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2019 LPGA Tour Storylines • The 2019 LPGA Tour schedule features 32 official events, plus the biennial , and will make stops in 15 states and 12 countries (including the U.S.). • In 2019, players will compete for a record $70.2 million in total prize money, up $7.2 million from 2016 (major prize money at $20.95 million). • All five of the ’s majors have announced purse increases for 2019: ANA Inspiration ($3 million, up $200,000 from 2018), the U.S. Women’s Open Championship presented by the USGA ($5.5 million, up $500,000 from 2018) the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship ($3.85 million, up $200,000 from 2018), ($4.1 million, up $250,000 from 2018) and the AIG Women’s British Open ($4.5 million, up $1.25 million from 2018). • The 2019 LPGA Tour schedule features four new events: the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, the ISPS Handa Vic Open, the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational and the BMW Ladies Championship. • The LPGA Tour will see 450 hours of domestic broadcast coverage on Channel and network TV in 2019, with more than 475 hours available in 175 countries around the world. • In 2019, active LPGA Tour players will represent 34 different countries (including the U.S.) and there will be 27 LPGA Tour rookies representing 14 different countries, including the U.S. • In 2019, there are 14 mothers active on the LPGA Tour: , , , , , , , Sydnee Michaels, , , , Rachel Rohanna, Sarah Jane Smith and Jackie Stoelting. Lincicome gave birth to daughter Emery Reign Gouws on July 8, Smith gave birth to son Theo Kai Smith on July 24 and Stoelting gave birth to son Baren Errol Stoelting on Sept. 28. Additionally, is expecting her first child in January 2020. • The 2019 LPGA Tour will feature three different season-long races: • The Race to the CME Globe will give the top 60 players following the tournament heading to the CME Group the opportunity to win $1.5 million, the largest single prize in the history of women’s golf. • The Aon Risk Reward Challenge, a new competition on both the PGA and LPGA Tours, will feature the world’s best golfers as they navigate risk across the season’s most strategically challenging holes. The player from each Tour on top of the Aon leaderboard at the end of the regular season will each receive $1 million. • In its second year, the LEADERS Top-10s competition will award $100,000 to the player with the most top-10 finishes. took the inaugural title with 17 top-10 finishes in 2018. • The held at Gleneagles in was one for the record books. Suzann Pettersen had played in just three LPGA Tour events following an 18-month Maternity Leave when she was chosen by Captain Catriona Matthew to make the 2019 European Solheim Cup Team. On Sunday, the Solheim Cup came down to a 7-foot putt on the 18th hole where Pettersen drained a birdie to seal the 14.5-13.5 victory and bring the Solheim Cup back to for the first time since 2013. Pettersen later confirmed her plans to retire from professional golf. • The 2021 Solheim Cup will be held at in Toledo, , on Sept. 4-6. Team USA heads to Ohio leading Europe 10-6 all-time in Solheim Cup competition. 2019 Tournament Recaps

Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America (Jan. 17-20) Winner: Eun-Hee Ji (-14) • Eun-Hee Ji shot a final-round 70 to capture the inaugural tournament at 14-under 270, a two-stroke advantage over (-12). (-11) rounded out the top three. • At 32 years, 8 months and 7 days of age, Ji is the oldest winner from the Republic of Korea since Se Ri Pak won the 2010 Bell Micro LPGA Classic at 32 years, 7 months and 18 days of age. • This is the third consecutive season that Ji has won an LPGA Tour event. Prior to 2017, her last wins came in 2008 and 2009, a span of 8 years, 3 months and 10 days (203 LPGA tournaments). ISPS Handa Vic Open (Feb. 7-10) Winner: Celine Boutier (-8) • ’s Celine Boutier knocked in a two-putt at No. 18 and earned her first LPGA Tour victory at 8-under 281, a three-stroke victory over Sarah Kemp, Charlotte Thomas and Su Oh at -6. • Boutier is the second Duke University alumna to win on the LPGA Tour, joining 2016 U.S. Women’s Open champion Brittany Lang. She is also the fourth French golfer to win an LPGA Tour event and first since 2003, joining (one win), Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (two wins) and Anne-Marie Palli (two wins). • The tournament was held conjunction with a men’s competition sanctioned by the European Tour, with both fields competing for an equal purse of $1.1 million USD.

ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open (Feb. 14-17) Winner: Nelly Korda (-17) • Nelly Korda secured her second LPGA Tour victory after posting a second consecutive round of 5-under 67 in the final round on Sunday, a two-stroke advantage over defending champion Jin Young Ko. • Korda is the fourth member of her family to win a sporting event in ; father Petr won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament, sister Jessica won the 2012 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and brother Sebastian won the 2018 Australian Open junior tennis tournament. • Korda and her older sister Jessica (five wins) are one of three sets of sisters in LPGA history to both win titles, joining Annika Sorenstam (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win), and Ariya Jutanugarn (10 wins) and (one win).

Honda LPGA (Feb. 21-24) Winner: (-22) • Amy Yang won the Honda LPGA Thailand for the third time, posting a 7-under 65 on Sunday to reach -22 and win by one stroke over . • Yang has earned more than $1 million at the Honda LPGA Thailand in her 10 starts, totalling $1,005,825. • This marked Yang’s fourth career LPGA Tour victory and the third she captured at Siam Country Club, where she also won in 2015 and 2017.

HSBC Women’s World Championship (Feb. 28-March 3) Winner: Sung Hyun (-15) • Sung Hyun Park clinched her sixth career victory on the LPGA Tour by two shots over Minjee Lee at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. She credited her win to a surprise meeting with in February. • Park began the final round four strokes off the lead and closed with an 8-under 64, the lowest score of the week. • With the win, Park moved to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings for the third time in her career.

Bank of Hope Founders Cup (March 21-24) Winner: Jin Young Ko (-22) • Jin Young Ko emerged victorious from a crowded leaderboard, playing the weekend bogey-free to finish at -22 and earn a one-stroke victory over , Nelly Korda, and Yu Liu. • The win is Ko’s third LPGA victory and second since becoming an LPGA Member in 2018. She is a 10-time winner on the KLPGA, but this was her first victory in the U.S., joining LPGA wins in the Republic of Korea and Australia.

Kia Classic (March 28-31) Winner: (-18) • Nasa Hataoka started the final round one stroke off the lead. By the time she made the turn, she was two strokes clear of the field. The 20-year-old from cruised in to her third LPGA Tour title. • Five players tied for second, including third-round leader and LPGA Hall of Famer , the previous week’s winner Jin Young Ko, Rolex Rankings No. 1 Sung Hyun Park and LPGA winners and Azahara Munoz. ANA Inspiration (April 4-7) Winner: Jin Young Ko (-10) • The Republic of Korea’s Jin Young Ko became a major champion in her 42nd career LPGA Tour start. • Ko became the fifth Korean player to win the ANA Inspiration, joining (2004), Sun Young Yoo (2012), Inbee Park (2013) and So Yeon Ryu (2017). • Ko was the 17th player to make the ANA Inspiration her first LPGA Tour major victory and the third player from Republic of Korea, joining Grace Park (2004) and Sun Young Yoo ( 2012). • She is the 15th player from the Republic of Korea to win a major, the most of any country other than the • With her victory at the ANA Inspiration and two weeks prior at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, Ko became the first multiple winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season.

LOTTE Championship (April 17-20) Winner: (-16) • ’s Brooke Henderson won her second consecutive at -16, earning a four-stroke win over Eun-Hee Ji. • With with eight career LPGA Tour victories, Henderson joined , and with the most victories by a Canadian player on the LPGA or PGA Tour. • Henderson and Nelly Korda were tied for the lead heading into the final round; Henderson came out on top thanks to a final-round 2-under 70, while Korda finished a 4-over 77, including with a quadruple bogey on No. 18.

HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open (April 25-28) Winner: Minjee Lee (-14) • Minjee Lee carried a one-stroke lead into the final round of the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open and cruised on home for victory, finishing at -14 overall and earning a four-stroke win over Sei Young Kim • Lee earned her fifth LPGA Tour victory; only (41), (16) and (eight) have more wins among Australian players. • With the $225,000 winner’s check, Lee moved to $5,317,468 in career earnings, moving past to become the third-winningest player from Australia, behind Karrie Webb ($20,254,718) and Rachel Hetherington ($5,730,915).

LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship (May 2-5) Winner: Sei Young Kim (-7) • Sei Young Kim held a three-stroke lead heading into the final round, but her lead quickly vanished as she opened with a double bogey and a bogey. In a with and Jeongeun Lee6, Kim drained a birdie on the first hole to secure her first victory of the year, making her 4-0 in LPGA Tour playoffs. • Kim earned her eighth LPGA Tour victory; she tied Mi Hyun Kim for the fifth most wins by a Korean player in LPGA history; only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19), (11) and Na Yeon Choi (9) have more wins. • With her win, Kim moved up six spots on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings to crack the top 10 at No. 9.

Pure Silk Championship presented by Visit Williamsburg (May 23-26) Winner: Bronte Law (-17) • ’s Bronte Law became a Rolex First-Time Winner in a two-stroke victory over Madelene Sagstrom, Brooke Henderson and Nasa Hataoka. • The 24-year-old, playing in the final pairing in their first time in her LPGA Tour career, became the first wire-to-wire winner (with ties) since won the 2018 ANA Inspiration. • Law captured her first win just three weeks after falling in a playoff at the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, where she shot a final-round 65 to come back from 10 strokes behind the leader going into the final round. U.S. Women’s Open Championship conducted by the USGA (May 30-June 2) Winner: Jeongeun Lee6 (-6) • Republic of Korea’s Jeongeun Lee6 became the third Rolex First-Time Winner of the season in a one-stroke victory over , So Yeon Ryu and . • Lee6 is the 16th player from the Republic of Korea to win a major, the most of any other country than the United States, and is the ninth Korean golfer to win the U.S. Women’s Open. • The 2019 LPGA Tour Rookie moved from No. 17 to No. 5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings and became eligible to win the 2019 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award.

ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer (June 7-9) Winner: Lexi Thompson (-12) • With a 20-foot eagle putt in the final hole, Lexi Thompson earned the 11th win of her LPGA Tour career, a one- stroke victory over Jeongeun Lee6. • Nine years after making her professional debut at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, Thompson has now earned a victory in seven consecutive seasons (2013-2019), the longest active streak on the LPGA Tour. • With the victory, Thompson moved to 18th on the LPGA Career Money List with $9,519,473.

Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give (June 13-16) Winner: Brooke Henderson (-21) • Canada’s Brooke Henderson became the second multiple winner of the 2019 season with her one-stroke win over Nasa Hataoka, Su Oh, Lexi Thompson and . • With her ninth LPGA Tour victory, Henderson became the winningest Canadian golfer, male or female, in the history of the LPGA and PGA Tours, one win clear of Sandra Post, Mike Weir and George Knudson. • This is the fourth consecutive season that Henderson has earned multiple LPGA Tour victories.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (June 20-23) Winner: (-9) • Australia’s Hannah Green became a Rolex First-Time Winner after her wire-to-wire victory at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minn., a one-stroke win over Sung Hyun Park. • Green is the second winner from Australia of the 2019 season and the third Australian player ever to win a major, joining Karrie Webb (seven) and Jan Stephenson (three). • With her win, Green moved 85 spots on the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings to No. 29. • She is the 37th player to make a major her first LPGA Tour victory and the ninth player to make the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship her first LPGA Tour victory.

Walmart NW Championship presented by P&G (June 28-30) Winner: Sung Hyun Park (-18) • Sung Hyun Park captured her seventh career victory thanks to a birdie on the final hole, earning a one-stroke win over Danielle Kang, Hyo Joo Kim and Inbee Park. • With her win, Park moved to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings; this is the fourth time Park reached No. 1 within a two-year timeframe, and she ties Inbee Park for the most number of different times to reach No. 1.

Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic (July 4-7) Winner: (-29) • With a final-round 63, tied for the lowest 18 holes of her 12-year LPGA Tour career, Shanshan Feng captured her 10th LPGA title and ended a winless streak that dated to the 2017 Blue Bay LPGA. • Feng’s four-day total of 29-under 259 is the second-lowest 72-hole score (in relation to par) in LPGA Tour history. Marathon LPGA Classic presented by Dana (July 11-14) Winner: Sei Young Kim (-22) • Sei Young Kim earned her second win of the 2019 season, shooting a final-round 65 en route to a two-stroke victory over Lexi Thompson. • With her ninth career victory, Kim ties Na Yeon Choi for the fourth most wins by a Korean player in LPGA history; only Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (19) and Jiyai Shin (11) have more wins.

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (July 17-20) Winners: , Jasmine Suwannapura (-27) • Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton teamed to win the first official team competition in LPGA Tour history. • Suwannapura earned her second win of her LPGA Tour career and became the second player from Thailand to earn more than one Tour victory while Clanton became a Rolex First-Time winner. • Clanton moved to 92nd on the LPGA Priority List in Category 4 (Members who have won an official event as a Member in the last two calendar years); she entered the tournament 179th on the Priority List in Category 15.

The Evian Championship (July 25-28) Winner: Jin Young Ko (-15) • With a two-putt par at No. 18, Jin Young Ko captured The Evian Championship, earning a two-stroke win over , Shanshan Feng and Hyo Koo Kim, who had entered the final round with a one-shot lead. • Ko took her second major of 2019, joining the ANA Inspiration; the last time a player won multiple majors in one season was 2015, when Inbee Park won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the AIG Women’s British Open. • Ko became the first player of 2019 to reach three victories and rose to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.

AIG Women’s British Open (Aug. 1-4) Winner: (-18) • JLPGA Tour rookie Hinako Shibuno nailed an 18-foot birdie on the 72nd hole to win the AIG Women’s British Open by one stroke over American . • The 20-year-old’s win came in her first competition ever outside of her native country and in her first LPGA Tour event. • Shibuno became the second Japanese player to win a women’s major championship, joining Chako Higuchi, who won the 1977 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; no male player has won a professional major championship.

Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies (Aug. 8-11) Winner: Mi Jung Hur (-20) • Republic of Korea’s Mi Jung Hur took home her first LPGA win since 2014 the Aberdeen Standard Investments , earning a four-shot victory over Moriya Jutanugarn and Jeongeun Lee6. • With four players tied for the lead as the final group made the turn, Hur turned it on during the back nine with six birdies to set the 72-hole tournament scoring record at -20. • 54-hole leader Jutanugarn was able to get back to even par after a birdie-double bogey-bogey start, but couldn’t get the putts to fall on the back nine.

CP Women’s Open (Aug. 22-25) Winner: Jin Young Ko (-26) • For the fourth time in 2019, Jin Young Ko of the Republic of Korea reached the winner’s circle, this time thanks to a five-stroke win over at the CP Women’s Open at Magna Golf Club in Aurora, , Canada. • Ko, who set the tournament’s 72-hole scoring record at 26-under 262, is the first four-time winner since 2016, which saw Ariya Jutanugarn take five victories and earn four wins. • She is the first bogey-free 72-hole winner since Inbee Park won the 2015 HSBC Women’s World Championship. Her last bogey came on the second hole of her third round at the 2019 AIG Women’s British Open, a streak of 106 consecutive holes. Cambia (Aug. 29-Sept. 1) Winner: Hannah Green (-21) • Australian Hannah Green jarred a 5-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the Cambia Portland Classic to tie the tournament’s 72-hole scoring record at -21 and capture her second win of the 2019 LPGA Tour season. • Green’s first win came in July at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, where she also needed a 5-footer to capture her first career title. It was also a big comeback for the 22-year-old from Perth, who shot a third-round 73 to blow a five-stroke lead after setting the 54-hole scoring record. • American Yealimi Noh, playing as a non-Member, came up one shot short of earning automatic LPGA Tour Membership. Noh started Sunday’s final round with a three-stroke lead over Green and held that same advantage as the duo stepped to the 15th but stumbled down the stretch to ultimately finish as the runner-up.

Indy Women in Tech Championship driven by Group 1001 (Sept. 26-29) Winner: Mi Jung Hur (-21) • Republic of Korea’s Mi Jung Hur captured her first career wire-to-wire victory to earn her second win of the 2019 season. • Hur’s win comes two starts after winning the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open; she went 112 starts before winning the Ladies Scottish Open in August. • She becomes the sixth multiple winner of the season, joining Hannah Green (2), Brooke Henderson (2), Jin Young Ko (4), Sei Young Kim (2) and Sung Hyun Park (2).

