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2024 LPGA Tour

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2024 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2024 (2024-01-18) – November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24)
Number of official events33
Most winsUnited States Nelly Korda (7)
Rolex Player of the YearUnited States Nelly Korda
2023
2025

The 2024 LPGA Tour is the 75th edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season will begin at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Orlando, Florida on January 18, and will end on November 24, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Florida.[1] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Schedule and results

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The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors. The schedule and purse amount for each tournament is listed on the LPGA website.[2] The LPGA has a standard formula for payout percentages and distribution of its purse and prize money for every event. The winner typically gets 15% of the total, second place gets 9.3%, third place 6.75%, etc.[3]

The official purse for 2024 is $116.55 million, up from $102.35 million in 2023.[1] The U.S. Women's Open on February 1, announced an increase of $1 million to $12 million, the highest purse in women's golf, pushing the new total to $117.55 million in 2024.[4] The Chevron Championship increased its purse from $5.1 million to $7.9 million. Total purse for 2024 is now $123.25 million.[5] The JM Eagle LA Championship (Apr 25-28) raised its purse $750,000 from $3 million to $3.75 million, and the winner's share for the 15% from $450,000 to $562,500 one of the largest non-major winner’s shares on the Tour.[6] Total purse for 2024 is now $124.0 million. The Amundi Evian Championship on June 6, increased its purse from $6.5 million to $8 million.[7] Total purse for 2024 is now $125.5 million. The FM Championship would raise the purse to $3.8 million. Total purse for 2024 is $125.8 million. The AIG Women's Open increased its purse to $9.5 million. Total purse for 2024 is $126.3 million.

Key
Major championships
Regular events
Date Tournament Location Winner(s)[a] WWGR
points[8]
Other
tours[b]
Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Jan 21 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions Florida New Zealand Lydia Ko (20) 31 1,500,000 225,000
Jan 28 LPGA Drive On Championship Florida United States Nelly Korda (9) 50 1,750,000 262,500
Feb 25 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Thailand Patty Tavatanakit (2) 46 1,700,000 255,000
Mar 3 HSBC Women's World Championship Singapore Australia Hannah Green (4) 50 1,800,000 270,000
Mar 10 Blue Bay LPGA China United States Bailey Tardy (1) 26 CLPGA 2,200,000 330,000
Mar 24 Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship California  United States Nelly Korda (10) 56 2,000,000 300,000
Mar 31 Ford Championship Arizona United States Nelly Korda (11) 62 2,250,000 337,500
Apr 7 T-Mobile Match Play Nevada United States Nelly Korda (12) 43 2,000,000 300,000
Apr 21 Chevron Championship Texas United States Nelly Korda (13) 100 7,900,000 1,200,000
Apr 28 JM Eagle LA Championship California Australia Hannah Green (5) 53 3,750,000 562,500
May 12 Cognizant Founders Cup New Jersey United States Rose Zhang (2) 62 3,000,000 450,000
May 19 Mizuho Americas Open New Jersey  United States Nelly Korda (14) 62 3,000,000 450,000
Jun 2 U.S. Women's Open Pennsylvania Japan Yuka Saso (2) 100 12,000,000 2,400,000[9]
Jun 9 ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Sweden Linnea Ström (1) 26 1,750,000 262,500
Jun 16 Meijer LPGA Classic Michigan United States Lilia Vu (5) 43 3,000,000 450,000
Jun 23 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Washington South Korea Amy Yang (6) 100 10,400,000 1,560,000
Jun 30 Dow Championship Michigan Thailand Atthaya Thitikul (3) and
China Yin Ruoning (3)
n/a 3,000,000 366,082
(each)[10]
Jul 14 Amundi Evian Championship France Japan Ayaka Furue (2) 100 LET 8,000,000 1,200,000
Jul 21 Dana Open Ohio Thailand Chanettee Wannasaen (2) 19.5 1,750,000 262,500
Jul 28 CPKC Women's Open Canada United States Lauren Coughlin (1) 37 2,600,000 390,000
Aug 4 Portland Classic Oregon Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn (3) 19 1,750,000 262,500
Aug 18 ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open Scotland United States Lauren Coughlin (2) 53 LET 2,000,000 300,000
Aug 25 AIG Women's Open Scotland New Zealand Lydia Ko (21) 100 LET 9,500,000 1,425,000
Sep 1 FM Championship Massachusetts South Korea Ryu Hae-ran (2) 40 3,800,000 570,000
Sep 22 Kroger Queen City Championship Ohio New Zealand Lydia Ko (22) 37 2,000,000 300,000
Sep 29 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Arkansas Thailand Thidapa Suwannapura (3) 34 3,000,000 450,000
Oct 13 Buick LPGA Shanghai China China Yin Ruoning (4) 26 CLPGA 2,100,000 315,000
Oct 20 BMW Ladies Championship South Korea Australia Hannah Green (6) 50 2,200,000 330,000
Oct 27 Maybank Championship Malaysia China Yin Ruoning (5) 50 3,000,000 450,000
Nov 3 Toto Japan Classic Japan Japan Rio Takeda (1) 31 JLPGA 2,000,000 300,000
Nov 9 Lotte Championship Hawaii South Korea Kim A-lim (2) 20.5 3,000,000 450,000
Nov 17 The Annika Florida United States Nelly Korda (15) 62 3,250,000 487,500
Nov 24 CME Group Tour Championship Florida 11,000,000 4,000,000

Unofficial events

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The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.

Date Tournament Location Winner WWGR
points
Purse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Aug 11 Olympic Games France New Zealand Lydia Ko 37 n/a n/a
Sep 15 Solheim Cup Virginia  United States n/a n/a n/a
Dec 15 Grant Thornton Invitational[11] Florida n/a 4,000,000 600,000

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LPGA Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for LPGA Tour members.
  2. ^ JLPGA − LPGA of Japan Tour, LET − Ladies European Tour.

References

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  1. ^ a b "LPGA Tour Announces Record-Breaking 2024 Schedule". LPGA. November 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tournaments". LPGA.
  3. ^ "LPGA Tour purse payout percentages and distribution". Golf News Net. May 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Ally Financial and USGA Join Forces to Elevate U.S. Women's Open and Pipeline of Future Talent". LPGA. February 1, 2024.
  5. ^ "LPGA and Chevron to Elevate and Extend Major Relationship". LPGA. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  6. ^ "Who Will Win the JM Eagle LA Championship Presented by Plastpro?". LPGA. April 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Aundi Evian Championship Increases Its Prize Money to 8 Million Dollars". LPGA. June 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Rolex Rankings – Events – LPGA Tour – 2024". Rolex Rankings.
  9. ^ Herrington, Ryan (May 29, 2024). "The USGA is making a quirky change to the prize money payouts for its winners in 2024". Golf Digest.
  10. ^ Hall, Mike (June 26, 2024). "Dow Championship Prize Money Payout 2024". Golf Monthly. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "Grant Thornton Invitational". LPGA. February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.