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Women’s Open 2024: Lydia Ko Wins Record Prize Money – Full Earnings Breakdown

Lydia Ko earns almost 1.5 million with her win at the AIG Women's Open. (Photo: Getty)
Lydia Ko earns almost 1.5 million with her win at the AIG Women's Open. (Photo: Getty)

At the Women’s Open 2024, there was record prize money totalling 9.5 million dollars. As the winner, Lydia Ko from New Zealand collected the lion’s share. Ko received almost 1.5 million dollars for the third major victory of her career. The table below shows the total distribution and the prize money received by each player.

Women’s

Position Name Earnings
1 Lydia Ko $1,425,000
T2 Lilia Vu $641,546
T2 Ruoning Yin $641,546
T2 Nelly Korda $641,546
T2 Jiyai Shin $641,546
6 Ariya Jutanugarn $344,457
T7 Akie Iwai $254,960
T7 Casandra Alexander $254,960
T7 Mao Saigo $254,960
T10 Angel Yin $172,856
T10 Linn Grant $172,856
T10 Pajaree Anannarukarn $172,856
T10 Nanna Koerstz Madsen $172,856
T10 Lottie Woad (a) —
T10 Alexa Pano $172,856
T10 Jin Hee Im $172,856
T17 Anne van Dam $130,519
T17 Jeeno Thitikul $130,519
T17 Jenny Shin $130,519
T20 Albane Valenzuela $116,750
T20 Charley Hull $116,750
T22 Momoko Osato $98,605
T22 Georgia Hall $98,605
T22 Ashleigh Buhai $98,605
T22 Linnea Strom $98,605
T22 Celine Boutier $98,605
T22 Andrea Lee $98,605
T22 So Mi Lee $98,605
T29 Paula Reto $73,966
T29 Minami Katsu $73,966
T29 Julia Lopez Ramirez (a) —
T29 Sarah Schmelzel $73,966
T29 Yui Kawamoto $73,966
T29 Rose Zhang $73,966
T29 Alison Lee $73,966
T29 Hyo Joo Kim $73,966
T37 Wichanee Meechai $49,152
T37 Grace Kim $49,152
T37 Ayaka Furue $49,152
T37 Sei Young Kim $49,152
T37 Nasa Hataoka $49,152
T37 Hye-Jin Choi $49,152
T37 Nicole Broch Estrup $49,152
T37 Carlota Ciganda $49,152
T37 Ally Ewing $49,152
T37 Amy Yang $49,152
T37 Leona Maguire $49,152
T37 Esther Henseleit $49,152
T49 Arpichaya Yubol $33,102
T49 Weiwei Zhang $33,102
T49 Kristen Gillman $33,102
T49 Haeran Ryu $33,102
T49 Caroline Inglis $33,102
T49 Gaby Lopez $33,102
T55 Haruka Kawasaki $26,906
T55 Xiyu Lin $26,906
T55 Lee-Anne Pace $26,906
T55 Lexi Thompson $26,906
T55 Mi Hyang Lee $26,906
T60 Lily May Humphreys $20,608
T60 Narin An $20,608
T60 Gabriella Cowley $20,608
T60 Shannon Tan $20,608
T60 Alexandra Forsterling $20,608
T60 Marta Martin $20,608
T60 Shuri Sakuma $20,608
T60 Louise Rydqvist (a) —
T60 Nuria Iturrioz $20,608
T60 Stephanie Kyriacou $20,608
T60 Patty Tavatanakit $20,608
T71 Manon De Roey $15,088
T71 Emma Spitz $15,088
T71 Johanna Gustavsson $15,088
T71 Maja Stark $15,088
T71 Peiyun Chien $15,088
T76 Morgane Metraux $11,500
T76 Emma Grechi $11,500
T78 Bailey Tardy $10,923
T78 Ela Anacona (a) —
T78 Auston Kim $10,923
81 In Kyung Kim $10,491
82 Ursula Wikstrom $10,203

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Solheim Cup 2024: Eight Players Qualify for Team Europe

8 out of twelve players secured their ticket for the Solheim Cup 2024 with the conclusion of the Women's Open. (Photo: Getty)
8 out of twelve players secured their ticket for the Solheim Cup 2024 with the conclusion of the Women's Open. (Photo: Getty)

Over the past two years, professional golfers have had the opportunity to qualify for the Solheim Cup in three different ways. Six players qualified via the Rolex Ranking, the women’s world ranking list. Four players will be selected by European team captain Suzann Pettersen and two players, including Esther Henseleit, qualified via the LET Solheim Cup points list.

