2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship

Prize money payouts for each LPGA player at 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship

A $270,000 winner’s check moves Ko to 22nd on the LPGA career money list,

Former World No. 1 Jin Young Ko won for the first time in a year as she successfully defended her title at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. After battling a wrist injury for most of 2022, Ko called it the most important victory of her career.

Ko has now won at least one title in each of the past six seasons. The 27-year-old has 14 career LPGA titles, including two majors. A $270,000 winner’s check moves her to 22nd on the LPGA career money list, passing Yani Tseng and Ariya Jutanugarn with $10,680,535.

Nelly Korda birdied the 72nd hole to move into solo second and take $169,299 at the no-cut event.

Jessica Korda, playing in her first event since returning from a back injury, finished last after rounds of 76-78-79-72, earning $4,078.

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Here’s the full breakdown of the $1.8 million purse:

Position	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Jin Young Ko	-17	$270,000
2	Nelly Korda	-15	$169,299
T3	Danielle Kang	-14	$98,097
T3	Ayaka Furue	-14	$98,097
T3	Allisen Corpuz	-14	$98,097
6	Yuka Saso	-13	$62,566
7	Ashleigh Buhai	-12	$52,370
T8	Hyo Joo Kim	-11	$43,565
T8	Elizabeth Szokol	-11	$43,565
10	Atthaya Thitikul	-10	$37,539
T11	Nasa Hataoka	-9	$32,533
T11	Celine Boutier	-9	$32,533
T11	Eun-Hee Ji	-9	$32,533
T14	Lilia Vu	-8	$24,995
T14	Madelene Sagstrom	-8	$24,995
T14	Georgia Hall	-8	$24,955
T14	A Lim Kim	-8	$24,995
T14	Linn Grant	-8	$24,995
T14	Ariya Jutanugarn	-8	$24,995
T20	Leona Maguire	-7	$20,207
T20	Hannah Green	-7	$20,207
T20	Hye Jin Choi	-7	$20,207
T20	Na Rin An	-7	$20,207
T24	In-gee Chun	-6	$16,419
T24	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-6	$16,419
T24	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-6	$16,419
T24	Carlota Ciganda	-6	$16,419
T24	Amy Yang	-6	$16,419
T24	Sophia Schubert	-6	$16,419
T24	Jenny Shin	-6	$16,419
T31	Lydia Ko	-5	$13,718
T31	Mina Harigae	-5	$13,718
T33	Yu Liu	-4	$11,648
T33	Megan Khang	-4	$11,648
T33	Hinako Shibuno	-4	$11,648
T33	Sei Young Kim	-4	$11,648
T33	Anna Nordqvist	-4	$11,648
T33	Moriya Jutanugarn	-4	$11,648
T39	Xiyu Lin	-3	$9,454
T39	Chella Choi	-3	$9,454
T39	Alison Lee	-3	$9,454
T39	Stacy Lewis	-3	$9,454
T43	Yuting Shi	-2	$8,041
T43	Jennifer Kupcho	-2	$8,041
T43	Cheyenne Knight	-2	$8,041
T43	Jeongeun Lee	-2	$8,041
47	Gemma Dryburgh	-1	$7,322
T48	Brooke Henderson	E	$6,905
T48	Matilda Castren	E	$6,905
50	Pornanong Phatlum	1	$6,488
51	Lizette Salas	2	$6,304
T52	Minjee Lee	3	$5,839
T52	Gaby Lopez	3	$5,839
T52	Maja Stark	3	$5,839
T52	Patty Tavatanakit	3	$5,839
T56	Andrea Lee	4	$5,098
T56	Marina Alex	4	$5,098
T56	Ryann O’Toole	4	$5,098
T56	Pajaree Anannarukarn	4	$5,098
60	Maria Fassi	6	$4,635
61	Tiffany Chan	7	$4,543
62	Amanda Tan	8	$4,449
63	Sarah Schmelzel	9	$4,356
64	Paula Reto	10	$4,264
65	Mao Saigo	16	$4,170
66	Jessica Korda	17	$4,078

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Jin Young Ko calls victory over Nelly Korda in Singapore the most important of her career; Danielle Kang buys beer to thank HSBC grounds crew and volunteers

When it was over, she doubled over on the final green as the tears poured out.

