European Tour co sanctions the Women s British Open The Evian Championship in France and the Women s Australian Open also co sanctioned with the ALPG Tour The other two co sanctioned events the BMW Ladies Championship LPGA of Korea Tour and Toto Japan Classic LPGA of Japan Tour are held during the tour s autumn swing to Asia LPGA majors Edit The LPGA s annual major championships are Chevron Championship U S Women s Open Women s PGA Championship Women s British Open The Evian ChampionshipLPGA Playoffs Edit Since 2006 the LPGA has played a season ending championship tournament Through the 2008 season it was known as the LPGA Playoffs at The ADT in 2009 and 2010 it was known as the LPGA Tour Championship and in 2011 the event became the CME Group Titleholders held in November From 2006 through 2008 the LPGA schedule was divided into two halves with 15 players from each half qualifying for the Championship based on their performance Two wild card selections were also included for a final field of 21 players The winner of the LPGA Tour Championship which features three days of playoffs plus the final championship round earns 1 million In 2009 the Tour Championship field was increased to 120 players with entry open to all Tour members in the top 120 on the money list as of three weeks prior to the start of the tournament The total purse was 1 5 million with 225 000 going to the winner The CME Group Titleholders which resurrects the name of a former LPGA major championship the Titleholders Championship was first played in 2011 From 2011 to 2013 its field was made up of three qualifiers from each official tour event during the season specifically the top three finishers not previously qualified Beginning in 2014 the field will be determined by a season long points race The winner of the points race will receive a 1 million bonus 27 2023 LPGA Tour EditSee also 2023 LPGA TourHistorical tour schedules and results EditYear Number of official tournaments Countries hosting tournaments Tournaments inUnited States Tournaments inother countries Total prizemoney 2023 32 11 21 11 102 350 000 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 2022 32 9 23 9 93 900 000 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 2021 30 7 23 7 69 200 0002020 18 3 14 4 41 300 0002019 32 12 20 12 70 200 0002018 33 13 19 14 66 950 0002017 34 15 17 17 67 650 0002016 33 14 18 15 63 000 0002015 31 14 17 14 59 100 0002014 32 14 17 15 57 550 0002013 28 14 14 14 48 900 0002012 27 12 15 12 47 000 0002011 23 11 13 10 41 500 0002010 24 10 14 10 41 400 0002009 28 9 18 10 47 600 0002008 34 8 24 10 60 300 0002007 31 8 23 8 54 285 0002006 33 8 25 8 50 275 0002005 32 7 25 7 45 100 0002004 32 6 27 5 42 875 000Official tournaments are tournaments in which earnings and scores are credited to the players official LPGA record Hall of Fame EditThe LPGA established the Hall of Fame of Women s Golf in 1951 with four charter members Patty Berg Betty Jameson Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias After being inactive for several years the Hall of Fame moved in 1967 to its first physical premises in Augusta Georgia and was renamed the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame In 1998 it merged into the World Golf Hall of Fame LPGA Tour awards EditThe LPGA Tour presents several annual awards Three are awarded in competitive contests based on scoring over the course of the year The 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 five major championships and the season ending CME Group 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 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 American golfer Nancy Lopez in 1978 is the only player to win all three awards in the same season Lopez