Esther Henseleit will be the sixth German player to compete in the most famous women’s team competition. Over the past two years, Henseleit has delivered consistently good performances and most recently catapulted herself into the top two on the LET Solheim Cup points list after winning silver at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris with second place at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open. Only Charley Hull earned more points than the Hamburg native. After the AIG Women’s Open, both players were guaranteed a ticket for the European team – as were Celine Boutier, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, Leona Maguire, Carlota Ciganda and Madelene Sagström, who are regarded as the six best European players in the world rankings.

Suzann Pettersen, the team captain, said of her team: ‘The European team is looking very good at the moment for the Solheim Cup 2024. Congratulations to the eight players who have qualified automatically.
‘We have so much experience in the team, but it’s also great that Esther is making her Solheim Cup debut this year. The European players have shown great performances this year and we are looking forward to September.’

Pettersen will name her four captain’s picks on Monday 26 August at 4pm (BST) live on Sky Sports News and streamed on the LET website.

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Nine Automatic Qualifiers Named for 2024 U.S. Solheim Cup Team

Stacy Lewis, captain of the US Solheim Cup team, has learned the names of the nine automatic qualifiers who will represent the Red, White and Blue. (Photo: Getty)
Stacy Lewis, captain of the US Solheim Cup team, has learned the names of the nine automatic qualifiers who will represent the Red, White and Blue. (Photo: Getty)

With the completion of the 2024 AIG Women’s Open, U.S. Captain Stacy Lewis has learned the names of the nine automatic qualifiers who will represent the Red, White and Blue at the 2024 Solheim Cup, to be held Sept. 13-15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.

Rolex Women’s World Rankings No. 1 Nelly Korda, who has six victories on the 2024 LPGA Tour season, leads the list of seven players named to the team via the U.S. Solheim Cup Team points standings. She is joined (in order of ranking) by Lilia Vu, Lauren Coughlin, Ally Ewing, Allisen Corpuz, Megan Khang and Andrea Lee.

Additionally, Rose Zhang and Alison Lee will represent the U.S. as the two highest Americans in the Rolex Rankings not among the seven qualifiers from the U.S. Solheim Cup Team points standings.

“I’m just excited to have the team finalized. Much of this crew is repeating from 2023, so a lot of them have experience,” said Lewis. “We had five that were qualified coming into the week, and I’m happy to have Megan and Andrea back again. They were big parts of last year’s success.”


Alison Lee will be playing on her second U.S. Solheim Cup Team and first since 2015. The nine years between individual Solheim Cup appearances is the longest in U.S. Team history; Sherri Steinhauer had a span of seven years between U.S. Team appearances in 2000 and 2007.

“I’m really happy for Alison Lee to be back at the Solheim Cup, with the largest gap between two Solheim Cups,” said Lewis. “It’s been nine years since her last one and I’m excited for her to have a second go at it, to have a great experience and to do it at home as well.”

Experiences Team USA for Solheim Cup 2024

2024 will mark the fourth Solheim Cup appearances for Ewing, Khang and Korda, who all played on the 2019, 2021 and 2023 U.S. Teams. Corpuz, Andrea Lee, Vu and Zhang will also be making their second Solheim Cup appearances, while Coughlin will be a rookie on the U.S. squad.

Lewis also receives three captain’s picks to round out the 12-player American squad. Those players will be announced on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. EDT.

Players started accruing points toward the U.S. Solheim Cup Team points standings at the 2023 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Points were awarded to the top 40 participants at each ranking event, with double points awarded at the five major championships. In the Solheim Cup year, all points values increased by 50%.

The biennial Solheim Cup is the most prestigious international team event in women’s professional golf. In 2023, the European Team retained the Cup following a 14-14 tie with the U.S. Team at Finca Cortesin in Spain. The U.S. Team leads the European Team, 10-7-1, all-time in Solheim Cup competition.

Fans can see full 2024 Solheim Cup ticket details at www.solheimcupusa.com/tickets. Various daily and weekly ticket and hospitality packages are available so fans can enjoy every moment of the action at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club.
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Valhalla Golf Club to Host 2028 Solheim Cup

The Valhalla Golf Club has been chosen to host the 2028 Solheim Cup. (Source: Getty)
The Valhalla Golf Club has been chosen to host the 2028 Solheim Cup. (Source: Getty)

The LPGA Tour announced that the prestigious Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, will host the 21st edition of the Solheim Cup in 2028. The Solheim Cup, a biennial international match-play competition, pits the top American players from the LPGA Tour against the best of the Ladies European Tour (LET). This announcement marks a significant milestone as Valhalla joins an elite group of courses that have hosted both the Solheim Cup and the Ryder Cup, including The Greenbrier, Muirfield Village, and Gleneagles.

