Tag: 2023 BMW Ladies Championship

2023 BMW Ladies Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player

The total purse for the longtime LPGA event was $2,300,000.

Minjee Lee earned $330,000 for her playoff victory at the BMW Ladies Championship. She now has $1,552,475 in season earnings and $13,765,643 in official career earnings. Lee remains 11th on the LPGA’s all-time list, $85,312 behind Lexi. Thompson.

Lydia Ko’s biggest paycheck of the year was $50,093 at the U.S. Women’s Open prior to this week. She earned $147,030 for her solo third at the BMW. Last year Ko earned over $4 million on the season.

Seojin Park, the amateur, took a share of 13th but no money. Ashleigh Buhai and Perrine Dealcour also finished 13th and earned $35,287.

The BMW is a limited-field no-cut event. Matilda Castren finished 75th and earned $4,327.

Here’s the full purse breakdown:

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Minjee Lee -16 $330,000
2 Alison Lee -16 $202,680
3 Lydia Ko -14 $147,030
4 Angel Yin -13 $113,379
T5 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -12 $66,691
T5 Jeongeun Lee6 -12 $66,691
T5 Atthaya Thitikul -12 $66,691
T5 Ji Yai Shin -12 $66,691
T5 Celine Boutier -12 $66,691
T10 Ayaka Furue -11 $41,797
T10 Jenny Shin -11 $41,797
T10 Lauren Coughlin -11 $41,797
T13 Perrine Delacour -10 $35,287
T13 Seojin Park (a) -10 —
T13 Ashleigh Buhai -10 $35,287
T16 Sung Hyun Park -9 $28,481
T16 Hae Ran Ryu -9 $28,481
T16 Hee Young Park -9 $28,481
T16 Hyo Joo Kim -9 $28,481
T16 Nelly Korda -9 $28,481
T16 Sarah Schmelzel -9 $28,481
T22 Linn Grant -8 $22,471
T22 Yan Liu -8 $22,471
T22 Brooke M. Henderson -8 $22,471
T22 Pajaree Anannarukarn -8 $22,471
T22 Allisen Corpuz -8 $22,471
T22 Hannah Green -8 $22,471
T28 Patty Tavatanakit -7 $18,503
T28 Hye-Jin Choi -7 $18,503
T28 Linnea Strom -7 $18,503
T28 Gaby Lopez -7 $18,503
T32 Jennifer Kupcho -6 $16,423
T32 In Gee Chun -6 $16,423
T34 Rose Zhang -5 $13,665
T34 Carlota Ciganda -5 $13,665
T34 Grace Kim -5 $13,665
T34 Megan Khang -5 $13,665
T34 Andrea Lee -5 $13,665
T34 A Lim Kim -5 $13,665
T34 Yuka Saso -5 $13,665
T41 Narin An -4 $10,256
T41 Yu Liu -4 $10,256
T41 Nasa Hataoka -4 $10,256
T41 Stephanie Kyriacou -4 $10,256
T41 Mi Hyang Lee -4 $10,356
T41 Ruoning Yin -4 $10,256
T41 Maja Stark -4 $10,256
T48 Lilia Vu -3 $8,122
T48 Jieun Seo (a) -3 —
T48 Stephanie Meadow -3 $8,122
T48 Jin Young Ko -3 $8,122
T48 Amy Yang -3 $8,122
T48 Ariya Jutanugarn -3 $8,122
T54 Alexa Pano -2 $7,212
T54 Eun Hee Ji -2 $7,212
T56 Aditi Ashok -1 $6,658
T56 Georgia Hall -1 $6,658
T56 Hinako Shibuno -1 $6,658
T59 Gemma Dryburgh E $5,992
T59 Sarah Kemp E $5,992
T59 Moriya Jutanugarn E $5,992
T62 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 1 $5,493
T62 Peiyun Chien 1 $5,493
T64 Maria Fassi 2 $5,215
T64 Olivia Cowan 2 $5,215
T64 Madelene Sagstrom 2 $5,215
T64 Soomin Oh (a) 2 —
T68 So Yeon Ryu 3 $4,938
T68 Esther Henseleit 3 $4,938
70 Sei Young Kim 4 $4,772
T71 Celine Borge 5 $4,605
T71  Albane Valenzuela 5 $4,605
73 Chanettee Wannasaen 6 $4,439
74 Ryann O’Toole 8 $4,384
75 Matilda Castren 16 $4,327
76 Dabeen Yun (a) 37 —
— Danielle Kang WD $4,244
— Anna Nordqvist WD $4,244

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Minjee Lee claims 10th career LPGA title in a playoff at BMW Ladies Championship

Lee is now the third player from Australia to reach double-digits LPGA victories.

Minjee Lee recorded her 10th career victory at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea in a playoff over Alison Lee. It was a rematch of the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior final, which Minjee happened to win as well.

“I was like, this kind of feels familiar,” said the 27-year-old Aussie.

Minjee became the fifth player this season to win multiple titles when she drained a 6-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole. The American Alison Lee, a former top-ranked amateur, is still waiting on her maiden LPGA victory. Minjee won Cincinnati’s Kroger Queen City Championship in September.

