Women's major golf championships

Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's. As of 2013, five tournaments are designated as majors in women's golf by the LPGA Tour.

LPGA majors[]

Current position[]

The LPGA's list of majors has changed several times over the years. The two most recent changes were:

• In 2001, the du Maurier Classic, held in Canada, lost its primary sponsorship after that country passed severe restrictions on tobacco advertising. The tournament, now known as the Canadian Women's Open, is still a regular event on the LPGA Tour, but no longer designated as a major. The LPGA elevated the Women's British Open to major status to replace the du Maurier Classic.
• In 2013, The Evian Championship, held in France, became the fifth LPGA major. Known before 2013 as the Evian Masters, it is one of two events recognized as majors by the LPGA's European counterpart, the Ladies European Tour (LET). The elevation of this event to LPGA major status and the name change were announced by the LPGA on July 20, 2011.^[1]

As of 2019, the order in which women's majors are played:

• ANA Inspiration
• U.S. Women's Open
• Women's PGA Championship
• The Evian Championship
• Women's British Open

Before The Evian Championship became the fifth LPGA major, the setup of women's majors closely paralleled that of the mainstream (i.e., under-50) men's majors. In both cases, the United States hosts three majors and the United Kingdom one. The Evian Championship, as noted above, is held in France. The U.S. and British Opens, and the PGA Championship match their male equivalents. The ANA Inspiration is the first major of the season and is held at a single host course (the Mission Hills Country Club), similarly to the Masters Tournament.

Unlike the mainstream men's equivalents, all but one of the women's majors have title sponsors. Each of the five majors falls under a different jurisdiction. The LPGA organizes the ANA Inspiration. Through 2014, it also organized the LPGA Championship, but since 2015 that tournament has been taken over by the PGA of America, the body that organizes the men's PGA Championship, and has been renamed the Women's PGA Championship.^[2] The U.S. Women's Open, is operated by the United States Golf Association. The Women's British Open is operated by The R&A since a 2016 merger with the Ladies Golf Union. The Evian Championship is operated by the LET.

From 2006 through 2008, the winners of the four women's majors received automatic entry to the LPGA's season championship, the LPGA Tour Championship. Beginning in 2009, the Tour Championship extended entry to all players in the top 120 on the official LPGA Money List. Starting in 2011, the Tour Championship was replaced by the CME Group Titleholders; from that point through 2013, the top three finishers at all official tour events, including the majors, who had not already qualified for the Titleholders earned entries. Starting in 2014, the LPGA adopted a points race similar in some ways to the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup. In the new system, officially called the "Race to the CME Globe", the top 72 points earners during the season, plus all tournament winners, qualify for the renamed final event, the CME Group Tour Championship, in which the top nine points earners will have at least a mathematical chance of winning the season title.

History[]

Eight different events are classified as having been LPGA majors at some time. The number in each season has fluctuated between two and five. The first tournament which is now included in the LPGA's official list of major victories is the 1930 Women's Western Open, although this is a retrospective designation as the LPGA was not founded until 1950.^[3]·The Titleholders was played from 1937 to 1966 with a gap due to World War II. In 1967 there were three majors, then from 1968 to 1971 this decreased and went back to two majors. Then in 1979, the du Maurier Classic was first played and immediately considered a major leading to three majors again from 1979 to 1982. In 1983, when Nabisco Dinah Shore gained major championship status, there were four majors.^[4]

• Women's Western Open: 1930–1967
• Titleholders Championship: 1937–1942, 1946–1966, 1972
• U.S. Women's Open: 1946–present
• Women's PGA Championship: 1955–present (LPGA Championship, 1955–2014)
• du Maurier Classic: 1979–2000 (Peter Jackson Classic, 1979-1983)
• ANA Inspiration: 1983–present (Nabisco Dinah Shore, 1983–1999; Nabisco Championship, 2000–2001; Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2002–2014)
• Women's British Open: 2001–present
• The Evian Championship: 2013–present

LPGA major winners[]

Fourth era (beginning in 2013)

