Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions

Through the 2016 Evian Championship, 114 golfers have won one of women's golf's LPGA majors. They are listed here in order of their first win. For a complete list of results in these tournaments see the LPGA majors article.

First majorMajors won
# Player Country Year Tournament Total ANA PGA U.S. Open British Evian du Maurier Titleholders Western
1 Mrs. Lee Mida  United States 1930 Women's Western Open 1 1930
2 June Beebe  United States 1931 Women's Western Open 2 1931, 1933
3 Jane Weiller  United States 1932 Women's Western Open 1 1932
4 Marian McDougall  United States 1934 Women's Western Open 1 1934
5 Opal Hill  United States 1935 Women's Western Open 2 1935, 1936
6 Patty Berg  United States 1937 Titleholders Championship 15 1946 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957 1941, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958
7 Helen Hicks  United States 1937 Women's Western Open 2 1940 1937
8 Bea Barrett  United States 1938 Women's Western Open 1 1938
9 Helen Dettweiler  United States 1939 Women's Western Open 1 1939
10 Babe Zaharias  United States 1940 Women's Western Open 10 1948, 1950, 1954 1947, 1950, 1952 1940, 1944, 1945, 1950
11 Dorothy Kirby  United States 1941 Titleholders Championship 2 1941, 1942
12 Betty Jameson  United States 1942 Women's Western Open 3 1947 1942, 1954
13 Louise Suggs  United States 1946 Titleholders Championship 11 1957 1949, 1952 1946, 1954, 1956, 1959 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953
14 Peggy Kirk  United States 1949 Titleholders Championship 1 1949
15 Pat O'Sullivan  United States 1951 Titleholders Championship 1 1951
16 Betsy Rawls  United States 1951 U.S. Women's Open 8 1959, 1969 1951, 1953, 1957, 1960 1952, 1959
17 Fay Crocker  Uruguay 1955 U.S. Women's Open 2 1955 1960
18 Beverly Hanson  United States 1955 LPGA Championship 3 1955 1958 1956
19 Marlene Hagge  United States 1956 LPGA Championship 1 1956
20 Kathy Cornelius  United States 1956 U.S. Women's Open 1 1956
21 Mickey Wright  United States 1958 LPGA Championship 13 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964 1961, 1962 1962, 1963, 1966
22 Joyce Ziske  United States 1960 Women's Western Open 1 1960
23 Mary Lena Faulk  United States 1961 Women's Western Open 1 1961
24 Murle Lindstrom  United States 1962 U.S. Women's Open 1 1962
25 Judy Kimball  United States 1962 LPGA Championship 1 1962
26 Marilynn Smith  United States 1963 Titleholders Championship 2 1963, 1964
27 Mary Mills  United States 1963 U.S. Women's Open 3 1964, 1973 1963
28 Carol Mann  United States 1964 Women's Western Open 2 1965 1964
29 Susie Berning  United States 1965 Women's Western Open 4 1968, 1972, 1973 1965
30 Sandra Haynie  United States 1965 LPGA Championship 4 1965, 1974 1974 1982
31 Kathy Whitworth  United States 1965 Titleholders Championship 6 1967, 1971, 1975 1965, 1966 1967
32 Sandra Spuzich  United States 1966 U.S. Women's Open 1 1966
33 Gloria Ehret  United States 1966 LPGA Championship 1 1966
34 Catherine Lacoste  France 1967 U.S. Women's Open 1 1967
35 Sandra Post  Canada 1968 LPGA Championship 1 1968
36 Donna Caponi  United States 1969 U.S. Women's Open 4 1979, 1981 1969, 1970
37 Shirley Englehorn  United States 1970 LPGA Championship 1 1970
38 JoAnne Carner  United States 1971 U.S. Women's Open 2 1971, 1976
39 Sandra Palmer  United States 1972 Titleholders Championship 2 1975 1972
40 Kathy Ahern  United States 1972 LPGA Championship 1 1972
41 Betty Burfeindt  United States 1976 LPGA Championship 1 1976
42 Chako Higuchi  Japan 1977 LPGA Championship 1 1977
43 Hollis Stacy  United States 1977 U.S. Women's Open 4 1977, 1978, 1984 1983
44 Nancy Lopez  United States 1978 LPGA Championship 3 1978, 1985, 1989
45 Jerilyn Britz  United States 1979 U.S. Women's Open 1 1979
46 Amy Alcott  United States 1979 du Maurier Classic 5 1983, 1988, 1991 1980 1979
47 Sally Little[1]  South Africa 1980 LPGA Championship 2 1980 1988
48 Pat Bradley  United States 1980 du Maurier Classic 6 1986 1986 1981 1980, 1985, 1986
49 Jan Stephenson  Australia 1981 du Maurier Classic 3 1982 1983 1981
50 Janet Anderson  United States 1982 U.S. Women's Open 1 1982
51 Patty Sheehan  United States 1983 LPGA Championship 6 1996 1983, 1984, 1993 1992, 1994
52 Juli Inkster  United States 1984 Nabisco Dinah Shore 7 1984, 1989 1999, 2000 1999, 2002 1984
53 Alice Miller  United States 1985 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1 1985
54 Kathy Baker  United States 1985 U.S. Women's Open 1 1985
55 Jane Geddes  United States 1986 U.S. Women's Open 2 1987 1986
