[Golf Topic] LPGA Tour KPMG Championship "Total Prize Money $4.5 Million → $9 Million"

Molly Marcus Samaan LPGA Commissioner

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] ○…The U.S. Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour is accelerating its prize money increase.

On the 22nd (Korean time), it announced that "the total prize money for the major KPMG Women's PGA Championship has been increased from the previous $4.5 million to $9 million (11.6 billion KRW)." The winner's prize is also $1.35 million (1.7 billion KRW). Since 2015, the tournament has been hosted by the PGA of America and has significantly raised its prize money and tournament level by bringing in the global accounting firm KPMG as the title sponsor. This year, it will open on the night of the 23rd at the Congressional Golf Club in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Molly Markus Samaan, LPGA Commissioner, expressed, "We are grateful for the firm leadership that has grown women's sports and provided opportunities worthy of our players' talents," adding, "It is a very important day for the LPGA, women's golf, and women's sports." LPGA Tour prize money has increased significantly this year. The U.S. Women's Open has entered the $10 million total prize money era, and the AIG Women's Open plans to increase its prize money by $1 million to $6.8 million.

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