Symetra Tour Results (visit www.symetratour.com for more information) • March 7-10: SKYiGOLF Championship – Alana Uriell (-12, defeated Lauren Coughlin and on first playoff hole) • March 15-17: Natural Charity Classic – Kelly Tan (-13, defeated Demi Runas on first playoff hole) • March 29-31: IOA Championship Presented by Morongo Casino Resort & Spa – Jillian Hollis (-4) • April 5-7: Windsor Golf Classic – (-12, defeated Pajaree Anannarukarn on first playoff hole) • April 26-29: Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout – Cydney Clanton (-2, defeated Julieta Granada on the third playoff hole) • May 9-11: IOA Invitational – Maria Parra (-6, defeated Ssu-Chia Cheng on the first playoff hole, Leona Maguire and Madison Pressel on the fifth playoff hole with an eagle) • May 15-17: Symetra Classic – Leona Maguire (-10) • May 23-26: Zimmer Biomet Championship hosted by – Nuria Iturrios (-12) • May 31-June 2: Valley Forge Invitational – Min Lee (-15, defeated Esther Lee on first playoff hole) • June 7-9: Four Winds Invitational – Perrine Delacour (-9) • June 14-16: The Forsyth Classic presented by the Decatur Park District – Jillian Hollis (-13) • June 21-23: Island Resort Championship – Daniela Iacobelli (-11, defeated Cindy Ha on first playoff hole) • June 28-30: Prasco Charity Championship – Perrine Delacour (-15) • July 11-13: Donald Ross Classic at French Lick Resort – (-13) • July 18-21: Danielle Downey – Patty Tavatanakit (-20) • July 26-28: The CDPHP Open – Robynn Ree (-13) • Aug. 8-11: PHC Classic – Robynn Ree (-17) • Aug. 16-18: FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship – Ssu-Chia Cheng (-13) • Aug. 29-Sept. 1: Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge – Patty Tavatanakit (-13, defeated Yujeong Son on first playoff hole) • Sept. 6-8: Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes –Alejandra Llaneza(-10, defeated Mind Muangkhumsakul on second playoff hole) • Sept. 20-22: Guardian Championship – Laura Restrepo (-14) • Sept. 27-29: IOA Golf Classic - Marta Sanz Barrio (-13) LPGA Qualifying Tournament Results • Stage I: of the Philippines was medalist, with 96 players advancing to Stage II

On Other Tours • Jan. 12: England’s won the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, the season-opening event for the , in Abu Dhabi • March 3: 2019 LPGA rookie of the won the ActewAGL Canberra Classic in Canberra, Australia, her fourth career Ladies European Tour victory • March 8: Sung Hyun Park of the Republic of Korea won the LPGA’s The Country Club Ladies Invitational in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines • May 19: Celine Herbin of France won the La Reserva de Sotogrande for her second win on the LET • Aug. 18: Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland won the ISPS Handa World Invitational, a competition that featured men and women playing on the same course for the same prize money • Sept 15: Nasa Hataoka won the Konica Minolta Cup, her fifth victory and third major win on the JLPGA • Sept. 22: American Nelly Korda won the Lacoste Ladies by eight shots for her first LET title • Sept 29: ’s Carlota Ciganda won on home soil at the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour 2019 LPGA Tour Statistics 2019 STATISTICAL LEADERS Eagles: Carlota Ciganda and Ariya Jutanugarn, 17 Birdies: Ariya Jutanugarn, 329 Holes-in-One: 22 players, 1 Greens in Regulation: Jin Young Ko, 79.9%

2019 WINS BY COUNTRY (26 tournaments, nine countries) 13 – Republic of Korea (Mi Jung Hur (2), Eun-Hee Ji, Sei Young Kim (2), Jin Young Ko* (4), Jeongeun Lee6*, Sung Hyun Park (2), Amy Yang) 3 – Australia (Hannah Green (2*), Minjee Lee) 3 – United States (Cydney Clanton, Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson) 2 – Japan (Hinako Shibuno*, Nasa Hataoka) 2 – Canada (Brooke Henderson (2)) 1 – (Shanshan Feng) 1 – England (Bronte Law) 1 – France (Celine Boutier) 1 – Japan (Nasa Hataoka) 1 – Thailand (Jasmine Suwannapura) *Major champion

