AWARD HISTORY LOUISE SUGGS ROLEX ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Year Player 1962 Mary Mills 1963 Clifford Ann Creed 1964 Susie Berning 1965 Margie Masters 1966 Jan Ferraris 1967 Sharron Moran 1968 Sandra Post 1969 Jane Blalock 1970 JoAnne Carner 1971 Sally Little 1972 Jocelyne Bourassa 1973 Laura Baugh 1974 Jan Stephenson 1975 Amy Alcott 1976 Bonnie Lauer 1977 Debbie Massey 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Beth Daniel Year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Player Myra van Hoose (Black welder) Patty Sheehan Patti Rizzo Stephanie Farwig Juli Inkster Penny Hammel Jody Rosenthal Tammie Green Liselotte Neumann Pamela Wright Hiromi Kobayashi Brandie Burton Helen Alfredsson Suzanne Strudwick Annika Sorenstam Pat Hurst Karrie Webb Lisa Hackney (Hall) Year Player 1998 Se Ri Pak 1999 Mi Hyun Kim 2000 Dorothy Delasin 2001 Hee-Won Han 2002 Beth Bauer 2003 Lorena Ochoa 2004 Shi Hyun Ahn 2005 Paula Creamer 2006 Seon Hwa Lee 2007 Angela Park 2008 Yani Tseng 2009 Jiyai Shin 2010 Azahara Munoz 2011 Hee Kyung Seo 2012 So Yeon Ryu 2013 Moriya Jutanugarn 2014 Lydia Ko In 2014, the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year point system will award points to rookies based on their finishes: 1st place – 150 points; 2nd -80; 3rd-75; 4th-70; 5th-65; 6th-62; 7th-59; 8th-56; 9th-53; 10th-50; 11th-48; 12th-46; 13th-44; 14th-42; 15th-40; 16th-38; 17th-36; 18th-34; 19th—32; 20th-30; 21st-29; 22nd-28; 23rd-27; 24th-26; 25th-25; 26th-24; 27th-23; 28th-22; 29th-21; 30th-20; 31st-19; 32nd-18; 33rd-17; 34th-16; 35th-15; 36th-14; 37th-13; 38th-12; 39th-11; and 40th-10. Positions 41 through each player making the cut receive five points each. All points are doubled for the five LPGA major championships. Paula Creamer (L), the 2005 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year and Annika Sorenstam, the 2005 Rolex Player of the Year pose during the 2005 LPGA awards reception at the Mar-a-Lago Club on November 18, 2005 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)