“Out of all the places, Korea was always at the top of my list because my parents are Korean and I have a heritage to Korea,” said Minjee. “This one is special, and especially having all of my family and extended family and friends coming out to cheer for me today, it was really cool to see them on the sidelines when I was walking down. It was great that I was able to win today.”

Minjee earned $330,000 for her victory, giving her $1,552,475 for the season. It’s her second victory in her last three starts. She is now the third player from Australia to reach double digits in tour victories, joining Jan Stephenson (16) and Karrie Webb (41).

A two-time major winner who has now won in each of her last three LPGA seasons, Minjee closed with a 4-under 68 at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club to finish at 16 under while Alison, a former UCLA standout, birdied her last two holes in regulation to shoot 67.

“I feel like I’m hitting it so well and I had so many putts this week lip out,” said Alison, “and I can’t stop thinking about all those small mistakes that I potentially made.”

Lydia Ko, playing on a sponsor invite, closed with a third consecutive 69 to finish third, two strokes back. The season has been largely a struggle for Ko, who hadn’t previously cracked the top 10 since February in Thailand.

“I feel like I’ve been moving in the right direction and felt like I was moving in the right direction, but the results weren’t really a good reflection of that,” said Ko, who won the BMW last year. “So at least this week is a confirmation to say, hey, it’s not dead yet.”

American Angel Yin, who won her first LPGA title last week in Shanghai, closed with a 67 to finish fourth.

South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai came into the final round tied with Minjee at 12 under but dropped to a share of 13th after a final-round 74. Buhai did win $10,000 in unofficial money from the tournament for setting a BMW scoring record of 10-under 62 in the first round.

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Ashleigh Buhai, Minjee Lee atop crowded leaderboard at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship

Lee is looking for her second win in three starts.

After Saturday’s third round, Ashleigh Buhai and Minjee Lee are tied for the 54-hole lead at 12 under at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in Korea.

Buhai, who shot rounds of 62-73 over the first two days, signed for a bogey-free 3-under 69 on Saturday. The 20th-ranked player in the Rolex Rankings, who has missed the cut in four of her last five starts, is looking for her second win of the year (ShopRite LPGA Classic).

BMW Ladies: Full leaderboard

Lee mixed three birdies with two bogeys in round three, good enough for a 1-under effort. The Aussie, who is seventh in the world, won the Kroger Queen City Championship last month.

Lydia Ko and Alison Lee are tied for third at 11 under, one back. Lauren Coughlin and Céline Boutier are two back at 10 under. Atthaya Thitikul and Jiyai Shin sit T-7, three back. And rounding the top 10 are Hannah Green and Angel Yin at T-9, four back.

Minjee Lee overcomes difficult conditions, takes lead at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship

Crazy winds were the story of the second round in Korea.

Scoring conditions were completely different Friday at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club.

Ashleigh Buhai, the first-round leader, was 11 shots worse in the second round than on her opening day. She only shot 1 over.

Swirling winds were the story of the second round at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship in Korea, but it’s Minjee Lee who fired a 3-under 69 to move into the lead heading to the weekend. After a day where there were more 66s than scores over par, the script flipped Friday.

“It was really hard conditions out there,” Lee said. “A lot of wind swirling around the valley. So sometimes we had really strong gusts, and I had to back off. But overall I had a really good finish.”

Lee sits at 11 under, two shots in front of American Alison Lee, who shot even-par 72 after an opening 9-under performance. Buhai is also T-2 at 9 under.

“It was definitely really frustrating,” Alison said of her even-par round, “but tried to stay patient. I definitely feel like I missed a few really good birdie opportunities out there. Like I feel like I could have played so much better than even.”

Lydia Ko, the event’s defending champion, sits T-4 at 8 under.

Ashleigh Buhai cards 10 birdies to take lead at LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship in Korea

“My goal for this week was to play with no expectations.”

On a day when scores were low at Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in Korea, Ashleigh Buhai took advantage.

After taking five weeks off because an old back injury flared up, Buhai returned in fashion to the LPGA, carding a bogey-free 10-under 62 to hold the first-round lead at the 2023 BMW Ladies Championship. Buhai had 10 birdies and eight pars and leads Alison Lee by a shot after Thursday.

“I think it was almost a blessing in disguise after a very busy summer,” Buhai said of her time off. “I’ve had one week of practice coming into here. And my goal for this week was to play with no expectations, and that’s often when you try to play well in a game.”

The 62 is a career-best round for Buhai, the 2022 AIG Women’s Open champion.

Of the 78 players in the field, only 10 shot over par, one of those being young phenom Rose Zhang, who shot 2-over 74.

Meanwhile, Lee’s 9-under performance was also bogey-free, including two stretches of three consecutive birdies. Ayaka Furue and Minjee Lee are tied for third at 8 under.

“Overall, I hit the ball really well,” Alison Lee said. “I gave myself a lot of putts inside 15 feet and was able to make almost all of them. I may have one putt that was a little longer, like 25, 30 feet. But other than that, I gave myself a lot of good birdie opportunities today.”

Lydia Ko, the defending champion, shot 5-under 67.

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