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30-483: Previously known as the "Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill," the tournament was founded twenty-one years ago in 2003 and played for seven seasons. Absent in 2010 and 2011 , it returned for the 2012 season in early September, and switched to early May in 2013 . The LPGA event succeeded the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill , an annual PGA Tour event held for 22 years, from 1981 through 2002 . Held at

60-548: A day late arriving to the Women's British Open in England ; Shin won the year's final major by nine strokes and Creamer finished third. Kerr won her third title at Kingsmill in a playoff in 2013 over Suzann Pettersen , the 2007 champion. The playoff went two holes, both played on #18, and ended when Kerr sank her putt for par. The sudden-death format was changed in 2013 to play that finishing hole three times, then move to over to #16 if

90-498: 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

120-681: A fourth hole was necessary. Kerr is the only multiple winner, with victories in 2005, 2009, and 2013. Annika Sörenstam set the event's 72-hole scoring record in 2008 at 265, 19 strokes under par. Shin set the stop's single round record in 2012, with a 62 (−9) in the first round. River Course in 2013 Opened 49 years ago in 1975, the River Course was designed by noted course architect Pete Dye , who also supervised its renovation in 2004. * Tournament winner 37°13′30″N 76°40′05″W  /  37.225°N 76.668°W  / 37.225; -76.668 2003 LPGA Tour The 2003 LPGA Tour

150-698: 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

180-757: A number of Koreans now play on the Japan 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. The Legends of the LPGA Tour , originally the Women's Senior Golf Tour, played its first season in 2001. The U.S. Senior Women's Open and

210-407: A number of events during 2008 and 2009. At the 2012 event, Jiyai Shin won a sudden-death playoff with Paula Creamer that extended to nine holes and a fifth day. After eight consecutive pars by both, all played on the par-4 18th hole, darkness forced the playoff's suspension until Monday morning. Play was restarted on the 16th hole, and Creamer bogeyed with three putts while Shin parred. Both were

240-505: Is a retrospective designation as the LPGA was not founded until 1950. ·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. No woman has completed

270-680: 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

300-681: Is operated by the Ladies European Tour. 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,

330-571: Is the first major of the season and through 2022 was held at a single host course (the Mission Hills Country Club ), similarly to the Masters Tournament , in 2023 it was held at The Club at Carlton Woods 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 Chevron Championship. Through 2014, it also organized

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360-522: 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: Webb won the du Maurier Classic in 1999 and the Women's British Open in 2002. The table below shows the number of major championships won by golfers from various countries/regions. Note: These golfers are also included below in

390-465: 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). In 2014, the LPGA established the yearly Rolex Annika Major Award to recognize the overall best performance in the LPGA majors. Points are awarded 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

420-494: The CME Group Tour Championship , in which the top nine points earners will have at least a mathematical chance of winning the season title. 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

450-549: The LPGA . The LPGA 's list of majors has changed in constitution since the first major was held at the Women's Western Open in 1930. There have been four different periods, 1930 to 1972, 1973 to 2000, 2001 to 2013, and the current version which began in 2014. The current version of tournaments is the Chevron Championship , The Evian Championship , U.S. Women's Open , Women's PGA Championship , The Women's Open . As of 2023,

480-571: The Two victories section. 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 . 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

510-419: The late-2000s recession and the company's pending acquisition by InBev were among the factors. The talk led that year's winner, Cristie Kerr , and other players to lobby to keep the tournament. In September 2009, Anheuser-Busch announced the discontinuation of its sponsorship of the event, and the LPGA Tour lost one of its most prominent stops. The decision came at a difficult time for the LPGA, which lost

540-698: 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 , 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

570-612: 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

600-461: The Kingsmill Resort just south of Williamsburg, it formerly had one of the highest purses on the LPGA Tour, which attracted a very competitive field. It was voted the players' favorite stop on the tour in 2007 and fans' favorite tournament in 2008 . With a purse of $ 2.2 million, the winner of this LPGA tournament automatically qualified for the season-ending LPGA Playoffs at The ADT , during

630-576: 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. The U.S. Women's Open, is operated by the United States Golf Association . The Women's Open is operated by The R&A since a 2016 merger with the Ladies Golf Union . The Evian Championship

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660-443: 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." The LPGA recognizes Webb as its only "Super Career Grand Slam" winner, since she

690-473: The most points at the end of the season wins the award. It is named after Annika Sörenstam . 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

720-647: The order in which women's majors are played is: Before The Evian Championship became the fifth LPGA major, the setup of women's majors closely paralleled that of the men's majors. In both cases, the United States hosted three majors and the United Kingdom one. The Evian Championship is held in France. The U.S. Open, The Open Championship, and the PGA Championship match their male equivalents. The Chevron Championship

750-412: 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." 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

780-526: 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,

810-469: The tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold . * – non-member at time of win Money List leaders Full 2003 Official Money List Women%27s major golf championships Women's golf has a set of major championships , a series of tournaments designated to be of a higher status than other tournaments. Five tournaments are currently designated as 'majors' in women's golf by

840-467: The years the Playoffs were held, from 2006 through 2008. The purse for the revived event in 2012 was $ 1.3 million. The tournament was sponsored by Michelob ULTRA beer , and its parent company Anheuser-Busch . As of 2007, Anheuser-Busch had donated over $ 1.3 million to 30 different charities through the event. At the 2009 tournament, there was speculation that Anheuser-Busch would not continue its sponsorship;

870-429: Was most notable, as she won the U.S. Women's Open after enduring local and section qualifying for what would become her only LPGA Tour victory. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. The following table shows all the official money events for the 2003 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on

900-459: Was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $ 2,029,506. There were five first-time winners in 2003: Shi Hyun Ahn , Hee-Won Han , Candie Kung , Hilary Lunke , and Angela Stanford . Lunke's

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