Year	ANA Inspiration	U.S. Women's Open	Women's PGA Championship	The Evian Championship	Women's British Open
2021	Patty Tavatanakit	Yuka Saso	Nelly Korda	Minjee Lee	Anna Nordqvist (3/3)
2020	Mirim Lee	Kim A-lim	Kim Sei-young	Canceled due to pandemic[5]	Sophia Popov
2019	Ko Jin-young (1/2)	Lee Jeong-eun	Hannah Green	Ko Jin-young (2/2)	Hinako Shibuno
2018	Pernilla Lindberg	Ariya Jutanugarn (2/2)	Park Sung-hyun (2/2)	Angela Stanford	Georgia Hall
2017	Ryu So-yeon (2/2)	Park Sung-hyun (1/2)	Danielle Kang	Anna Nordqvist (2/3)	In-Kyung Kim
2016	Lydia Ko (2/2)	Brittany Lang	Brooke Henderson	Chun In-gee (2/2)	Ariya Jutanugarn (1/2)
2015	Brittany Lincicome (2/2)	Chun In-gee (1/2)	Inbee Park (6/7)	Lydia Ko (1/2)	Inbee Park (7/7)
Year	Kraft Nabisco Championship	U.S. Women's Open	LPGA Championship	The Evian Championship	Women's British Open
2014[6]	Lexi Thompson	Michelle Wie	Inbee Park (5/7)	Kim Hyo-joo	Mo Martin
2013[7]	Inbee Park (2/7)	Inbee Park (4/7)	Inbee Park (3/7)	Suzann Pettersen (2/2)	Stacy Lewis (2/2)

Third era (2001–2012)

Year	Kraft Nabisco Championship	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	Women's British Open
2012	Sun-Young Yoo	Shanshan Feng	Na Yeon Choi	Jiyai Shin (2/2)
2011	Stacy Lewis (1/2)	Yani Tseng (4/5)	Ryu So-yeon (1/2)	Yani Tseng (5/5)
2010	Yani Tseng (2/5)	Cristie Kerr (2/2)	Paula Creamer	Yani Tseng (3/5)
2009	Brittany Lincicome (1/2)	Anna Nordqvist (1/3)	Ji Eun-hee	Catriona Matthew
2008	Lorena Ochoa (2/2)	Yani Tseng (1/5)	Inbee Park (1/7)	Jiyai Shin (1/2)
2007	Morgan Pressel	Suzann Pettersen (1/2)	Cristie Kerr (1/2)	Lorena Ochoa (1/2)
2006	Karrie Webb (7/7)	Se Ri Pak (5/5)	Annika Sörenstam (10/10)	Sherri Steinhauer (2/2)
2005	Annika Sörenstam (8/10)	Annika Sörenstam (9/10)	Birdie Kim	Jeong Jang
2004	Grace Park	Annika Sörenstam (7/10)	Meg Mallon (4/4)	Karen Stupples
2003	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	Annika Sörenstam (5/10)	Hilary Lunke	Annika Sörenstam (6/10)
2002	Annika Sörenstam (4/10)	Se Ri Pak (4/5)	Juli Inkster (7/7)	Karrie Webb (6/7)
Year	Nabisco Championship	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	Women's British Open
2001	Annika Sörenstam (3/10)	Karrie Webb (4/7)	Karrie Webb (5/7)	Se Ri Pak (3/5)

Second era (1973–2000)