was also the Tour s top money earner that season Year Player of the Year Vare Trophy Rookie of the Year2022 Lydia Ko Lydia Ko Atthaya Thitikul 44 2021 Ko Jin young Lydia Ko Patty Tavatanakit 45 2020 Kim Sei young Danielle Kang 2019 Ko Jin young Ko Jin young Lee Jeong eun2018 Ariya Jutanugarn 46 Ariya Jutanugarn Ko Jin young 47 2017 Sung Hyun Park So Yeon Ryu Lexi Thompson Sung Hyun Park 48 2016 Ariya Jutanugarn In Gee Chun In Gee Chun2015 Lydia Ko Inbee Park Sei Young Kim2014 Stacy Lewis Stacy Lewis Lydia Ko 49 2013 Inbee Park Stacy Lewis Moriya Jutanugarn2012 Stacy Lewis Inbee Park So Yeon Ryu2011 Yani Tseng Yani Tseng Hee Kyung Seo2010 Yani Tseng Na Yeon Choi Azahara Munoz2009 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Jiyai Shin2008 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Yani Tseng2007 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Angela Park2006 Lorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Seon Hwa Lee2005 Annika Sorenstam Annika Sorenstam Paula Creamer2004 Annika Sorenstam Grace Park Shi Hyun Ahn2003 Annika Sorenstam Se Ri Pak Lorena Ochoa2002 Annika Sorenstam Annika Sorenstam Beth Bauer2001 Annika Sorenstam Annika Sorenstam Hee Won Han2000 Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Dorothy Delasin1999 Karrie Webb Karrie Webb Mi Hyun Kim1998 Annika Sorenstam Annika Sorenstam Se Ri Pak1997 Annika Sorenstam Karrie Webb Lisa Hackney1996 Laura Davies Annika Sorenstam Karrie Webb1995 Annika Sorenstam Annika Sorenstam Pat Hurst1994 Beth Daniel Beth Daniel Annika Sorenstam1993 Betsy King Betsy King Suzanne Strudwick1992 Dottie Mochrie Dottie Mochrie Helen Alfredsson1991 Pat Bradley Pat Bradley Brandie Burton1990 Beth Daniel Beth Daniel Hiromi Kobayashi1989 Betsy King Beth Daniel Pam Wright1988 Nancy Lopez Colleen Walker Liselotte Neumann1987 Ayako Okamoto Betsy King Tammie Green1986 Pat Bradley Pat Bradley Jody Rosenthal1985 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Penny Hammel1984 Betsy King Patty Sheehan Juli Inkster1983 Patty Sheehan JoAnne Carner Stephanie Farwig1982 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Patti Rizzo1981 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Patty Sheehan1980 Beth Daniel Amy Alcott Myra Blackwelder1979 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Beth Daniel1978 Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez Nancy Lopez1977 Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Debbie Massey1976 Judy Rankin Judy Rankin Bonnie Lauer1975 Sandra Palmer JoAnne Carner Amy Alcott1974 JoAnne Carner JoAnne Carner Jan Stephenson1973 Kathy Whitworth Judy Rankin Laura Baugh1972 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jocelyne Bourassa1971 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Sally Little1970 Sandra Haynie Kathy Whitworth JoAnne Carner1969 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jane Blalock1968 Kathy Whitworth Carol Mann Sandra Post1967 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Sharron Moran1966 Kathy Whitworth Kathy Whitworth Jan Ferraris1965 Kathy Whitworth Margie Masters1964 Mickey Wright Susie Maxwell1963 Mickey Wright Clifford Ann Creed1962 Mickey Wright Mary Mills1961 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 Leading money winners by year EditYear Player Country Earnings Most wins2022 Lydia Ko New Zealand 4 364 403 3 Lydia Ko Jennifer Kupcho2021 Ko Jin young South Korea 3 502 161 5 Ko Jin young2020 Ko Jin young South Korea 1 667 925 2 Danielle Kang Kim Sei young2019 Ko Jin young South Korea 2 773 894 4 Ko Jin young2018 Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand 2 743 949 3 Ariya Jutanugarn Sung Hyun Park2017 Sung Hyun Park South Korea 2 335 883 3 Shanshan Feng In Kyung Kim2016 Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand 2 550 928 5 Ariya Jutanugarn2015 Lydia Ko New Zealand 2 800 802 5 Lydia Ko Inbee Park2014 Stacy Lewis United States 2 539 039 3 Lydia Ko Stacy Lewis Inbee Park2013 Inbee Park South Korea 2 456 619 6 Inbee Park2012 Inbee Park South Korea 2 287 080 4 Stacy Lewis2011 Yani Tseng Taiwan 2 921 713 7 Yani Tseng2010 Na Yeon Choi South Korea 1 871 166 5 Ai Miyazato2009 Jiyai Shin South Korea 1 807 334 3 Jiyai Shin Lorena Ochoa2008 Lorena Ochoa Mexico 2 754 660 7 Lorena Ochoa2007 Lorena Ochoa Mexico 4 364 994 8 Lorena Ochoa2006 Lorena Ochoa Mexico 2 592 872 6 Lorena Ochoa2005 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 2 588 240 10 Annika Sorenstam2004 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 2 544 707 8 Annika Sorenstam2003 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 2 029 506 6 Annika Sorenstam2002 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 2 863 904 11 Annika Sorenstam2001 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 2 105 868 8 Annika Sorenstam2000 Karrie Webb Australia 1 876 853 7 Karrie Webb1999 Karrie Webb Australia 1 591 959 6 Karrie Webb1998 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 1 092 748 4 Annika Sorenstam Se Ri Pak1997 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 1 236 789 6 Annika Sorenstam1996 Karrie Webb Australia 1 002 000 4 Laura Davies Dottie Pepper Karrie Webb1995 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 666 533 3 Annika Sorenstam1994 Laura Davies England 687 201 4 Beth Daniel1993 Betsy King United States 595 992 3 Brandie Burton1992 Dottie Mochrie United States 693 335 4 Dottie Mochrie1991 Pat Bradley United States 763 118 4 Pat Bradley Meg Mallon1990 Beth Daniel United States 863 578 7 Beth Daniel1989 Betsy King United States 654 132 6 Betsy King1988 Sherri Turner United States 350 851 3 5 players see 1 1987 Ayako Okamoto Japan 466 034 5 Jane Geddes1986 Pat Bradley United States 492 021 5 Pat Bradley1985 Nancy Lopez United States 416 472 5 Nancy Lopez1984 Betsy King United States 266 771 4 Patty Sheehan Amy Alcott1983 JoAnne Carner United States 291 404 4 Pat Bradley Patty Sheehan1982 JoAnne Carner United States 310 400 5 JoAnne Carner Beth Daniel1981 Beth Daniel United States 206 998 5 Donna Caponi1980 Beth Daniel United States 231 000 5 Donna Caponi JoAnne Carner1979 Nancy Lopez United States 197 489 8 Nancy Lopez1978 Nancy Lopez United States 189 814 9 Nancy Lopez1977 Judy Rankin United States 122 890 5 Judy Rankin Debbie Austin1976 Judy Rankin United States 150 734 6 Judy Rankin1975 Sandra Palmer United States 76 374 4 Carol Mann Sandra Haynie1974 JoAnne Carner United States 87 094 6 JoAnne Carner Sandra Haynie1973 Kathy Whitworth United States 82 864 7 Kathy Whitworth1972 Kathy Whitworth United States 65 063 5 Kathy Whitworth Jane Blalock1971 Kathy Whitworth United States 41 181 5 Kathy Whitworth1970 Kathy Whitworth United States 30 235 4 Shirley Englehorn1969 Carol Mann United States 49 152 8 Carol Mann1968 Kathy Whitworth United States 48 379 10 Carol Mann Kathy Whitworth1967 Kathy Whitworth United States 32 937 8 Kathy Whitworth1966 Kathy Whitworth United States 33 517 9 Kathy Whitworth1965 Kathy Whitworth United States 28 658 8 Kathy Whitworth1964 Mickey Wright United States 29 800 11 Mickey Wright1963 Mickey Wright United States 31 269 13 Mickey Wright1962 Mickey Wright United States 21 641 10 Mickey Wright1961 Mickey Wright United States 22 236 10 Mickey Wright1960 Louise Suggs United States 16 892 6 Mickey Wright1959 Betsy Rawls United States 26 774 10 Betsy Rawls1958 Beverly Hanson United States 12 639 5 Mickey Wright1957 Patty Berg United States 16 272 5 Betsy Rawls Patty Berg1956 Marlene Hagge United States 