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LPGA releases 2024 schedule, which features $118 million in prize money payouts

On the heels of the CME Group’s blockbuster announcement of an $11 million purse for next year’s Tour Championship, coupled with a record $4 million winner’s prize, the LPGA has released its 2024 schedule, and the money keeps flowing.

There will be 33 official events with a record total prize fund of $118 million, with $116.55 million in official money. LPGA prize funds have increased 69 percent since $70 million in 2021, with the bulk of that leap coming at the majors and CME.

Perhaps the most important increase is in the number of regular-season events that now have purses of $3 million or higher. That number increases to 10 in 2024, up from four in 2023 and only one in 2021.

There are three new venues on the 2024 schedule including the previously announced LPGA Drive On Championship in Bradenton, Florida, as well as the FM Global Championship in Norton, Massachusetts and the Arizona Championship presented by JTBC next March at a course to be announced at a later date.

South Korean legend Se Ri Pak will now have her own namesake event on U.S. soil at the renamed Se Ri Pak L.A. Open at Palos Verdes. She joins Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie West as tournament hosts.

The flow of the 2024 schedule will be easier on players with less criss-crossing the country. The LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek moves up to April ahead of the Chevron Championship. The U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club moves back to late May and the AIG Women’s British Open at St. Andrews moves later in August to accommodate the Olympics.

Qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics will end after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship June 24 at Sahalee. The top 15 players in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings automatically qualify for the Games (no more than four players per country) and the remaining spots awarded to the highest-ranked players from countries that do not already have two qualified players.

The Solheim Cup also returns in September at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, where Team USA will look to end its drought.

Hawaii’s Lotte Championship moves to the fall for the first time on the heels of a four-tournament Asian swing. The purse for the Lotte also jumps significantly from $2 million to $3 million.

Notably absent from the schedule is the Volunteers of America tournament in Texas.

Additional purse increases are expected to be announced in the coming months. Major championship purses have increased 78 percent since 2021, with regular-season events up 61 percent. Players will be given travel stipends or guaranteed minimum payouts at 19 events next season, including the majors.

Dates

Event

Course

Location

Purse

Jan. 18-21

Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions

Lake Nona Golf and Country Club

Orlando

$1.5 million

Jan. 25-28

LPGA Drive On Championship

Bradenten Country Club

Bradenton, Florida

$1.75 million

Feb. 22-25

Honda LPGA Thailand

Siam Country Club

Thailand

$1.7 million

Feb. 29-March 3

HSBC Women’s World Championship

Sentosa Golf Club

Singapore

$1.8 million

March 7-10

Blue Bay LPGA

Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club

China

$2.2 million

March 21-24

Seri Pak LA Open

Palos Verdes Golf Club

Palos Verdes Estates, California

$2 million

March 28-31

Arizona Championship presented by JTBC

TBD

Phoenix

$2 million

April 3-7

LPGA Match Play at Shadow Creek

Shadow Creek

Las Vegas

$2 million

April 18-21

The Chevron Championship

The Club at Carlton Woods

The Woodlands, Texas

$5.2 million

April 25-28

LM Eagle LA Championship

Wilshire Country Club

Los Angeles

$3 million

May 9-12

Cognizant Founders Cup

Upper Montclair Country Club

Clifton, New Jersey

$3 million

May 16-19

Mizuho Americans Open

Liberty National Golf Club

Jersey City, New Jersey

$3 million

May 30-June 2

U.S. Women’s Open

Lancaster Country Club

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

$11 million

June 7-9

ShopRite LPGA Classic

Seaview, a Dolce Hotel (Bay Course)

Galloway, New Jersey

$1.75 million

June 13-16

Meijer LPGA Classic

Blythefield Country Club

Grand Rapids, Michigan

$3 million

June 20-23

KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

Sahalee Country Club

Sammamish, Washington

$10 million

June 27-30

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational

Midland Country Club

Midland, Michigan

$3 million

July 11-14

Amundi Evian Championship

Evian Resort Golf Club

Evian-les-Bains, France

$6.5 million

July 18-21

Dana Open

Highland Meadows Golf Club

Sylvania, Ohio

$1.75 million

July 25-28

CPKC Women’s Open

Earl Grey Golf Club

Calgery, Canada

$2.6 million

Aug. 1-4

Portland Classic

Columbia Edgewater Country Club

Portland, Oregon

$1.75 million

Aug. 8-11

2024 Paris Olympics

Le Golf National

France

N/A

Aug. 15-18

Scottish Open

TBD

Scotland

$2 million

Aug. 22-25

AIG Women’s Open

Old Course at St. Andrews

St. Andrews, Scotland

$9 million

Aug. 29-Sept 1

FM Global Championship

TPC Boston

Norton, Massachusetts

$3.5 million

Sept. 13-15

Solheim Cup

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club

Gainesville, Virginia

N/A

Sept. 19-22

Kroger Queen City Championship

TBD

Cincinnati, Ohio

$2 million

Sept. 27-29

Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Pinnacle Country Club

Rogers, Arkansas

$3 million

Oct. 10-13

Buick LPGA Shanghai

Qizhong Garden Golf Club

Shanghai, China

$2.1 million

Oct. 17-20

BMW Ladies Championship

TBD

Korea

$2.2 million

Oct. 24-27

Maybank Championship

Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

$3 million

Oct. 31-Nov. 3

Toto Japan Classic

Seta Golf Course

Shiga, Japan

$2 million

Nov. 6-9

Lotte Championship

Hoakalei Country Club

Ewa Beach, Hawaii

$3 million

Nov. 14-17

The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican

Pelican Golf Club

Belleair, Florida

$3.25 million

Nov. 21-24

CME Group Tour Championship

Tiburon Golf Club

Naples, Florida

$11 million

Dec. 13-15

Grant Thornton Invitational

Tiburon Golf Club

Naples, Florida

$2 million

 

Story originally appeared on GolfWeek