Nelly Korda is back after a two-month break on the LPGA and she’s the top draw at The Annika event at Pelican Golf Club in Florida. She’s won here three times, although Sweden’s Linn Grant is the defending champion.
It’s the penultimate event on the LPGA and the 108-player field is playing for the $3.25 million purse with the winner taking home $487,500 for the victory.
Korda won here in 2021, 2022 and 2024 and another victory this year would put her in the LPGA Hall of Fame. Grant topped Jennifer Kupcho by three shots last year. Lilia Vu (2023) and Sei Young Kim (2020) are other past champions in the field. In all, 13 of the top 25 players in the world are competing and five of the top 10. Aside from Korda, Haeran Ryu (3), Lottie Woad (7), Charlie Hull (8) and Sei Young Kim (9) are all in action. World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul took the week off.
Another thing to monitor is the Race to the CME Globe standings. The top 60 after this week’s event will qualify for the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples next week, where the total purse is $11 million with the winner taking home $4 million.
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates on the money below.
Here’s the prize payout in Florida
WIN: $487,500
2: $306,558
3: $222,386
4: $172,033
5: $138,467
6: $113,291
7: $94,829
8: $83,081
9: $74,689
10: $67,975
11: $62,938
12: $58,742
13: $55,049
14: $51,694
15: $48,672
16: $45,987
17: $43,639
18: $41,624
19: $39,946
20: $38,602
21: $37,261
22: $35,917
23: $34,576
24: $33,232
25: $32,058
26: $30,884
27: $29,706
28: $28,532
29: $27,358
30: $26,351
31: $25,343
32: $24,336
33: $23,329
34: $22,321
35: $21,484
36: $20,644
37: $19,806
38: $18,966
39: $18,125
40: $17,455
41: $16,784
42: $16,114
43: $15,440
44: $14,770
45: $14,266
46: $13,762
47: $13,259
48: $12,755
49: $12,251
50: $11,748
51: $11,414
52: $11,077
53: $10,740
54: $10,407
55: $10,070
56: $9,733
57: $9,399
58: $9,063
59: $8,729
60: $8,392
61: $8,225
62: $8,055
63: $7,889
64: $7,722
65: $7,552
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
