The LPGA will celebrate its 75th anniversary season in 2025 as it continues on a trend of record-breaking prize money increases year over year.
Next season, LPGA players will compete for over $131 million in purses across a 33-tournament schedule, the tour announced Wednesday. That figure marks an additional $62 million since 2021, totaling a 90 percent increase in the total prize pool. The LPGA’s prize money is up from $118 million in 2024, $101.3 million in 2023 and $86 million in 2022.
This week’s CME Group Tour Championship, the LPGA’s season-ending event, boasts the largest payout in the history of women’s sports. The winner will receive a historic $4 million prize, with a total purse of $11 million. The Tour Championship awards the largest non-major winner’s check in women’s golf. By comparison, the NWSL’s team salary cap totals $2.75 million, while the WNBA’s is just under $1.5 million.
Nelly Korda, the world No. 1 and LPGA Player of the Year, comes into the event with more than $4.1 million in 2024 on-course earnings. Korda could pass the single-season scoring record on the LPGA, currently held by Lorena Ochoa ($4.3 million in 2007).
The 2025 schedule includes two new events and will kick off two weeks later to give players additional off-season time to rest and reset. The LPGA will visit 14 states and 11 countries outside the U.S., with two Asia swings — one kicking off in February and the other in October.
Sixteen of the 35 events offer purses that exceed $3 million. Twenty-four events will offer travel stipends, free accommodations for players or guaranteed payouts, perks that will be beneficial for lower-ranked players or those who miss the cut.
The 2025 LPGA rotation includes three new major venues. The women will play Erin Hills in Erin, Wis., for the first time in U.S. Women’s Open history, the newly unveiled Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Texas for the KPMG Women’s PGA and Royal Porthcawl in Wales for the AIG Women’s Open. The tour’s five major championships will offer $47 million in total prize money.
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