Got a pick for POY in the LPGA for 2009? Rookie of the year? In 2008, Lorena Ochoa was the POY based on her first place on the money list. Rookie of the year, also determined mathimatically, was Yani Tseng. (Go
here for a Miami Herald review of the 2008 LPGA season.) My picks: Lorena has won three years running; time for a change. Not only a change but a double when Ji-Yai Shin also captures the Rookie of the Year award (my heart wants Michelle Wie but my head goes with Ji-Yai). Go
here for more on the young South Korean who won the British Open as well as the ADT Championship in 2008. Here's a list of the ladies who made more than a million on the course last year (source and full list
here) to help you with your choices:
| 1 | Lorena Ochoa | $2,763,193.00 |
| 2 | Paula Creamer | $1,823,992.00 |
| 3 | Yani Tseng | $1,752,086.00 |
| 4 | Annika Sorenstam | $1,735,912.00 |
| 5 | Helen Alfredsson | $1,431,408.00 |
| 6 | Seon Hwa Lee | $1,187,294.00 |
| 7 | Suzann Pettersen | $1,177,809.00 |
| 8 | Inbee Park | $1,138,370.00 |
| 9 | Angela Stanford | $1,134,753.00 |
| 10 | Cristie Kerr | $1,108,839.00 |
| 11 | Na Yeon Choi | $1,095,759.00 |
| 12 | Jeong Jang | $1,080,097.00 |
| 13 | Katherine Hull | $1,045,619.00 |
