2013 LPGA Money List

Who will finish top of the LPGA Money List in 2013, could come down to a three way race. That is what the bookies are suggesting after eying up the early season of the new LPGA 2013 Golf Season. Through mid February, South Korea’s Jiyai Shin was topping the charts after landing the title in the season opener at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open. With that win, Shin climbed up to sixth in the world rankings, and is definitely trending upwards. Players will have numerous attempts through the year to get their hands on the big money prizes from around the world of women’s golf. The final tournament of the year will be held in Florida on November 24th, the end of season CME Group Titleholders event. It may be worth getting a look behind Shin or any of the other strong crop of South Korean ladies, because collectively they were very strong last season, with four players in the top seven of the 2012 Money Leaders.

Shin herself finished seventh, and it was compatriot Inbee Park who raked in over $2 million dollars to become the Money List leader at the end of the season. Park is trading well as one of the front runners to have another immense season. Park, the world number four, is a strong part of a big South Korean wave of talent in the ladies game and has seven titles under her belt since joining the LPGA Tour back in 2007. Both Park and Shin looked strong in the LPGA Money List 2013 betting options at the start of the season. Even though Park was the leader in scoring averages last year, she couldn’t muscle her want into the top ten of the money list. South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi did though, finishing second with just under a couple of million dollars worth of earnings for the season. Solid in the scoring averages last season, she is the world number two (top ranked South Korean) and you would be expecting her back around the same mark this year.

Another of the strong Koreans with a big grip on the game is So Yeon Ryu who was sixth on the LPGA Money List last term. The youngster though, was the LPGA Rookie of the Year last season after joining up so experience is not on her side. Still, it was a masterfully impressive first season and could go well again this season. But there are of course, options outside of the South Koreans in the game at the moment. Topping the list will be Taiwan's Yani Tseng, the current world number one (who is being closed down by Na Yeon Choi) and it is she who goes as outright favourite in the market to top the LPGA Money List in 2013. The youngster, who has taken ladies golf by storm in capturing five LPGA Major Championship titles since joining the Tour back in 2008 (falsely winning the LPGA Championship major in her first season) finished fourth in the money list last year and will be back for more.

Also trading well as good options in the market, will be America’s Stacy Lewis who finished third on the Money List last season. She won her only Major back in 2011 but has all the experience and consistency on her side. She only joined the LPGA Tour in 2009, but is highly decorated and solid enough to allow her to ride consistency to the top. Suzann Pettersen from Norway, a former LPGA Championship winner perhaps makes the best outside shot in the field. Will it be another season dominated by the Korean power?

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