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LPGA purses take another big jump, with $116M up for grabs with release of 2024 schedule

November 16, 2023
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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