Editing LPGA (section)

==International presence==
In its first four decades, the LPGA Tour was dominated by American players. [[Sandra Post]] of [[Canada]] became the first player living outside the United States to gain an LPGA tour card in [[1968 LPGA Tour|1968]]. The non-U.S. contingent is now very large. The last time an American player topped the money list was in [[2014 LPGA Tour|2014]] ([[Stacy Lewis]]), the last time an American led the tour in tournaments won was in [[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]] ([[Danielle Kang]]), and from 2000 through 2009, non-Americans won 31 of 40 major championships.

Particularly, one of the notable trends seen in the early 21st century in the LPGA is the rise and dominance of [[Koreans|Korean]] golfers.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209144751/http://www.worldgolf.com/blogs/karen.palacios.jansen/2008/02/29/lpga_south_korean_women_dominate_women_s_2008 LPGA – South Korean women dominate women's golf in 2008]</ref> [[Pak Se-ri|Se Ri Pak]]'s early success in the LPGA sparked the boom in Korean women golfers on the LPGA Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolf.com/column/why-korean-golfers-are-dominating-lpga-tour-5643.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209172154/http://www.worldgolf.com/column/why-korean-golfers-are-dominating-lpga-tour-5643.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Why Korean golfers are dominating LPGA Tour |first=Jennifer |last=Mario |access-date=April 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 2009, there were 122 non-Americans from 27 countries on the tour, including 47 from South Korea, 14 from [[Sweden]], 10 from [[Australia]], eight from the United Kingdom (four from [[England]], three from [[Scotland]] and one from [[Wales]]), seven from Canada, five from [[Taiwan]], and four from [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2009InternationalPlayers.pdf |title=LPGA Information: 2009 International Players |publisher=LPGA |access-date=January 24, 2009}}{{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref>