2011 LPGA Futures Tour
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The 2011 LPGA Futures Tour was a series of professional women's golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 tournaments held from March through September 2011 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The LPGA Futures Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. In 2011, total prize money on the Futures Tour was $1,765,000.

2011 Leading money winners

The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained membership on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season, with those finishing in the top five positions gaining higher priority for entry into events than those finishing in positions six through ten. Finishers in positions six through ten had the option to attend LPGA Qualifying School to try to improve their membership status for 2012.
Rank Player Country Events Prize
money ($
United States dollar
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)
1 Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...

 
16 66,412
2 Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....

 
16 58,808
3 Mo Martin
Mo Martin
Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology....

 
16 58,218
4 Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...

 
15 56,232
5 Jane Rah  15 46,669
6 Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:...

 
7 37,566
7 Valentine Derrey 15 34,572
8 Hanna Kang  15 32,992
9 Jenny Gleason  15 30,331
10 Tzu-Chi Lin  14 29,861


Source and complete list: Futures Tour official website.

2011 Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Futures Tour including that event.
Dates Tournament Location Winner Notes
March 25–27 Florida's Natural Charity Classic Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

  Tzu-Chi Lin (1)
April 1–3 Daytona Beach Invitational Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

  Haru Nomura (1)
April 8–10 Santorini Riviera Nayarit Classic Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

  Ryann O'Toole
Ryann O'Toole
Ryann Ashley O'Toole is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.-Amateur career:...

 (3)
April 29–May 1 Symetra Classic Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

  Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....

 (1)
June 3–5 Ladies Titan Tire Challenge
Ladies Titan Tire Challenge
The Ladies Titan Tire Challenge is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been a part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule since 2009...

Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

  Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...

 (1)
June 10–12 Teva Championship Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

  Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero
Lisa Ferrero is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and Futures Tour.-Personal:Ferrero was born in Stockton, California on November 3, 1982. She resides in Lodi, California....

 (2)
June 16–19 Tate & Lyle Players Championship Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

  Valentine Derrey (1)
June 24–26 Island Resort Championship Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

  Stephanie Kim (1) New tournament
June 30–July 2 South Shore Championship
South Shore Championship
The South Shore Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the LPGA Futures Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour...

Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

  Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh
Tiffany Joh is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Futures Tour.-Childhood:...

 (2)
New tournament
July 15–17 ING New England Golf Classic Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

  Brittany Johnston
Brittany Johnston
Brittany Johnston is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Johnston was born in Cleveland, Ohio on January 6, 1986 to Rod and Sandy Johnston. Her father is a PGA Master Golf Professional. She resides in Akron, Ohio.-College:Johnston played college...

 (1)
July 22–24 The International at Concord New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

  Jessica Shepley
Jessica Shepley
Jessica Ashley Shepley is an Canadian female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-Personal:Shepley was born in Owen Sound, Ontario on April 4, 1983 to Bret and Lori Shepley. She resides in Oakville, Ontario....

 (1)
July 29–31 Alliance Bank Golf Classic
Alliance Bank Golf Classic
The Alliance Bank Golf Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played since 1996 in the Syracuse, New York area....

New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey
Kathleen Ekey is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College:Ekey played college golf for the first two years of college at Furman University, and transferred to the University of Alabama for the last two years of college...

 (2)
August 5–7 Pennsylvania Classic
Pennsylvania Classic (Futures Tour)
The Pennsylvania Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the official developmental tour of the LPGA...

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

  Cathryn Bristow (1)
August 12–14 Eagle Classic Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

  Mo Martin
Mo Martin
Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the Futures Tour.-College career:Martin played college golf all four years at UCLA. She graduated in 2005 with a bachelors degree in Psychology....

 (3)
August 26–28 Vidalia Championship Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

  Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...

 (1)
New tournament
September 9–11 Price Chopper Tour Championship New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

  Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels
Sydnee Michaels is an American female professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012 because Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour.-College:...

(2)

Tournaments in bold are majors.

Source: Futures Tour official website.
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