LPGA Golfers Who Won 2 (or More) Majors in the Same Year

How many times has a golfer won two or more women's major championships in the same calendar year? It has happened quite a bit, especially in the first couple decades of the LPGA Tour's existence. The incidence has slowed down somewhat in recent decades, but there are still plenty of LPGA golfers pulling off a single-season major-double — a few have even won three in a year.

Note that the following list actually begins in the years prior to the LPGA Tour's founding. Year 1 of the LPGA Tour was 1950, and there were two pre-existing tournaments then that are now counted as major championships by the tour. That's why the list begins in the 1940s.

This is the list of LPGA golfers who've had multiple-major years, with the year, the golfer, and the majors she won:

  • 1946, Louise Suggs: Women's Western Open, Titleholders
  • 1948, Patty Berg: Women's Western Open, Titleholders
  • 1949, Louise Suggs: Women's Western Open, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1950, Babe Zaharias: Women's Western Open, U.S. Women's Open, Titleholders
  • 1955, Patty Berg: Women's Western Open, Titleholders
  • 1957, Patty Berg: Women's Western Open, Titleholders
  • 1958, Mickey Wright: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1959, Betsy Rawls: Women's Western Open, LPGA Championship
  • 1961, Mickey Wright: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Titleholders
  • 1962, Mickey Wright: Women's Western Open, Titleholders
  • 1963, Mickey Wright: Women's Western Open, LPGA Championship
  • 1967, Kathy Whitworth: Women's Western Open, LPGA Championship
  • 1974, Sandra Haynie: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1986, Pat Bradley: Nabisco Dinah Shore, LPGA Championship, du Maurier Classic
  • 1990, Betsy King: Nabisco Dinah Shore, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1991, Meg Mallon: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1996, Laura Davies: LPGA Championship, du Maurier Classic
  • 1998, Se Ri Pak: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 1999, Juli Inkster: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 2000, Karrie Webb: Nabisco Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 2001, Karrie Webb: LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
  • 2003, Annika Sorenstam: LPGA Championship, Women's British Open
  • 2005, Annika Sorenstam: Kraft Nabisco Championship, LPGA Championship
  • 2010, Yani Tseng: Kraft Nabisco Championship, Women's British Open
  • 2011, Yani Tseng: LPGA Championship, Women's British Open
  • 2013, Inbee Park: Kraft Nabisco Championship, U.S. Women's Open, LPGA Championship
  • 2015, Inbee Park: Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open
  • 2019, Jin Young Ko: ANA Championship, Evian Championship
  • 2023, Lilia Vu: Chevron Championship, Women's British Open
Patty Berg had three years in which she won two LPGA majors. But the record-holder is Mickey Wright, who had four such seasons. And in one of Wright's multiple-major years, she won three majors.

There are four golfers on the list above who had three-win years: Babe Zaharias (1950), Wright (1961), Pat Bradley (1986) and Inbee Park (2013). In Zaharias' case, she won all three majors played that year. Wright and Bradley won three of the four majors played in their respective years; and Park won three out of five majors played in her year.

See also: Male golfers who won multiple majors in the same year

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