The bonus has never been so high, so who is the biggest money-maker in women’s golf?
It was high from the start, but the advent of LIV golf pushed the reward to the stratosphere level.
Liv pushed the PGA Tour, which delayed the DP World Tour, and the requirement for equivalent also means that the women’s competition wallets have also begun to expand.
But who won the biggest victory in the women’s competition?
The U.S.-based LPGA Tour is the highest level of the game, and its prize money is still greater than Europe, Japan and South Korea.
The best way to build the biggest earners in the game is to check out the LPGA’s list of professional currencies and reveal the list of gaming elites over the past 30 years.
Revenue from the course and other tour prizes will affect the entire total, but this is a powerful guide to who has mastered how many people.
1. AnnikaSorenstam
- $22,583,693 307 starts ($73,562 per time)
The Swedes are still at the top of the list, right because she is undoubtedly the queen of modern games.
However, at first glance, you will never guess. Her swing was simple, nothing out of reach. But she was straightforward and had a ruthless mind game. She may be Bjorn Borg of the women’s competition.
Globally, she won 96 games, the greatest game for women’s golf.
72 of them participated in the LPGA event (third place ever), and she won no less than 10 Grand Slams (winning Chevron Championship, Women’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open three times). From early 2001 to 2006 victory at the U.S. Women’s Open, she played 23 majors, ranked in the top five of 15 and won eight games. The best.
2 Lydia Ko
- $21,001,801 starts at 256 times ($82,038 per start)
When Kiwi first appeared on the scene, she won the 14-year-old Australian event and became the youngest ever champion in a professional competition, her smile, smile, glasses and outrageous matches were like the star of the Roald Dahl story. Her first victory in LPGA (15) is the youngest record ever. The same goes for her first major victory at the age of 18 (2015 Evian Champion).
Even with success, she never completely lived up to her original promise, she never completely lost that Dahl-like atmosphere. She is the 23-time champion of LPGA, three of which are professional.
Now married, she looks at the future beyond golf, and her last cheer may be a notable double in August 2024: Gold at the Paris Olympics, followed by a women’s open-ended victory at the Golf House.
3. KarrieWebb
- $20,293,617 starts at 497 times ($40,832 per start)
The problem with the greatest Australian golfer of all time should always end up with Greg Norman or Karrie Webb, who really deserves to win, as Queenslander is the 41-time LPGA champion, with seven of them professional.
Indeed, the Evian Championship wasn’t a big deal when she was at her best, so it’s all she could say was that she finished a professional Grand Slam (even in her second year, which was her second place).
Her first six majors were four years since 1999, and if she hadn’t defied Sorenstein’s natural power, she might have won more professional (and championships).
4. Cristie Kerr
- $20,179,848 602 starts ($33,521 per start)
One of the greatest split characters in the women’s competition, and one of its bravest figures, ranks the world on three different occasions.
She has won 20 championships in LPGA, including the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2010 Women’s PGA Championship. She is a particularly polite player, especially in the Solheim Cup, where she often ends her rivals. She also appeared in the apprenticeship with Donald Trump, whom she supports.
5. InbeePark
- $18,262,344 305 starts ($59,876 per time)
In the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open, Parker did hit her belt between 2013 and 2015, when she won six majors, including the top three in 2013 (when she also briefly led fourth place, causing talk of the Grand Slam).
She won 21 titles in the LPGA and ranked first in four wins between 2013 and 2018. She was widely regarded as the best putter in the world at that time – not only in women’s competitions, but also men.
6. MinjeeLee
- $17,904,404 242 Start ($73,985 per start)
Australia is in stark contrast with her brother Min Woo Lee. The latter is extroverted, while the former is introverted. But she also won more. Her brother won a win on the PGA Tour, Minjee scored 11 wins in the LPGA, three of which were in the Grand Slam (and there were 3 different games, so she was closing the Professional Grand Slam).
7. Amy Young
- $16,053,483 363 starts ($44,224 per start)
One of the great pillars of the women’s competition. She first won the 16-year-old (and then the record) European Women’s Tour and transferred her own quality to the LPGA, where she achieved six victories, including the 2024 Women’s PGA Championship, a major win and an excellent career.
Unlike many of her Korean compatriots, she is obviously still untouched by the pressures of the road and life.
8. LexiThompson
- $15,376,729 266 starts ($57,807 per time)
Thompson is the darling of American Women’s Golf, and it is an amazing phenomenon. For example, when she appeared at the 2025 U.S. Women’s Open, it was her 19th straight start in the championship game, but she was only 30 at the time. Yes, she first competed at the 12-year-old in 2007!
Three years later, she became a professional player and had great success, but perhaps not as much as expected. She achieved 11 LPGA victories, but one major win is far below her talent. She has a mysterious but exciting long game, but is plagued by short-lived annoyance. Now, in semi-retirement, she is still a fan favorite.
9. NellyKorda
- 155 starts for $15,214,533 ($98,158 per start)
Her brother Sebastian is the daughter of a Czech tennis legend (father Petr won the Australian Open at the 1988 Olympics and Regina competed in the 1988 Olympics), his brother Sebastian played on the ATP, and his sister Jessica was also a winner in the LPGA.
However, Nelly usurped everyone. Her “Every Game Start” numbers reveal her qualities – as well as modern bonus inflation. She is the 15-time champion and two-time champion at LPGA, and she also won the gold medal at the 2021 Olympics. Her star quality in the United States has made her appear in the famous Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Problem.
10. LorenaOchoa
- $14,863,331 starts at 175 times ($84,933 per start)
At the age of 28 in early 2010, she ranked first for 158 consecutive weeks for 158 consecutive weeks.
Her money has accumulated over seven full seasons at LPGA, a period that saw her 27 wins, including two majors. Her first major victory was her first victory at St Andrews at the 2007 Women’s Open, the event’s first golf home.
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