Year	Nabisco Championship	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	du Maurier Classic
2000	Karrie Webb (2/7)	Juli Inkster (6/7)	Karrie Webb (3/7)	Meg Mallon (3/4)
Year	Nabisco Dinah Shore	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	du Maurier Classic
1999	Dottie Pepper (2/2)	Juli Inkster (4/7)	Juli Inkster (5/7)	Karrie Webb (1/7)
1998	Pat Hurst	Se Ri Pak (1/5)	Se Ri Pak (2/5)	Brandie Burton (2/2)
1997	Betsy King (6/6)	Christa Johnson	Alison Nicholas	Colleen Walker
1996	Patty Sheehan (6/6)	Laura Davies (3/4)	Annika Sörenstam (2/10)	Laura Davies (4/4)
1995	Nanci Bowen	Kelly Robbins	Annika Sörenstam (1/10)	Jenny Lidback
1994	Donna Andrews	Laura Davies (2/4)	Patty Sheehan (5/6)	Martha Nause
1993	Helen Alfredsson	Patty Sheehan (4/6)	Lauri Merten	Brandie Burton (1/2)
1992	Dottie Mochrie (1/2)	Betsy King (5/6)	Patty Sheehan (3/6)	Sherri Steinhauer (1/2)
1991	Amy Alcott (5/5)	Meg Mallon (1/4)	Meg Mallon (2/4)	Nancy Scranton
1990	Betsy King (3/6)	Beth Daniel	Betsy King (4/6)	Cathy Johnston
1989	Juli Inkster (3/7)	Nancy Lopez (3/3)	Betsy King (2/6)	Tammie Green
1988	Amy Alcott (4/5)	Sherri Turner	Liselotte Neumann	Sally Little (2/2)
1987	Betsy King (1/6)	Jane Geddes (2/2)	Laura Davies (1/4)	Jody Rosenthal
1986	Pat Bradley (4/6)	Pat Bradley (5/6)	Jane Geddes (1/2)	Pat Bradley (6/6)
1985	Alice Miller	Nancy Lopez (2/3)	Kathy Baker	Pat Bradley (3/6)
1984	Juli Inkster (1/7)	Patty Sheehan (2/6)	Hollis Stacy (4/4)	Juli Inkster (2/7)
Year	Nabisco Dinah Shore	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	Peter Jackson Classic
1983	Amy Alcott (3/5)	Patty Sheehan (1/6)	Jan Stephenson (3/3)	Hollis Stacy (3/4)
1982	Not considered a major	Jan Stephenson (2/3)	Janet Anderson	Sandra Haynie (4/4)
1981		Donna Caponi (4/4)	Pat Bradley (2/6)	Jan Stephenson (1/3)
1980		Sally Little (1/2)	Amy Alcott (2/5)	Pat Bradley (1/6)
1979		Donna Caponi (3/4)	Jerilyn Britz	Amy Alcott (1/5)
1978		Nancy Lopez (1/3)	Hollis Stacy (2/4)	Not considered a major
1977		Chako Higuchi	Hollis Stacy (1/4)
1976		Betty Burfeindt	JoAnne Carner (2/2)
1975		Kathy Whitworth (6/6)	Sandra Palmer (2/2)
1974		Sandra Haynie (2/4)	Sandra Haynie (3/4)
1973		Mary Mills (3/3)	Susie Berning (4/4)

First era (1930–72)

