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- The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). 2009 saw a reduction in both the number of tournaments and the total prize money on the Tour. Official prize money was $47.6 million, the lowest total in since 2005. There were 28 official tournaments, the lowest number since at least 2004. Rookie Jiyai Shin topped the money list, earning $1,807,334. In addition Shin took Rookie of the Year honors. Shin and Lorena Ochoa each won three tournaments during the season. Ochoa also won the Player of the Year trophy for the fourth consecutive year and the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average, also for the fourth consecutive year. Anna Nordqvist was runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, topping off a season that began with her having only conditional status on the LPGA Tour. She won the fifth tournament in which she played in 2009, the McDonald's LPGA Championship, a major, and also won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship, ending the season 15th on the official money list. The four major championships were won by: Brittany Lincicome (Kraft Nabisco Championship), Anna Nordqvist (LPGA Championship), Eun-Hee Ji (U.S. Women's Open), and Catriona Matthew (Women's British Open). All major winners were first-time major winners. Matthew won her the British Open 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child. The LPGA experienced a turn-over in leadership in 2009, when commissioner Carolyn Bivens resigned under pressure from players in July. At the time of Bivens' resignation, the tour had only 14 events committed for the 2010 schedule, having failed to sign key long-term tournaments, notably the LPGA Corning Classic. On October 28, the LPGA board of directors announced that marketing executive had been hired as the permanent replacement for Bivens and would assume his duties in January 2010. (en)
- Sezon LPGA Tour 2009 był cyklem cotygodniowych zawodów golfowych dla najlepszych zawodniczek z całego świata rozgrywanych od stycznia do listopada. Wszystkie rozegrane turnieje były sankcjonowane przez Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), amerykańską organizację zrzeszającą zawodowe golfistki. W sezonie 2009 łączna pula nagród w turniejach LPGA Tour była równa ok. 48 mln USD – o 12 mln mniej niż w poprzednim roku. Liderką rankingu zarobków na koniec sezonu została (1.807.334 USD). Shin wraz z Loreną Ochoa wygrała również największą liczbę trzech turniejów. Zwyciężczyniami czterech turniejów Wielkiego Szlema LPGA zostały:
* Brittany Lincicome –
* Anna Nordqvist – LPGA Championship
* Ji Eun-hee –
* Catriona Matthew – Women's British Open Dla Nordqvist było to nie tylko pierwsze zwycięstwa Wielkiego Szlema, ale też pierwsze wygrane w turnieju LPGA Tour. Pozostałe zawodniczki wygrywały już wcześniej na tourze. W 2009 na stanowisku komisarza LPGA Carolyn Bivens została zastąpiona przez Michaela Whana. Bivens ustąpiła w lipcu pod presją zawodniczek niezadowolonych z wypełniania przez nią swoich obowiązków. (pl)
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