A New Chapter in Valhalla’s Illustrious History

Valhalla Golf Club, designed by the legendary Jack Nicklaus and inaugurated in 1986, is no stranger to high-profile golf tournaments. The course has previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1996, 2000, 2014, and 2024, as well as the Senior PGA Championships in 2004 and 2011, and the Ryder Cup in 2008.

“We are thrilled to be selected to host the 2028 Solheim Cup. Valhalla has a history of providing compelling finishes, and we are excited to add this event to our championship lore,” said Jimmy Kirchdorfer, Owner of Valhalla Golf Club. “We look forward to welcoming golf fans from around the globe back to our Kentucky home for what promises to be an unforgettable week of competition and camaraderie.”

LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan emphasized the significance of choosing venues with a rich tradition of competitive excellence. “Showcasing our extraordinary athletes at venues that have hosted the world’s largest and most prestigious golf tournaments and that are recognizable to fans around the world will continue to elevate the LPGA Tour and the Solheim Cup,” she said. “Hosting the 2028 Solheim Cup at Valhalla Golf Club, with its rich tradition of competitive excellence, exemplifies this commitment. We are eager to bring the most exciting team competition in women’s golf to Louisville and Valhalla Golf Club.”

Road to 2028 Solheim Cup

As the LPGA Tour and the LET prepare for the 2028 Solheim Cup, the U.S. Team leads the all-time series against the European Team with a record of 10-7-1. The 2024 Solheim Cup will be held at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, and the 2026 edition will take place at Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt, Netherlands.

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Lydia Ko Qualifies for the LPGA Hall of Fame

Lydia Ko wins gold and Entry to the LPGA Hall of Fame. (Photo: Getty)
Lydia Ko wins gold and Entry to the LPGA Hall of Fame. (Photo: Getty)

With her gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Lydia Ko has reached the 27 points necessary for induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame. The 27-year-old New Zealand native achieved this milestone through a stellar career that includes LPGA Hall of Fame points earned for 20 LPGA Tour victories, highlighted by two major championship titles, two Rolex LPGA Player of the Year awards, twice earning the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy for the season’s lowest scoring average and now the Olympic gold medal. Ko becomes the 35th individual enshrined in the LPGA Hall of Fame, joining the ranks of the most accomplished and influential athletes in the history of women’s golf.

Lydia Ko, 20-time LPGA Tour winner

Ko is now a three-time Olympic medalist, taking silver at the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil and bronze at the 2020 Summer Games in Japan. On the LPGA Tour, Ko has amassed 20 LPGA Tour victories since 2012, including major titles at the 2015 Amundi Evian Championship and the 2016 Chevron Championship. She earned 18 of her titles since her rookie season in 2014, having won the 2012 and 2013 CPKC Women’s Open as an amateur prior to becoming an LPGA Tour Member. Ko was the 2015 and 2022 Rolex LPGA Player of the Year and won the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy, awarded to the player with the season’s lowest scoring average, in 2021 and 2022.

Ko has seven wins on the Ladies European Tour, five wins on the WPGA Tour of Australasia and one win on the Korean LPGA Tour. She also partnered with Jason Day to win the inaugural Grant Thornton Invitational, a mixed-team unofficial event featuring PGA Tour and LPGA Tour stars, in December 2023.

Ko has set numerous Youngest Ever marks in her career. On Aug. 19, 2012, she became the youngest winner in LPGA Tour history when she won the CPKC Women’s Open at 15 years, 4 months and 2 days. She became the youngest player, male or female, to reach World No. 1 when she ascended to the top of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings on Feb. 2, 2015, at 17 years, 9 months and 9 days. Later that year, Ko became the youngest female major winner when she captured the 2015 Amundi Evian Championship at 18 years, 4 months and 20 days. She then became the youngest female ever to win two major championships at 18 years, 11 months and 9 days following her win at the 2016 Chevron Championship.

Now at 27 years, 3 months and 17 days, Ko becomes the youngest player to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame under its current criteria. Prior to March 2022, induction criteria included the requirement that a player be active on Tour for 10 years. Karrie Webb reached the 27-point threshold at age 25 with her victory at the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open but did not reach the 10-year requirement until age 30 in 2005.

