ALPG Tour

The ALPG Tour is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. ALPG stands for "Australian Ladies Professional Golf".

The ALPG was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Association of Australia (LPGAA) in 1972, and switched to its current name in 1991. The first events featured twelve competitors, and the early years were a struggle. However the long term trend was of gradual expansion and by 2004 there were over one hundred and fifty members.

The season features 13 tournaments, usually played over the Australian summer between November and March. The ANZ Ladies Masters and MFS Women's Australian Open have long been the leading events on the tour, with both being co-sanctioned with the more prestigious Ladies European Tour (LET) which helps attract a higher quality field. In 2010 the New Zealand Women's Open became the third tournament to be co-sanctioned by the LET. The ANZ Masters, the Australian Open and the New Zealand Open have prize funds of A$600,000, A$500,000 and A$400,000 respectively, each higher than the prize funds of all 10 remaining events combined. The New South Wales Open and the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic have purses of A$100,000 and A$125,000 respectively, and no other event has a purse of over A$25,000. Beginning in 2012, the Women's Australian Open will also be co-sanctioned by the U.S. LPGA Tour, and its prize fund will increase to US$1.1 million.

Australian Karrie Webb, one of the leading players in global women's golf, has a background on the tour, and continues to play in its two main events each season. However Webb and other leading members of the ALPG spend most of the year competing outside Australia, principally on the LPGA Tour and the LET.

In January 2012, New Zealand's Lydia Ko became the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event by winning the ALPG sanctioned Bing Lee/Samsung Women's NSW Open.^[1]

2011 Schedule and results

The table below shows the 2011 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the ALPG Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.

Dates	Tournament	Location	Winner	Notes
Dec 2-3, 2010	St Georges Basin Country Club Pro-Am	St Georges Basin Country Club	Joanne Mills (7)
Jan 8-9	Xstrata Coal Branxton Golf Club Pro-Am	Branxton Golf Club	Rachell Bailey (2)
Jan 12	NRE Gujurat Russell Vale Challenge Cup	Russell Vale Golf Club	Ryann O'Toole (n/a)
Jan 13-14	Moss Vale Golf Club Ladies Classic	Moss Vale Golf Club	Katherine Hull (4)
Jan 16-17	Mount Broughton Classic	Mount Broughton Golf and Country Club	Katherine Hull (5)
Jan 21-23	Bing Lee Samsung NSW Women's Open	Oatlands Golf Club	Caroline Hedwall (n/a)
Jan 28-30	ActewAGL Royal Canberra Ladies Classic	Royal Canberra Golf Club	Ashley Ona (n/a)
Feb 3-6	Women's Australian Open	Commonwealth Golf Club	Yani Tseng (n/a)	co-sanctioned with LET
Feb 10-13	ANZ RACV Ladies Masters	RACV Royal Pines Resort	Yani Tseng (n/a)	co-sanctioned with LET
Feb 17-20	Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open	Pegasus Golf and Sports Club	Kristie Smith (2)	co-sanctioned with LET
Feb 24	Lady Anne Funerals Ryde Parramatta Pro-Am	Ryde Parramatta Golf Club	Sarah Kemp
Mar 4-7	ANZ Ladies Masters	RACV Royal Pines Resort	Karrie Webb (12)	co-sanctioned with LET

Major championships in bold.

See also

• Women's World Golf Rankings
• Professional golf tours

References

External links

• Official site