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LPGA purses take another big jump, with $116M up for grabs with release of 2024 schedule
LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux speaks during LPGA Card Ceremony after the final round of the Epson Tour Championship.
Isaiah Vazquez
NAPLES, Fla. — 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 Thursday morning the $116.5 million total purse in 2024, a $15.2 million raise from $101.3 million this season. The schedule includes the Solheim Cup, contested for back-to-back years for the first time since 2002-03, and the Olympics 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 Jan. 18 at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and ends just more than 11 months later on Nov. 24 at the CME Group Tour Championship. The LPGA will have 10 non-major events with a purse of more than $3 million, up from four this year. Four events increased their purse to the $3 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).
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 is 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 (Pa.) 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 $11 million, shared by the U.S. Women's Open and the CME Group Tour Championship, which this week bumped up its purse by $4 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:
Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (Jan. 18-21)
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Orlando
Purse: $1.5 million
LPGA Drive On Championship (Jan. 25-28)
Bradenton Country Club, Bradenton, Fla.
Purse: $1.75 million
Honda LPGA Thailand (Feb. 22-25)
Siam Country Club, Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand
Purse: $1.7 million
HSBC Women’s World Championship (Feb. 29-March 3)
Sentosa Golf Club in 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, Calif.
Purse: $2 million
Arizona Championship presented by JTBC (March 28-31)
TBD in Phoenix
Purse: $2 million
LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek (April 3-7)
Shadow Creek in Las Vegas
Purse: $2 million
The Chevron Championship (April 18-21)
The Club at Carlton Woods, The Woodlands, Texas
Purse: $5.2 million
JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro (April 25-28)
Wilshire Golf Club, Los Angeles
Purse: $3 million
Cognizant Founders Cup (May 9-12)
Upper Montclair Country Club, Clifton, N.J.
Purse: $3 million
Mizuho Americas Open May (16-19)
Liberty National Golf Club, Jersey City, N.J.
Purse: $3 million
U.S. Women’s Open (May 30-June 2)
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.
Purse: $11 million
ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer (June 7-9)
Seaview, A Dolce Hotel (Bay Course), Galloway, N.J.
Purse: $1.75 million
Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give (June 13-16)
Blythefield Country Club, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Purse: $3 million
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship (June 20-23)
Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Wash.
Purse: $10 million
Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (June 27-30)
Midland Country Club in Midland, Mich.
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 (Aug. 1-4)
Columbia Edgewater Country Club, Portland, Ore.
Purse: $1.75M
2024 Paris Olympics (Aug. 8-11)
Le Golf National, Paris, France
Women’s Scottish Open (Aug. 15-18)
TBD in Scotland
Purse: $2 million
AIG Women’s Open (Aug. 22-25)
St. Andrews (Old Course), St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Purse: $9 million
FM Global Championship (Aug. 29-Sept. 1)
TPC Boston, Norton, Mass.
Purse: $3.5 million
Solheim Cup (Sept. 13-15)
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.
Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G (Sept. 19-22)
TBD, Cincinnati, Ohio
Purse: $2 million
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G (Sept. 27-29)
Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Ark.
Purse: $3 million
Buick LPGA Shanghai (Oct. 10-13)
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
Purse: $2.1 million
BMW Ladies Championship (Oct. 17-20)
TBD, South Korea
Purse: $2.2 million
Maybank Championship (Oct. 24-27)
Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Purse: $3 million
TOTO Japan Classic (Oct. 31-Nov. 3)
Seta Golf Course, Shiga, Japan
Purse: $2 million
LOTTE Championship (Nov. 6-9)
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Purse: $3 million
The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican (Nov. 14-17)
Pelican Golf Club, Belleair, Fla.
Purse: $3.25 million
CME Group Tour Championship (Nov. 21-24)
Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla.
Purse: $11 million
Grant Thornton Invitational (Dec. 13-15) (Unofficial event)
Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Fla.
Purse: $2 million