Payday at St. Andrews
Here's the record prize money payout for each golfer at the 2024 AIG Women's British Open
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There’s something extra special about winning this week’s AIG Women’s Open. This was only the third time the women’s major has been played on the historic Old Course at St. Andrews, and to boast that you claimed the title at the Home of Golf is a reward that doesn’t come with a specific price tag. Just ask Lorena Ochoa (2007 champ) and Stacy Lewis (2013).
Well, add Lydia Ko to that group of winners, with this year's champion also walking off with a monetary prize that’s memorable as well. The R&A announced on Wednesday that it was offering a record $9.5 million prize money payout this year, up $500,000 from 2023 and 3½ times as much as was awarded the last time the Open came to St. Andrews in 2013. That year Lewis claimed a first-place payday of $402,583. This year Ko took home $1.425 million when she shot a final-round 69 to top Lilia Vu, Ruoning Yin, Nelly Korda and Jiyai Shin by two shots. All of this just two weeks after earning the gold medal at the Olympics to earn entry into the LPGA's Hall of Fame.
Here's the prize money payouts for each golfer who made the cut this week at St. Andrews.
WIN: Lydia Ko, -7/281, $1,425,000
T-2: Ruoning Yin, -5/283, $594,759
T-2: Nelly Korda, -5/283, $594,759
T-2: Lilia Vu, -5/283, $594,759
T-2: Jiyai Shin, -5/283, $594,759
6: Ariya Jutanugarn, -3/285, $319,336
T-7: Akie Iwai, -2/286, $236,366
T-7: Casandra Alexander, -2/286, $236,366
T-7: Mao Saigo, -2/286, $236,366
T-10: Angel Yin, -1/287, $160,250
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T-10: Linn Grant, -1/287, $160,250
T-10: Pajaree Anannarukarn, -1/287, $160,250
T-10: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, -1/287, $160,250
T-10: Lottie Woad, -1/287, $0 (amateur)
T-10: Alexa Pano, -1/287, $160,250
T-10: Jin Hee Im, -1/287, $160,250
T-17: Anne van Dam, E/288, $121,000
T-17: Jeeno Thitikul, E/288, $121,000
T-17: Jenny Shin, E/288, $121,000
T-20: Albane Valenzuela, +1/289, $108,235
T-20: Charley Hull, +1/289, $108,235
T-22: Momoko Osato, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: Georgia Hall, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: Ashleigh Buhai, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: Linnea Strom, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: Celine Boutier, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: Andrea Lee, +2/290, $91,414
T-22: So Mi Lee, +2/290, $91,414
T-29: Paula Reto, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Minami Katsu, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Julia Lopez Ramirez, +3/291, $0 (amateur)
T-29: Sarah Schmelzel, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Yui Kawamoto, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Rose Zhang, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Alison Lee, +3/291, $68,572
T-29: Hyo Joo Kim, +3/291, $68,572
T-37: Wichanee Meechai, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Grace Kim, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Ayaka Furue, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Sei Young Kim, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Nasa Hataoka, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Hye-Jin Choi, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Nicole Broch Estrup, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Carlota Ciganda, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Ally Ewing, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Amy Yang, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Leona Maguire, +4/292, $45,568
T-37: Esther Henseleit, +4/292, $45,568
T-49: Arpichaya Yubol, +5/293, $30,688
T-49: Weiwei Zhang, +5/293, $30,688
T-49: Kristen Gillman, +5/293, $30,688
T-49: Haeran Ryu, +5/293, $30,688
T-49: Caroline Inglis, +5/293, $30,688
T-49: Gaby Lopez, +5/293, $30,688
T-55: Haruka Kawasaki, +6/294, $24,943
T-55: Xiyu Lin, +6/294, $24,943
T-55: Lee-Anne Pace, +6/294, $24,943
T-55: Lexi Thompson, +6/294, $24,943
T-55: Mi Hyang Lee, +6/294, $24,943
T-60: Lily May Humphreys, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Narin An, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Gabriella Cowley, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Shannon Tan, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Alexandra Forsterling, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Marta Martin, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Shuri Sakuma, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Louise Rydqvist, +7/295, $0 (amateur)
T-60: Nuria Iturrioz, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Stephanie Kyriacou, +7/295, $19,105
T-60: Patty Tavatanakit, +7/295, $19,105
T-71: Manon De Roey, +8/296, $13,988
T-71: Emma Spitz, +8/296, $13,988
T-71: Johanna Gustavsson, +8/296, $13,988
T-71: Maja Start, +8/296, $13,988
T-71: Peiyun Chien, +8/296, $13,988
T-76: Morgane Metraux, +9/297, $10,661
T-76: Emma Grechi, +9/297, $10,661
T-78: Bailey Tardy, +10/298, $10,127
T-78: Ela Anacona, +10/298, $0 (amateur)
T-78: Auston Kim, +10/298, $10,127
81: In Kyung Kim, +11/299, $9,726
82: Ursula Wikstrom, +12/300, $9,459
All pros who qualified for the event but missed the cut earn $4,500 in unofficial money.