20 235 8 Marlene Hagge1955 Patty Berg United States 16 492 6 Patty Berg1954 Patty Berg United States 16 011 5 Louise Suggs Babe Zaharias1953 Louise Suggs United States 19 816 8 Louise Suggs1952 Betsy Rawls United States 14 505 8 Betsy Rawls1951 Babe Zaharias United States 15 087 9 Babe Zaharias1950 Babe Zaharias United States 14 800 8 Babe Zaharias 1 The five players with three titles in 1988 were Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Betsy King Nancy Lopez and Ayako Okamoto Leading career money winners EditThe table below shows the top 10 career money leaders on the LPGA Tour from the start of their rookie seasons as of August 13 2023 50 Active players on the Tour are shown in bold Rank Player Country Played Earnings Careerevents1 Annika Sorenstam Sweden 1994 2023 22 583 693 3072 Karrie Webb Australia 1996 present 20 293 617 4943 Cristie Kerr United States 1997 present 20 179 848 5964 Inbee Park South Korea 2007 present 18 262 344 3055 Lydia Ko New Zealand 2014 present 16 891 433 2176 Lorena Ochoa Mexico 2003 2010 14 863 331 1757 Suzann Pettersen Norway 2003 2019 14 837 578 3168 Stacy Lewis United States 2009 present 14 493 255 3369 Juli Inkster United States 1983 2022 14 018 391 71410 Lexi Thompson United States 2012 present 13 698 315 234Total prize money awarded in past years EditSeason Totalpurse 2020 41 300 000 73 500 000 51 52 2010 41 400 0002000 38 500 0001990 17 100 0001980 5 150 0001970 435 0401960 186 7001950 50 000See also EditGolf in the United States List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins List of LPGA major championship winning golfers Professional Golfers Association of America Professional golf tours Women s World Golf RankingsReferences Edit LPGA Unveils New Logo Golf Channel LPGA Tour Media October 4 2007 Retrieved December 6 2018 LPGA logo famouslogos us Retrieved July 16 2011 Learn more about the 13 LPGA founders LPGA 2011 Archived from the original on November 28 2012 Retrieved April 30 2013 LPGA Tour History The Golf Channel 2000 Archived from the original on September 27 2007 Retrieved April 8 2007 a b About the LPGA LPGA Retrieved April 30 2013 Mallon Bill January 21 2011 Historical Dictionary of Golf p 330 ISBN 9780810874657 Spencer Devlin Muffin November 12 1996 Reviews Books Fore play p 88 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Kirsch George B 2009 Golf in America University of Illinois Press p 170 ISBN 978 0 252 03292 9 When was the LPGA founded Infographic Keiser University College of Golf January 4 2017 Archived from the original on April 29 2021 Retrieved August 29 2020 About the LPGA Our Founders LPGA a b Carlson Michael September 12 2006 Patty Berg The Guardian Retrieved March 16 2016 Padraig Harrington LPGA founders join 24 Golf Hall of Fame class ESPN Associated Press March 9 2023 Polly Riley Victor With 295 at Tampa The New York Times January 23 1950 Retrieved July 30 2021 Garrity John Nutt Amy March 18 1996 No More Disguises Muffin Spencer Devlin stands tall in her chosen role the first LPGA player to declare she s gay Sports Illustrated Retrieved February 11 2015 LPGA Names Michael Whan as its Commissioner LPGA October 28 2009 Retrieved April 30 2013 LPGA Tour names Whan commissioner ESPN Associated Press October 28 2009 Retrieved April 30 2013 Achenbach James October 13 2010 Who is former Long Drive champ Lana Lawless Golfweek Retrieved March 12 2018 Thomas Katie October 12 2010 Transgender Woman Sues L P G A Over Policy The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 12 2018 Thomas Katie December 1 2010 L P G A Will Allow Transgender Players to Compete The New York Times Retrieved March 12 2018 Boivin Paola March 12 2013 Transgender golfer dreams of playing in LPGA USA Today