Opportunity to win money in the grand final of LPGA Tour
The LPGA Tour Championship 2022 bonus budget is at $7 million while the women's major this season spends an average of $7.56 million each. But when compared specifically with the prestigious group, the end event fund is higher than Chevron ($5 million) and Evian Championship ($6.5 million), lower than the US Women's Open ($10 million), Women'sPGA Championship (nine). million USD) and Women's Open ($7.3 million). However, the LPGA Tour grand final championship accounted for 28.57% of the fund and is the highest in the women's golf village today, as shown in the following table:
At $2 million, this year's LPGA Tour Championship champion receives more money than his PGA Tour peers, when the usual prize money for first place ranges from $1.4-1.6 million. In the US first-class men's golf arena with 48 tournaments last season, only 12 tournaments won the championship of more than two million USD, including the major quartet, three special tournaments and the key event The Players Championship.
"I hope the end-of-season fund will cause other tournaments to increase," defending champion Ko Jin Young said on golf.com on November 16.
With the new bonus milestone, the golfer who won the LPGA Tour Championship 2022 is considered to have won the jackpot. Some stars have planned to spend money if crowned. Not planning to buy a yellow Ferrari, world number one Nelly Korda is also planning to buy a sports car, Lee Minjee is planning to buy a yacht, and Atthaya Thitikul will buy a house in the US.
The current season, Lee has received $ 3.76 million, of which $ 1.8 million at the US Women's Open and is topping the prize table this season. If she wins the Tour Championship, she will break the record for prize money in a season - only in official tournaments - set by Lorena Ochoa in 2007, at $ 4.364 million. In fact, Lee's professional income as of November 15 was more than Ochoa, when adding $ 1 million from the Risk Reward Challenge - a pre-designated pit point race through 30 tournaments with a minimum requirement of 40 rounds.
LPGA Tour Championship 2022 kicks off on November 17, only for the top 60 scoreboards converted by performance from the beginning of the season. As usual, the tournament takes place on Tiburon par72 in Florida with four rounds without elimination. After the first round, Lydia Ko kept the top of the table with a score of -7 while T2 (-6) consisted of Pajaree Anannarukarn and Danielle Kang. Korda is at T6 (-4), Lee is at T23 (-1), Thitikul is at T41 (+1) and right behind Ko (even par).