Year	Women's Western Open	LPGA Championship	U.S. Women's Open	Titleholders Championship
1972	Defunct	Kathy Ahern	Susie Berning (3/4)	Sandra Palmer (1/2)
1971		Kathy Whitworth (5/6)	JoAnne Carner (1/2)	Not played
1970		Shirley Englehorn	Donna Caponi (2/4)
1969		Betsy Rawls (8/8)	Donna Caponi (1/4)
1968		Sandra Post	Susie Berning (2/4)
1967	Kathy Whitworth (3/6)	Kathy Whitworth (4/6)	Catherine Lacoste
1966	Mickey Wright (13/13)	Gloria Ehret	Sandra Spuzich	Kathy Whitworth (2/6)
1965	Susie Maxwell (1/4)	Sandra Haynie (1/4)	Carol Mann (2/2)	Kathy Whitworth (1/6)
1964	Carol Mann (1/2)	Mary Mills (2/3)	Mickey Wright (12/13)	Marilynn Smith (2/2)
1963	Mickey Wright (10/13)	Mickey Wright (11/13)	Mary Mills (1/3)	Marilynn Smith (1/2)
1962	Mickey Wright (8/13)	Judy Kimball	Murle Lindstrom	Mickey Wright (9/13)
1961	Mary Lena Faulk	Mickey Wright (5/13)	Mickey Wright (6/13)	Mickey Wright (7/13)
1960	Joyce Ziske	Mickey Wright (4/13)	Betsy Rawls (7/8)	Fay Crocker (2/2)
1959	Betsy Rawls (5/8)	Betsy Rawls (6/8)	Mickey Wright (3/13)	Louise Suggs (11/11)
1958	Patty Berg (15/15)	Mickey Wright (1/13)	Mickey Wright (2/13)	Beverly Hanson (3/3)
1957	Patty Berg (13/15)	Louise Suggs (10/11)	Betsy Rawls (4/8)	Patty Berg (14/15)
1956	Beverly Hanson (2/3)	Marlene Hagge	Kathy Cornelius	Louise Suggs (9/11)
1955	Patty Berg (11/15)	Beverly Hanson (1/3)	Fay Crocker (1/2)	Patty Berg (12/15)
1954	Betty Jameson (3/3)	Not yet founded	Babe Zaharias (10/10)	Louise Suggs (8/11)
1953	Louise Suggs (7/11)		Betsy Rawls (3/8)	Patty Berg (10/15)
1952	Betsy Rawls (2/8)		Louise Suggs (6/11)	Babe Zaharias (9/10)
1951	Patty Berg (9/15)		Betsy Rawls (1/8)	Pat O'Sullivan
1950	Babe Zaharias (6/10)		Babe Zaharias (7/10)	Babe Zaharias (8/10)
1949	Louise Suggs (4/11)		Louise Suggs (5/11)	Peggy Kirk
1948	Patty Berg (7/15)		Babe Zaharias (5/10)	Patty Berg (8/15)
1947	Louise Suggs (3/11)		Betty Jameson (2/3)	Babe Zaharias (4/10)
1946	Louise Suggs (1/11)		Patty Berg (6/15)	Louise Suggs (2/11)
1945	Babe Zaharias (3/10)		Not yet founded	Not played (World War II)
1944	Babe Zaharias (2/10)
1943	Patty Berg (5/15)
1942	Betty Jameson (1/3)			Dorothy Kirby (2/2)
1941	Patty Berg (4/15)			Dorothy Kirby (1/2)
1940	Babe Zaharias (1/10)			Helen Hicks (2/2)
1939	Helen Dettweiler			Patty Berg (3/15)
1938	Bea Barrett			Patty Berg (2/15)
1937	Helen Hicks (1/2)			Patty Berg (1/15)
1936	Opal Hill (2/2)			Not yet founded
1935	Opal Hill (1/2)
1934	Marian McDougall
1933	June Beebe (2/2)
1932	Jane Weiller
1931	June Beebe (1/2)
1930	Lucia Mida

The "Grand Slam"[]

No woman has completed a four-major Grand Slam, much less one with five majors. Babe Zaharias won all three majors contested in 1950 and Sandra Haynie won both majors in 1974.

During the four-major era, six women have completed a "Career Grand Slam" by winning four different majors . There are variations in the set of four tournaments involved as the players played in different eras. The six are: Pat Bradley; Juli Inkster; Annika Sörenstam; Louise Suggs; Karrie Webb; and Mickey Wright. During the five-major era, Inbee Park became the first woman to complete the "Career Grand Slam." Even though there has been some debate surrounding whether Park has actually accomplished this feat, as she won The Evian Championship in 2012 before it officially became a major in 2013, LPGA acknowledged Park to have successfully achieved a "Career Grand Slam."^[8][9] The LPGA recognizes Webb as its only "Super Career Grand Slam" winner, since she is the only golfer to have won five events recognized by the LPGA as majors. Before the elevation of The Evian Championship to major status, the following was required for a golfer to win the Super Career Grand Slam:

• The du Maurier Classic between 1979 and 2000, when it was recognized by the LPGA as a major;
• the Women's British Open in 2001 or later; and
• the other three then-existing majors.

Webb won the du Maurier Classic in 1999 and the Women's British Open in 2002.

Major champions by nationality[]

The table below shows the number of major championships won by golfers from various countries.

