Activities Sports & Athletics LPGA Rookies of the Year: All the Award Winners Winners of the LPGA Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year Award Share PINTEREST Email Print Annika Sorenstam is on the roll call of winners of the LPGA's Rookie of the Year Award. Stephen Munday/Getty Images Sports & Athletics Golf Basics History Gear Golf Courses Famous Golfers Golf Tournaments Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket Extreme Sports Football Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More by Brent Kelley Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Updated May 24, 2019 Below you'll find the list of golfers who have won won the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. The award has been given by the LPGA Tour since 1962 and is named after Louise Suggs. The current full name of the award is the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award. But before we get to the list, let's dive into a little trivia about the award. Has Any Rookie of the Year Led the LPGA in Scoring Average? Yes, two golfers in LPGA Tour history have won the Vare Trophy (for low seasonal scoring average) and the Rookie of the Year Award in the same season: In Gee Chun, 2016Nancy Lopez, 1978 Has Any Rookie of the Year Led the LPGA Money List? Yes, that's happened four times. The four golfers who led the LPGA in money that same year they won the ROY award are: Sung Hyun Park, 2017Jiyai Shin, 2009Karrie Webb, 1996Nancy Lopez, 1978 Has Any Golfer Been the Rookie of Year and Player of the Year the Same Season? Yes! Nancy Lopez was the first golfer in LPGA Tour history to win both the tour's Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year awards. Lopez's 1978 year isn't just the best rookie season in LPGA history, it's one of the best years by any golfer in tour history. Lopez won nine times that year, including one stretch of wins in five consecutive tournaments. One of those victories was a major, the LPGA Championship. In 2017, Sung Hyun Park became the second golfer to do it. 9 Greatest Rookie Seasons in LPGA History The List: Rookies of the Year on the LPGA Tour The award is based on points compiled by golfers for their tournament finishes over the season, so the award is automatically given to the points-leader at season's end. 2018 - Jin Young Ko2017 - Sung Hyun Park2016 - In Gee Chun2015 - Sei Young Kim2014 - Lydia Ko2013 - Moriya Jutanugarn2012 - So Yeon Ryu2011 - Hee Kyung Seo2010 - Azahara Munoz2009 - Jiyai Shin2008 - Yani Tseng2007 - Angela Park2006 - Seon-Hwa Lee2005 - Paula Creamer2004 - Shi-Hyun Ahn2003 - Lorena Ochoa2002 - Beth Bauer2001 - Hee-Won Han2000 - Dorothy Delasin1999 - Mi Hyun Kim1998 - Se Ri Pak1997 - Lisa Hackney (Hall)1996 - Karrie Webb1995 - Pat Hurst1994 - Annika Sorenstam1993 - Suzanne Strudwick1992 - Helen Alfredsson1991 - Brandie Burton1990 - Hiromi Kobayashi1989 - Pamela Wright1988 - Liselotte Neumann1987 - Tammie Green1986 - Jody Rosenthal (Anschutz)1985 - Penny Hammel1984 - Juli Inkster1983 - Stephanie Farwig1982 - Patti Rizzo1981 - Patty Sheehan1980 - Myra Van Hoose (Blackwelder)1979 - Beth Daniel1978 - Nancy Lopez1977 - Debbie Massey1976 - Bonnie Lauer1975 - Amy Alcott1974 - Jan Stephenson1973 - Laura Baugh1972 - Jocelyne Bourassa1971 - Sally Little1970 - JoAnne Carner1969 - Jane Blalock1968 - Sandra Post1967 - Sharron Moran1966 - Jan Ferraris1965 - Margie Masters1964 - Susie Berning1963 - Clifford Ann Creed1962 - Mary Mills Return to Golf Almanac or LPGA Tour index Continue Reading