LEADERS TOP 10 COMPETITION T1 – Brooke Henderson, Jin Young Ko, Hyo Joo Kim,10 T4 – Ariya Jutanugarn, Nelly Korda, Jeongeun Lee6, 9

2019 AWARD STANDINGS

Race to the CME Globe Rolex Player of the Year Rank Player Points Rank Player Points 1 Jin Young Ko 3,988 1 Jin Young Ko 237 2 Brooke Henderson 2,604 2 Jeongeun Lee6 120 3 Jeongeun Lee6 2,461 3 Sung Hyun Park 117

Vare Trophy (Scoring Average) Official Money Rank Player Scoring Avg. Rank Player Money 1 Jin Young Ko 68.851 1 Jin Young Ko $2,632,412 2 Hyo Joo Kim 69.264 2 Jeongeun Lee6 $1,885,295 3 Sung Hyun Park 69.460 3 Sung Hyun Park $1,486,010

Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Aon Risk Reward Challenge Rank Player Points Rank Player Score 1 Jeongeun Lee6 1,217 1 Lee-Anne Pace -.792 2 Kristen Gillman 488 2 Carlota Ciganda -.775 3 Pajaree Anannarukarn 321 3 Ariya Jutanugarn -.773 2018 LPGA Tour Year in Review

2018 Season Numbers (32 events): • Two pairs of sisters captured wins: Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, Jessica and Nelly Korda • Four different players fromthree different countries held the Rolex Rankings No. 1 position • Four players captured multiple tournament titles: Ariya Jutanugarn (three), Sung Hyun Park (three), Nasa Hataoka (two), Brooke Henderson (two) • Five different players fromfive different countries won the season’s major championships • Seven players captured wins in their home countries • 10 Rolex First-Time Winners • Youngest winner: Nasa Hataoka, 19 years, 5 months, 11 days • Oldest winner: , 40 years, 9 months, 29 days • 24.59 average age of winners • 24 players earned more than $800,000 • 26 different winners from10 different countries • Sei Young Kim set the LPGA’s 72-hole scoring record at 31-under 257 at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic • 32 official events with more than$65.35 million in total prize money

2018 Season Highlights (32 events): • Ariya Jutanugarn became the first player to sweep the Rolex Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy (69.415 scoring average), the Money Title ($2,743,949), the Race to the CME Globe and the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award since the latter two were introduced in 2014. She also set single-season records in birdies (470) and rounds in the 60s (57 of 106). • Jin Young Ko became the second player in LPGA history to win in her first official tournament. Ko won the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open en route to becoming Rolex Rookie of the Year, an honor she clinched with four events remaining in the season. • For the first time, the UL was conducted outside the United States, with Team Korea earning its first ULIC victory at the Golf Club Korea in Incheon, Republic of Korea. • Lexi Thompson won the final event of the season, the CME Group Tour Championship, to extend her yearly to six years (2013-2018), the longest active streak on the LPGA Tour.

Race to the CME Globe Rolex Player of the Year Scoring Average Rank Player Pts. Rank Player Pts. Rank Player Avg. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 6,750 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 237 1 Ariya Jutanugarn 69.415 2 Brooke Henderson 5,200 2 Sung Hyun Park 140 2 Minjee Lee 69.747 3 Nasa Hataoka 5,100 3 Minjee Lee 122 3 Jin Young Ko 69.806

Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Official Money Rank Player Pts. Rank Player Money 1 Jin Young Ko 1,263 1 Ariya Jutanugarn $2,743,949 2 759 2 Minjee Lee $1,551,032 3 Yu Liu 608 3 Sung Hyun Park $1,498,077 2019 LPGA Tour Media Contacts Tour Media Christina Lance, Senior Manager, Tour Media Brianne Wigley, Senior Tour Media Official christina.lance@.com; 908-963-1691 (cell) [email protected]; 386-341-7331 (cell)

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