Country	1930s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	2000s	10s	20s	Total
United States	13	21	34	32	21	31	29	9	11	1	202
South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	9	20	3	34
Sweden	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	9	2	1	16
Australia	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	6	1	1	12
England	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	1	1	–	7
Taiwan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	–	5
Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	3
Canada	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	2
France	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	2
Japan	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1	–	2
Mexico	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	2
Norway	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	2
Uruguay	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1
Germany	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Peru	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Philippines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
South Africa	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Total	13	21	35	35	22	37	40	40	47	9	296

Consecutive victories at a major championship[]

Nationality	Player	Major	#	Years
United States	Patty Berg	Titleholders Championship	3	1937, 1938, 1939
Sweden	Annika Sörenstam	LPGA Championship	3	2003, 2004, 2005
South Korea	Inbee Park	Women's PGA Championship	3	2013, 2014, 2015
United States	Opal Hill	Women's Western Open	2	1935, 1936
United States	Dorothy Kirby	Titleholders Championship	2	1941, 1942
United States	Babe Zaharias	Women's Western Open	2	1944, 1945
United States	Louise Suggs	Women's Western Open	2	1946, 1947
United States	Patty Berg	Women's Western Open	2	1957, 1958
United States	Mickey Wright	U.S. Women's Open	2	1958, 1959
United States	Mickey Wright	LPGA Championship	2	1960, 1961
United States	Mickey Wright	Titleholders Championship	2	1961, 1962
United States	Mickey Wright	Women's Western Open	2	1962, 1963
United States	Marilynn Smith	Titleholders Championship	2	1963, 1964
United States	Kathy Whitworth	Titleholders Championship	2	1965, 1966
United States	Donna Caponi	U.S. Women's Open	2	1969, 1970
United States	Susie Berning	U.S. Women's Open	2	1972, 1973
United States	Hollis Stacy	U.S. Women's Open	2	1977, 1978
United States	Patty Sheehan	LPGA Championship	2	1983, 1984
United States	Pat Bradley	du Maurier Classic	2	1985, 1986
United States	Betsy King	U.S. Women's Open	2	1989, 1990
Sweden	Annika Sörenstam	U.S. Women's Open	2	1995, 1996
United States	Juli Inkster	LPGA Championship	2	1999, 2000
Australia	Karrie Webb	U.S. Women's Open	2	2000, 2001
Sweden	Annika Sörenstam	Kraft Nabisco Championship	2	2001, 2002
Taiwan	Yani Tseng	Women's British Open	2	2010, 2011

Multiple major victories in a calendar year[]

Three victories[]

• 1950: Babe Zaharias; Women's Western Open, U.S. Women's Open, and Titleholders Championship
• 1961: Mickey Wright; LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, and Titleholders Championship
• 1986: Pat Bradley; Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship, du Maurier Classic
• 2013: Inbee Park; Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open

Note: These golfers are also included below in the Two victories section.

Two victories[]

ANA Inspiration and LPGA Championship[]

• 1986: Pat Bradley
• 2005: Annika Sörenstam
• 2013: Inbee Park

ANA Inspiration and The Evian Championship[]

• 2019: Ko Jin-young

ANA Inspiration and U.S. Women's Open[]

• 1990: Betsy King
• 2000: Karrie Webb
• 2013: Inbee Park

ANA Inspiration and Women's British Open[]

• 2010: Yani Tseng

LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open[]

• 1958: Mickey Wright
• 1961: Mickey Wright (2)
• 1974: Sandra Haynie
• 1991: Meg Mallon
• 1998: Se Ri Pak
• 1999: Juli Inkster
• 2001: Karrie Webb
• 2013: Inbee Park

LPGA Championship and Women's British Open[]

• 2003: Annika Sörenstam
• 2011: Yani Tseng
• 2015: Inbee Park

U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open[]

• Never has occurred

ANA Inspiration and du Maurier Classic[]

• 1984: Juli Inkster
• 1986: Pat Bradley

LPGA Championship and du Maurier Classic[]

• 1986: Pat Bradley
• 1996: Laura Davies

U.S. Women's Open and du Maurier Classic[]

• Never occurred

Women's Western Open and LPGA Championship[]

• 1959: Betsy Rawls
• 1963: Mickey Wright
• 1967: Kathy Whitworth

Women's Western Open and U.S. Women's Open[]

• 1949: Louise Suggs
• 1950: Babe Zaharias

Women's Western Open and Titleholders Championship[]

• 1946: Louise Suggs
• 1948: Patty Berg
• 1950: Babe Zaharias
• 1955: Patty Berg
• 1957: Patty Berg
• 1962: Mickey Wright