56 Betsy King  United States 1987 Nabisco Dinah Shore 6 1987, 1990, 1997 1992 1989, 1990
57 Jody Rosenthal  United States 1987 du Maurier Classic 1 1987
58 Laura Davies  England 1987 U.S. Women's Open 4 1994, 1996 1987 1996
59 Sherri Turner  United States 1988 LPGA Championship 1 1988
60 Liselotte Neumann  Sweden 1988 U.S. Women's Open 1 1988
61 Tammie Green  United States 1989 du Maurier Classic 1 1989
62 Cathy Johnston  United States 1990 du Maurier Classic 1 1990
63 Beth Daniel  United States 1990 LPGA Championship 1 1990
64 Meg Mallon  United States 1991 LPGA Championship 4 1991 1991, 2004 2000
65 Nancy Scranton  United States 1991 du Maurier Classic 1 1991
66 Dottie Pepper[2]  United States 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore 2 1992, 1999
67 Sherri Steinhauer  United States 1992 du Maurier Classic 1 2006 1992
68 Helen Alfredsson  Sweden 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1 1993
69 Lauri Merten  United States 1993 U.S. Women's Open 1 1993
70 Brandie Burton  United States 1993 du Maurier Classic 2 1993, 1998
71 Donna Andrews  United States 1994 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1 1994
72 Martha Nause  United States 1994 du Maurier Classic 1 1994
73 Nanci Bowen  United States 1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1 1995
74 Kelly Robbins  United States 1995 LPGA Championship 1 1995
75 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden 1995 U.S. Women's Open 10 2001, 2002, 2005 2003, 2004, 2005 1995, 1996, 2006 2003
76 Jenny Lidback  Peru
 Sweden
1995 du Maurier Classic 1 1995
77 Christa Johnson  United States 1997 LPGA Championship 1 1997
78 Alison Nicholas  England 1997 U.S. Women's Open 1 1997
79 Colleen Walker  United States 1997 du Maurier Classic 1 1997
80 Pat Hurst  United States 1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore 1 1998
81 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 1998 LPGA Championship 5 1998, 2002, 2006 1998 2001
82 Karrie Webb  Australia 1999 du Maurier Classic 7 2000, 2006 2001 2000, 2001 2002 1999
83 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc  France 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship 1 2003
84 Hilary Lunke  United States 2003 U.S. Women's Open 1 2003
85 Grace Park  South Korea 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship 1 2004
86 Karen Stupples  England 2004 Women's British Open 1 2004
87 Birdie Kim  South Korea 2005 U.S. Women's Open 1 2005
88 Jang Jeong  South Korea 2005 Women's British Open 1 2005
89 Morgan Pressel  United States 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship 1 2007
90 Suzann Pettersen  Norway 2007 LPGA Championship 2 2007 2013
91 Cristie Kerr  United States 2007 U.S. Women's Open 2 2010 2007
92 Lorena Ochoa  Mexico 2007 Women's British Open 2 2008 2007
93 Yani Tseng  Taiwan 2008 LPGA Championship 5 2010 2008, 2011 2010, 2011
94 Inbee Park  South Korea 2008 U.S. Women's Open 7 2013 2013, 2014, 2015 2008, 2013 2015
95 Jiyai Shin  South Korea 2008 Women's British Open 2 2008, 2012
96 Brittany Lincicome  United States 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 2009, 2015
97 Anna Nordqvist  Sweden 2009 LPGA Championship 1 2009
98 Eun-Hee Ji  South Korea 2009 U.S. Women's Open 1 2009
99 Catriona Matthew  Scotland 2009 Women's British Open 1 2009
100 Paula Creamer  United States 2010 U.S. Women's Open 1 2010
101 Stacy Lewis  United States 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 2011 2013
102 So Yeon Ryu  South Korea 2011 U.S. Women's Open 1 2011
103 Sun-Young Yoo  South Korea 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship 1 2012
104 Shanshan Feng  China 2012 LPGA Championship 1 2012
105 Na Yeon Choi  South Korea 2012 U.S. Women's Open 1 2012
106 Lexi Thompson  United States 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship 1 2014
107 Michelle Wie  United States 2014 U.S. Women's Open 1 2014
108 Mo Martin  United States 2014 Women's British Open 1 2014
109 Kim Hyo-joo  South Korea 2014 Evian Championship 1 2014
110 Chun In-gee  South Korea 2015 U.S. Women's Open 2 2015 2016
111 Lydia Ko  New Zealand 2015 Evian Championship 2 2016 2015
112 Brooke Henderson  Canada 2016 Women's PGA Championship 1 2016
113 Brittany Lang  United States 2016 U.S. Women's Open 1 2016
114 Ariya Jutanugarn  Thailand 2016 Women's British Open 1 2016

Notes and references

  1. Little became a United States citizen in August 1982.
  2. At that time, she was competing under her married name of Dottie Mochrie. She reverted to her maiden name of Pepper after her 1995 divorce.

See also

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