Executive Women s Golf Association to be Rebranded as LPGA Women Who Play LPGA Retrieved October 27 2020 Find a Chapter LPGA Amateur Golf Association Retrieved October 27 2020 Stanley Adam August 16 2019 LPGA commissioner If I had 150 Brooke Hendersons I could own the sporting world CBC Sports Retrieved September 24 2019 LPGA South Korean women dominate women s golf in 2008 Mario Jennifer Why Korean golfers are dominating LPGA Tour Archived from the original on February 9 2013 Retrieved April 30 2013 LPGA Information 2009 International Players PDF Press release LPGA Retrieved January 24 2009 dead link LPGA Tour goes to points race ESPN Associated Press January 8 2014 Retrieved January 10 2014 LPGA Tour Announces Record Breaking 2023 Schedule LPGA November 18 2022 Ryan Shane November 18 2022 LPGA releases 2023 schedule features 100 million in total prize money Golf Digest 2023 Blue Bay LPGA Cancelled LPGA February 1 2023 Retrieved February 1 2023 The net 800 000 increase from the cancellation of the 2 2 million Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA to the new 3 0 million Maybank Championship makes the total purse 100 1 million for 2023 Kroger Queen City Championship Presented By P amp G Announces Increase In Purse To 2 Million In 2023 LPGA May 16 2023 Retrieved June 17 2023 Hirsch Jack June 25 2023 2023 KPMG Women s PGA Championship purse Payout breakdown winner s share Golf Magazine Retrieved July 5 2023 Paisley Kent July 5 2023 USGA bumps U S Women s Open prize money payout to record 11M with eventual goal of equal purse to men Golf Digest LPGA unveils 2022 schedule with 34 events nearly 86 million in prize money Golf Channel November 19 2021 U S Women s Open 2022 Purse increasing to 10 million a 4 5 million leap over 2021 Golf Channel January 7 2022 KPMG Women s PGA doubles its purse to 9 million marking a 300 percent increase since 2014 Golfweek June 21 2022 Retrieved June 22 2022 The Amundi Evian Championship Continues to Assert Its Ambition to Promote Parity in Sport Increases its Prize Purse to 6 5 Million LPGA May 17 2022 Retrieved July 22 2022 Buick LPGA Shanghai canceled for 3rd straight year due to COVID 19 restrictions in China ESPN July 6 2022 Retrieved July 23 2022 Prize money increased again for 2022 AIG Women s Open AIG Women s Open August 3 2022 Retrieved August 3 2022 Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA Cancelled for 2022 LPGA August 10 2022 Retrieved August 15 2022 LPGA Tour s 2022 Portland Classic Announces New Title Sponsor Amazingcre LPGA May 11 2022 Retrieved September 20 2022 Volunteers of America Classic Preview Field and Prize Money Golf Monthly September 27 2022 Atthaya Thitikul Wins 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie Of The Year Award LPGA November 10 2022 Levins Keely October 25 2021 Patty Tavatanakit clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors Golf Digest Retrieved October 25 2021 Ariya Jutanugarn Earns 2018 Rolex Player of the Year Award LPGA October 30 2018 Jin Young Ko Earns 2018 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award LPGA October 23 2018 Sung Hyun Park Clinches 2017 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Honors LPGA October 18 2017 Lydia Ko is LPGA s top rookie ESPN Associated Press November 12 2014 Career Money LPGA Retrieved August 14 2023 Total purse before COVID 19 pandemic schedule changes LPGA Tour Announces a 2020 Schedule with Record Breaking Purse Levels and Television Coverage LPGA November 22 2019 External links EditOfficial website Tournaments Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title LPGA amp oldid 1170457155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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