LPGA Championship and Titleholders Championship[]

• 1961: Mickey Wright

U.S. Women's Open and Titleholders Championship[]

• 1950: Babe Zaharias
• 1961: Mickey Wright

Record scores[]

The lowest score in relation to par recorded in a women's major championship was 21-under-par, by Chun In-gee at the 2016 Evian Championship.^[10] Chun also holds the record for lowest aggregate score for 72-holes, at 263, for her performance at that tournament. The single round scoring record is 61 held by three golfers, Kim Hyo-joo at the 2014 Evian Championship, Lee Jeong-eun and Leona Maguire, both at 2021 Evian Championship. A score of 62 has been shot by Minea Blomqvist at the 2004 Women's British Open (third round), Lorena Ochoa at the 2006 Kraft Nabisco Championship (first round), and Mirim Lee at the 2016 Women's British Open (first round).

Rolex Annika Major Award[]

In 2014, the LPGA established the yearly Rolex Annika Major Award to recognize the overall best performance in the LPGA majors. Points are award for top-10 finishes in each major: 60 points for first place, 24 for second, down to 2 points for tenth place. The major winner with the most points at the end of the season wins the award. It is named after Annika Sörenstam.^[11]

Year	Winner	Country	Points	Ref
2014	Michelle Wie	United States	84	[12]
2015	Inbee Park	South Korea	144	[13]
2016	Lydia Ko	New Zealand	102	[14]
2017	Ryu So-yeon	South Korea	78	[15]
2018	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	88	[16]
2019	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	138	[17]
2021	Patty Tavatanakit	Thailand	80	[18]

Other regular tours[]

In men's (non-senior) golf, the four majors are agreed globally. All the principal tours acknowledge the status of the majors via their sponsorship of the Official World Golf Ranking, and the prize money is official on the three richest regular tours (the PGA, European, and Japanese tours). This is not the case in women's golf, but the significance of this is limited, as the LPGA Tour is much more dominant in women's golf than the PGA Tour is in men's golf. For example, the BBC has been known to use the LPGA definition of women's majors without qualifying it. Also, before the Evian Masters was elevated to major status, the Ladies' Golf Union, the governing body for women's golf in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the organiser of the Women's British Open, stated on its official site that the Women's British Open is "the only Women's Major to be played outside the U.S."^[19]

The Ladies European Tour does not sanction any of the LPGA majors which are played in the United States, and only has two events which it designates as majors on its schedule, namely the Women's British Open and The Evian Championship (historically the Evian Masters), which is played in France. The Ladies European Tour had long tacitly acknowledged the dominance of the LPGA Tour by not scheduling any of its events to conflict with any of the LPGA majors played in the U.S., but that changed slightly in 2008 when the LET scheduled a tournament opposite the LPGA Championship. Also, while the LPGA Tour did not recognize the then-Evian Masters as a major until 2013, it began co-sanctioning the tournament as a regular tour event in 2000. Because it was played the week before the Women's British Open (except in 2012, when the latter event was moved to September to avoid conflict with the London Olympics), and the purse was (and remains) one of the largest on the LPGA Tour, virtually all top LPGA players played the Evian Masters before its elevation to major status. The Evian Championship has now moved to September. (During the 2006–08 period, its winner also received an automatic berth in the LPGA Tour Championship.)

The LPGA of Japan Tour, which is the second richest women's golf tour^{[citation needed]}, has its own set of four majors: the World Ladies, the Japan Open, the JLPGA Championship and the JLPGA Tour Championship. However, these events attract little notice outside Japan, and to a lesser degree South Korea (since a number of Koreans now play on the Japan tour).

Symetra Tour[]

Since 2006, the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour known through 2011 as the Futures Tour, has designated the Tate & Lyle Players Championship, an event which has been held since 1985, as a major championship. It was the Tour's first $100,000 purse.

Women's senior golf[]

Professional women's senior golf is in its infancy, and does not yet have a roster of majors. The Legends Tour, originally the Women's Senior Golf Tour, played its first season in 2001.

See also[]

• Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions

Notes and references[]