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After years of debate over the discrepancy between purses on the men’s and women’s professional golf tours, 2022 is promising to be much more lucrative on the women’s side.
The USGA announced on Friday that the first-place prize for the U.S. Women’s Open this year will climb to $1.8 million, up from $1 million in 2021. Also, the CME Group Tour Championship’s total purse will jump up by $2 million (to $7 million), and its $2 million first-place prize will become the largest in professional women’s golf history.
To put that in perspective, only 27 times in the history of the LPGA has a player amassed $2 million or more in a single season, let alone a standalone week.
Here’s a look at those who have made this sum for an entire year (heading into the 2022 campaign).
Karrie Webb (2006): $2,090,113
Karrie Webb kisses the trophy after winning the 2006 Evian Masters.
Biggest purses: Evian Masters ($450,000), 1; Michelob Ultra Open At Kingsmill, ($330,000), 1.
Annika Sorenstam (2003): $2,029,506
Annika Sorenstam kisses the trophy after winning the 2003 Women’s British Open at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
Biggest purses: Weetabix Women’s British Open ($254,880), 1; McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by AIG ($240,000).
Jeongeun Lee6 (2019): $2,052,103
Jeongeun Lee6 kisses the trophy after winning the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)
Biggest purses: U.S. Women’s Open ($1,000,000), 1; ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer ($161,223), 2.
Lydia Ko (2014): $2,089,033
Lydia Ko at the 2014 Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.
Biggest purses: CME Group Tour Championship ($500,000), 1; Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic ($270,000)
Annika Sorenstam (2001): $2,105,868
Annika Sorenstam poses with a golf ball marked “59” after she became the first women in LPGA history to shoot a 59. She did so on March 16, 2001 at the Moon Valley Country Club during…
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Source : yahoo
