Duration | March 11, 2004 | – December 19, 2004
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Number of official events | 33 |
Most wins | 8 Annika Sörenstam |
Money leader | Annika Sörenstam |
Rolex Player of the Year | Annika Sörenstam |
Rookie of the Year | Shi Hyun Ahn |
← 2003 2005 → |
The 2004 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from March through December 2004. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). This was the 55th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Total prize money for all tournaments was $42,875,000.
Annika Sörenstam continued to dominate women's golf in 2004, winning eight tournaments and $2,544,707 in prize money. Four other players earned over $1 million. There were six first-time winners in 2004: Moira Dunn, Christina Kim, Lorena Ochoa, Jennifer Rosales, Kim Saiki, and Karen Stupples. Ochoa (Mexico) and Rosales (Philippines) were the first winners of their respective countries to win on the LPGA Tour.
For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2004 in golf.