“Lydia’s qualification into the LPGA Hall of Fame isn’t just a milestone in her extraordinary career; it’s a testament to her generational talent, having built an unmatched resume of success at such a young age,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan. “Beyond her unprecedented achievements on the golf course, Lydia has inspired so many through her perseverance, kindness, generosity, and commitment to leaving the game better than she found it. She is a role model to us all and particularly to young girls, to whom she has shown what a true champion is, in sport and in life. Cementing her place in the Hall of Fame by winning the gold medal here in Paris is iconic, and it is something we will all remember for a long time. We are immensely proud of Lydia’s achievements and the impact she’s made on the world of golf and in global sports.”

LPGA Hall of Fame

The most recent inductees of the LPGA Hall of Fame were Lorena Ochoa and eight of the LPGA Tour’s original Founding Members. Ochoa had earned enough points to qualify when she retired in 2010 after eight seasons but did not receive enshrinement until the 10-year requirement was lifted in 2022. These nine women were honored in March 2022 for their years with the LPGA Tour. Prior to that, Inbee Park was the last player enshrined in the LPGA Hall of Fame when she earned the honor in 2016.

To qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame, members of the LPGA Tour must meet a minimum point threshold of 27 points, earned by the following criteria:

  1. Must have won/been awarded at least one of the following titles/honors
    1. An LPGA Tour major championship
    2. Glenna Collett Vare Trophy
    3. Rolex Player of the Year
  2. Must have accumulated a total of 27 points
    1. One point for each LPGA Tour official tournament win
    2. Two points for each LPGA Tour major tournament win
    3. One point for each Glenna Collett Vare Trophy honor earned
    4. One point for each Rolex Player of the Year honor earned
    5. One point for an Olympic gold medal

(Text: LPGA Tour)

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Women’s Olympic Golf 2024 Live: Lydia Ko Wins Gold in Paris

Live Blog for Golf at the Olympics 2024 in Paris. (Photo: Getty)
Live Blog for Golf at the Olympics 2024 in Paris. (Photo: Getty)

Women Olympics Golf 2024 Live Scores

The Women Olympics Golf in the season 2024 is being played in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France at the Le Golf National. The tournament starts at the Wednesday, 7th of August and ends at the Saturday, 10th of August 2024.
The Women Olympics Golf is part of the Ladies European Tour in the season 2024.
The course for the tournament at Le Golf National plays at Par 72.

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The tour includes a variety of tournaments in different European countries as well as outside of Europe. This international presence allows players to prove themselves on different courses and in different competitive conditions. For many players, the LET is an important step in their career.

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Olympics 2024: Charley Hull and Georgia Hall Represent UK

Charley Hull and Georgia Hall represent the UK at the Olympics 2024. (Photos: Getty)
Charley Hull and Georgia Hall represent the UK at the Olympics 2024. (Photos: Getty)

The golf qualification for the Olympics 2024 is complete. After the men’s qualification phase ended last Monday, the women’s participants have now also been decided. While Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick represent the men, Charley Hull and Georgia Hall will compete in the women’s event. A look at the two female participants from the UK.

Live Scores of Golf at the Olympics 2024

Olympics 2024: Charley Hull and Georgia Hall form UK’s Olympic Duo

Charley Hull currently travels to Paris in eighth place in the world rankings (Rolex Rankings). After two second places on the Ladies European Tour and consistently good performances, the Englishwoman is currently in good form and can therefore hope for a top ranking at the Olympics 2024. Although the 28-year-old’s last victory was almost two years ago, four top-ten finishes this calendar year and a recent good shared 16th place at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship confirm Hull’s form.

Hull is accompanied by Georgia Hall, who is also 28 years old. She is currently ranked 36th in the world and is currently struggling a little with her form. The Englishwoman has yet to secure a top ten finish this year and her best results were T12 at the Meijer LPGA Classic two weeks ago and the Aramco Ladies International. Georgia Hall celebrated the biggest success of her career in 2018 with a major victory at the Ricoh Women’s British Open.

All Tee Times for Women’s Golf at the Olympics 2024

Olympics 2024: Qualification Process and Criteria

The Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) determines qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics, scheduled from August 1-10 at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. The top 15 golfers in the OGR automatically qualify, with a maximum of four players per National Olympic Committee (NOC). Beyond the top 15, the highest-ranked players are selected until the 60-player field is complete, ensuring no more than two players per NOC unless they are within the top 15.

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The qualification criteria for the Olympic Golf Tournament. (Photo: IGF)

Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick have secured their tickets for Paris in the men’s competition.

