There’s a broken record being played at LPGA Tour majors of late, but one that’s creating beautiful music to those competing in the events. As tour executives emphasize the goal of increasing the prize money payouts for each event, they’re making good on the promise. In 2023, all five of the tour’s biggest individual events paid out record amounts, including a $12 million payout from the USGA at the U.S. Women’s Open and a $10 million purse from the PGA of America at the KPMG Women’s PGA.
Will the trend continue in 2024—particularly with the public awakening going regarding women’s sports overall? If this week’s Chevron Championship is any indication, it likely will. On Wednesday, tournament organizers in conjunction with LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, announced that the overall prize money payout for the event would be $7.9 million, a jump from $5.2 million in 2023. The winner on Sunday at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, will earn $1.2 million.
In the three years since Chevron became the sponsor, purses for the tournament, previously held in the Palm Springs area and best known as the Dinah Shore, have risen $4.8 million. And the tour and Chevron announced that the title sponsorship has been extended until 2029.
At the Chevron this week, even those who don’t make the cut are going to be getting a little more. All pros in the field will receive $10,000 for their participation, up from $5,000 last year.
Here are the prize money payouts for every golfer who makes the cut this week in Texas. Come back shortly after the end of the tournament and we’ll update the list with names an individual paydays.
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Win: $1,200,000
2: $663,382
3: $481,237
4: $372,274
5: $299,640
6: $245,159
7: $205,207
8: $179,785
9: $161,625
10: $147,095
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11: $136,196
12: $127,116
13: $119,125
14: $111,864
15: $105,325
16: $99,514
17: $94,433
18: $90,073
19: $86,442
20: $83,534
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21: $80,632
22: $77,723
23: $74,822
24: $71,913
25: $69,372
26: $66,831
27: $64,283
28: $61,743
29: $59,202
30: $57,022
31: $54,842
32: $52,662
33: $50,483
34: $48,303
35: $46,491
36: $44,672
37: $42,860
38: $41,041
39: $39,222
40: $37,772
41: $36,321
42: $34,870
43: $33,412
44: $31,961
45: $30,871
46: $29,781
47: $28,691
48: $27,602
49: $26,512
50: $25,422
51: $24,700
52: $23,971
53: $23,242
54: $22,520
55: $21,791
56: $21,062
57: $20,340
58: $19,611
59: $18,889
60: $18,160
61: $17,800
62: $17,431
63: $17,071
64: $16,710
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65: $16,341
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