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Her third LPGA Tour win came in July 2010 at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic at which she beat three other players on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. [5] In 2010, Choi was both the LPGA Tour money leader and the leading scorer (Vare Trophy).
Rankin was LPGA Player of the Year twice (1976, 1977) and won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average three times. She retired from full-time competition at age 38 in 1983 due to chronic back problems, [ 9 ] and later captained the victorious Solheim Cup teams in 1996 and 1998 .
The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season. The Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded based on a player's finish in an event.
On August 2, 2020, Kang won the LPGA Drive On Championship at Inverness Club in Ohio. This was the LPGA's first tournament back after a six-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10] One week later, Kang won her 5th LPGA Tour event at the Marathon Classic. Kang won the 2020 Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. [11]
The following week a strong performance at the season's final event, Park would win her second career Vare Trophy (2012 her first) for the lowest scoring average for the season. The Vare Trophy accomplishment also put Park on the threshold for induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame. The trophy giving her the 27 points required for induction.
For the 2018 season, Jutanugarn won the LPGA Player of the Year, the LPGA Vare Trophy with a scoring average of 69.415, the Leaders Top 10 competition with 17 top-10 finishes and the LPGA money title at $2,743,949. She also set single-season records in rounds in the 60s (57) and birdies (470).
[4] [9] She was the first LPGA player to earn $1 million, in 1981. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 5 ] Whitworth was LPGA Player of the Year seven times between 1966 and 1973 , won the Vare Trophy for best scoring average by an LPGA Tour player a record seven times between 1965 and 1972, [ 12 ] and was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1975 and into the ...
Lopez is the only woman to win LPGA Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Vare Trophy in the same season (1978). Her company, Nancy Lopez Golf, makes a full line of women's clubs and accessories. She also does occasional television commentary.