LPGA purses will top $100M in 2023, a record for tour

NAPLES, Fla. – More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023, an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago.

A total of 33 official events next year will have a combined $101.3 million in purses, the tour announced Friday while unveiling the schedule – one that includes, if they happen, two events in China. The LPGA has not played there since October 2019, canceling each of its last five planned events in China after the coronavirus pandemic.

The five women’s golf majors account for $37.9 million of the planned purses, led by $10 million set to be paid out at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach next July. That tournament is immediately preceded on the schedule by the Women’s PGA Championship at Baltrusol, a $9 million event.