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It’s a familiar refrain around this time of year on the LPGA Tour—a schedule announcement with another record purse. This time, the LPGA announced overnight (Australian time) the $US116.5 million ($A180 million) total purse in 2024, a $US15.2 million raise from $US101.3 million this season. The schedule includes the Solheim Cup, contested for back-to-back years for the first time since 2002-2003, and the Olympic Games in Paris.
“The 2024 LPGA Tour schedule reflects our historic growth,” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said in a statement. “With new events and improved geographic flow, enhancing the athlete experience, our global reach and competitiveness have never been stronger.”
The season begins on January 18 at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and ends just more than 10 months later on November 24 at the CME Group Tour Championship. The LPGA will have 10 non-major events with a purse of more than $US3 million, up from four this year. Four events increased their purse to the $US3 million threshold from this season to next—Mizuho Americas Open ($2.75m to $3m), Meijer LPGA Classic ($2.5m to $3m), Walmart NW Arkansas Championship ($2.3m to $3m) and the largest increase, the Lotte Championship, going up by $1 million ($2m to $3m).
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While the five majors this year were defined by visits to new courses, with the Chevron moving to The Club at Carlton Woods and the U.S. Women’s Open being contested at Pebble Beach for the first time, all five in 2024 will return to familiar venues. The Amundi Evian Championship and the Chevron will both be at the same courses as last year; the U.S. Women’s Open returns to Lancaster Country Club, where it was held in 2015; the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship goes back to Sahalee Country Club outside Seattle, which hosted the major in 2016; and the AIG Women’s Open heads to the Old Course at St Andrews, the third time the LPGA has played at the famed venue and first since 2013.
The largest purse of the season is $US11 million, shared by the U.S. Women’s Open and the CME Group Tour Championship, which this week bumped up its purse by $US4 million for 2024. While growth has happened in non-major events, the LPGA’s purse remains highly concentrated in its majors and Tour Championship. In 2024, 45.2 percent of its total season purse will be from just those six events, down from 47 percent this year.
The complete schedule is as follows, with majors completely in bold and purses in US dollars:
Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (January 18-21)
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando, Florida
Purse: $1.5 million
LPGA Drive On Championship (January 25-28)
Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Florida
Purse: $1.75 million
Honda LPGA Thailand (February 22-25)
Siam Country Club, Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand
Purse: $1.7 million
HSBC Women’s World Championship (February 29–March 3)
Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore
Purse: $1.8 million
Blue Bay LPGA (March 7-10)
Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club, Hainan Island, China
Purse: $2.2 million
Seri Pak LA Open (March 21-24)
Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, California
Purse: $2 million
Arizona Championship (March 28-31)
TBD in Phoenix, Arizona
Purse: $2 million
LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek (April 3-7)
Shadow Creek Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nevada
Purse: $2 million
Chevron Championship (April 18-21)
The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas
Purse: $5.2 million
JM Eagle LA Championship (April 25-28)
Wilshire Golf Club, Los Angeles, California
Purse: $3 million
Cognizant Founders Cup (May 9-12)
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, New Jersey
Purse: $3 million
Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19)
Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, New Jersey
Purse: $3 million
U.S. Women’s Open (May 30-June 2)
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Purse: $11 million
ShopRite LPGA Classic (June 7-9)
Seaview A Dolce Hotel (Bay course), Galloway, New Jersey
Purse: $1.75 million
Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give (June 13-16)
Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Purse: $3 million
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (June 20-23)
Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Washington
Purse: $10 million
Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (June 27-30)
Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan
Purse: $3 million
Amundi Evian Championship (July 11-14)
Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France
Purse: $6.5 million
Dana Open for Children (July 18-21)
Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio
Purse: $1.75 million
CPKC Women’s Open (July 25-28)
Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Purse: $2.6 million
Portland Classic (August 1-4)
Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Oregon
Purse: $1.75 million
2024 Paris Olympics (August 8-11)
Le Golf National in Paris, France
Women’s Scottish Open (August 15-18)
TBD in Scotland
Purse: $2 million
AIG Women’s Open (August 22-25)
St Andrews (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Purse: $9 million
FM Global Championship (August 29–September 1)
TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts
Purse: $3.5 million
Solheim Cup (September 13-15)
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia
Kroger Queen City Championship (September 19-22)
TBD in Cincinnati, Ohio
Purse: $2 million
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship (September 27-29)
Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas
Purse: $3 million
Buick LPGA Shanghai (October 10-13)
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
Purse: $2.1 million
BMW Ladies Championship (October 17-20)
TBD in Republic of Korea
Purse: $2.2 million
Maybank Championship (October 24-27)
Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Purse: $3 million
Toto Japan Classic (October 31–November 3)
Seta Golf Course, Shiga, Japan
Purse: $2 million
Lotte Championship (November 6-9)
Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Purse: $3 million
The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican (November 14-17)
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Florida
Purse: $3.25 million
CME Group Tour Championship (November 21-24)
Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Florida
Purse: $11 million
