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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