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Olympics 2024: Korda, Vu and Zhang form US Olympic Trio

Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu represent the US at the Olympics 2024. (Photos: Getty)
Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu represent the US at the Olympics 2024. (Photos: Getty)

The golf qualification for the Olympics 2024 is complete. After the men’s qualification phase ended last Monday, the women’s participants have now also been decided. With Ally Ewing missing the Qualification for the first time since golf’s return to the Olympics in 2016, no country will send four players. A look at the female participants from the USA.

Live Scores of Golf at the Olympics 2024

Olympics 2024: Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang form Olympic Trio

The bitter failure of Ally Ewing means that the US women’s golf team will be represented three times at the Olympics 2024. The trio consists of world number one Nelly Korda, her direct rival Lilia Vu and ninth-placed Rose Zhang. Korda in particular has dominated this year on the LPGA Tour and has already won six of her ten tournaments. She has won five of them in a row. But Lilia Vu has nothing to hide either: She recently won the Meijer LPGA Classic and followed it up with a shared second place at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Rose Zhang also secured a win on the LPGA Tour this year at the Cognizant Founders Cup.

The rankings in the world rankings alone make it clear that the USA will also be the big favorites at the Olympics 2024. The fact that only three women’s golfers are competing this year will not change this. What’s more, Nelly Korda has already won the Olympics 2020 in Tokyo and will travel to Paris full of confidence.

All Tee Times for Golf at the Olympics 2024

Ally Ewing narrowly misses out on the Olympics 2024 in Paris

Qualification for the Olympics 2024 was particularly bitter for Ally Ewing. The 31-year-old had to finish the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in fifth place or better to qualify for the competition in Paris later in the summer. Near the end, Ewing was in a tie for second place and qualified, but over the next 90 minutes Lilia Vu, Jin Young Ko and Miyu Yamashita each birdied the 18th to get to four under, pushing Ewing into a tie for fifth place. The American thus narrowly missed out on 15th place in the world rankings, which would have qualified her for the Summer Games.

Olympics 2024: Qualification Process and Criteria

The Olympic Golf Ranking (OGR) determines qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics, scheduled from August 1-10 at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. The top 15 golfers in the OGR automatically qualify, with a maximum of four players per National Olympic Committee (NOC). Beyond the top 15, the highest-ranked players are selected until the 60-player field is complete, ensuring no more than two players per NOC unless they are within the top 15.

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The qualification criteria for the Olympic Golf Tournament. (Photo: IGF)
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LPGA Tour Live Blog: Coughlin Wins In Canada

The Live Blog of the CPKC Women's Open 2024 on the LPGA Tour. (Photo: Getty)
The Live Blog of the CPKC Women's Open 2024 on the LPGA Tour. (Photo: Getty)
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Watch: LPGA Tour Highlights from Round 2 of the CPKC Women’s Open

CALGARY, ALBERTA - JULY 26: Lauren Coughlin of the United States plays her shot from the 13th tee during the second round of the CPKC Women's Open at Earl Grey Golf Club on July 26, 2024 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
CALGARY, ALBERTA - JULY 26: Lauren Coughlin of the United States plays her shot from the 13th tee during the second round of the CPKC Women's Open at Earl Grey Golf Club on July 26, 2024 in Calgary, Alberta. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

The CPKC Women’s Open, part of the LPGA Tour, is currently taking place at the Earl Grey Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The tournament carries a prize fund of $2,600,000. As the competition reaches its second round, the leaderboard is tightly contested with multiple players vying for the top positions.

Heading the leaderboard is Lauren Coughlin (USA) with a total score of -6, marking a daily score of -2. Tied in the second position are Haeran Ryu (KOR) and Hannah Green (AUS), both with total scores of -5. Ryu recorded a daily score of -3, whereas Green finished with a daily score of -2. Sharing the fourth spot are Lilia Vu (USA), Lydia Ko (NZL), and Jennifer Kupcho (USA), each with total scores of -3. Both Vu and Ko have daily scores of -2, while Kupcho’s daily score stands even.

The highlights from the second-round action are now available, capturing the pivotal moments and outstanding plays from the players. For those interested in following further LPGA Tour Highlights and CPKC Women’s Open Highlights, the coverage includes a comprehensive wrap-up of the latest round.

As the CPKC Women’s Open heads into its final stages, the contested leaderboard and impressive performances set the stage for an exciting conclusion. Stay tuned for more LPGA Tour Highlights and CPKC Women’s Open Highlights as the tournament concludes.

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