Ryu Hae-ran ranked second among LPGA Tour players in major championship prize money this year and seventh among all male and female golfers. Nelly Korda ranked first among LPGA players and third overall.
According to Front Office Sports on Sunday, Korda earned the most prize money across the LPGA Tour's five majors this year.
Korda won the Chevron Championship and US Women's Open, earning $1.35 million and $2.5 million, respectively. She missed the cut at the Amundi Evian Championship but earned $275,235 for a tie for eighth at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and $465,601 for a tie for fourth at the AIG Women's Open.
Korda earned $4,590,836 from majors this year, trailing only Rory McIlroy ($5,335,556) and Wyndham Clark ($4,752,000) among male and female golfers.
Ryu Hae-ran ranked second on the LPGA with $3,716,438 in major championship earnings. She won back-to-back majors at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and Amundi Evian Championship, collecting $1.95 million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Ryu missed the US Women's Open because of injury but earned $119,311 for a tie for 12th at the Chevron Championship and $247,127 for a tie for sixth at the AIG Women's Open.
Her total ranked seventh among all golfers, behind McIlroy, Clark, Korda, Scottie Scheffler ($4,543,144), Sam Burns ($4,462,148) and Aaron Rai ($4,157,512). Ryu even finished ahead of Open champion Ryan Fox, who earned $3,459,906 from the men's majors.
Yoon I-na earned $1,592,515 in major prize money, including a runner-up finish at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. She ranked sixth among LPGA players behind Korda, Ryu, AIG Women's Open champion Shiho Kuwaki ($1,879,160), Brooke Henderson ($1,824,488) and Charley Hull ($1,614,899).
Korda and Ryu were able to rival the leading men in major earnings largely because each won two majors this year, while no player won multiple men's majors.
The rapid growth of women's major championship purses has also narrowed the gap. The KPMG Women's PGA Championship purse increased from $4.5 million in 2021 to $13 million this year. Over the same period, the US Women's Open increased from $5.5 million to $12.5 million, the Chevron Championship from $3.1 million to $9 million and the Amundi Evian Championship from $4.5 million to $9.1 million. The AIG Women's Open purse has risen from $4.5 million in 2020 to $10 million this year.
Combined prize money for the five women's majors now stands at $53.6 million, equivalent to 64.4 percent of the $83.25 million offered by the four men's majors.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)
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