Jin Young Ko grabbed her towel walking up to the 18th green to wipe her eyes. The emotion of the past year was written on her face. After an injury to her left wrist wrecked her 2022 season, Ko defended her title at the HSBC Women’s World Championship, calling it the most important victory of her career.

When it was over, she doubled over on the final green as the tears poured out.

“It’s going to be big momentum for me in my life,” said Ko, who closed with a 69 to beat Nelly Korda by two strokes and win for the first time in 12 months.

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Sentosa Golf Club received a month’s worth of rain in one week as LPGA players endured a number of rain delays, the last of which occurred Sunday when the final group was on the 16th hole.

“I actually didn’t honestly know if we were going to finish the last hole,” said Korda, who made birdie on 18 to jump into solo second. Danielle Kang, Allisen Corpuz and Ayaka Furue finished in a share of third.

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The showdown between Ko and Korda is what many fans expected to play out all last season before health issues set them both back.

“It’s always hard to play with Nelly, especially on Sunday” said Ko. “We’ve been playing together yesterday, and today was second time. We had a lot of times to play in 2021. She hits farther than last year, I think. So I don’t look at her ball. I didn’t look at her ball or her playing. It’s hard but love to compete with Nelly.”

Nelly Korda tees off on the 15th hole during the final round of the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore. (Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

This marked the 15th playing of the HSBC, known as “Asia’s major.” All but two players who have won in Singapore are major champions. Ko now joins Inbee Park, who is out on maternity leave, as the only two-time champions.

Ko pushed back her winter training in December to rest her wrist and went to Europe to see the Northern Lights in Finland and tour The Louvre in Paris.

“I think it brings good luck for me because it’s really hard to see the Northern Lights when you go to Finland or Iceland,” said Ko, “but I take just one day that I saw the Northern Lights, and so it was lucky.”

Ko then spent a month in Vietnam working with her former swing coach, Si Woo Lee, and said she took a great deal of confidence from their time together. She also took up meditating during the offseason and felt that it helped bring more balance to her life.

“I’m just trying to enjoy the course,” she said of the long and demanding week, “and I just want to hear birds singing, and I just wanted to feel wind and air.”

For a player who likely wondered if her body would ever let her return to the form that saw her dominate the LPGA, finding pleasure in the small things has been key.

For Corpuz, this marked the 24-year-old’s third career top-five finish as she moves a step closer to her No. 1 goal of making the Solheim Cup team.

“Really happy with how I played,” said Corpuz, who birdied the last hole, “especially being with Jin Young and Nelly. So awesome to just watch them play well and kind of feel like I’m almost keeping up with them.”

Kang: ‘Have a beer on us’

Kang left Singapore proud of her efforts, noting that she’s continuing to test balls and wedges and likes the progress that’s been made.

But before Kang headed out, she handed out beers to those who made the week possible.

“Normally what we do is in America, my caddie and I, we go buy cases of beers, and I have him help me out and load them up and give them to the grounds crew and things,” she said. “This week, I thought the volunteers did an incredible job, so we add the volunteers this time, too.

“In Singapore, it’s expensive but it’s OK. They worked really hard to keep the golf course in the most championship condition possible and without them we would not have been able to play or finish 72 holes, so I just wanted to say thanks and have a beer on us.”

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Jin Young Ko leads while Nelly Korda lurks two back at the HSBC Women’s World Championship

Tough to beat a Jin Young Ko vs. Nelly Korda battle.

Jin Young Ko backed up her second-round 65 with another one Saturday at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore for the HSBC Women’s World Championship.

Over her last 36 holes, Ko has made 16 birdies and two bogeys and holds a two-shot lead heading into the final round.

Her closest counterpart is Nelly Korda, who has shot 68 all three days in Singapore. She sits at 12 under.

Danielle Kang, who fired a 9-under 63 on Friday, couldn’t get much going on Day 3 and shot an even-par 72. She’s 10 under through three rounds.

Celine Boutier and Nasa Hataoka are tied for sixth at 9 under while Lydia Ko is 7 under, T-13.

Final-round coverage will be on Golf Channel from 9:30 p.m. ET Saturday to 1:30 a.m. ET Sunday.

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Danielle Kang thanks Scotty Cameron for her ‘DK Special’ putter as she races to top in Singapore after 63 at HSBC

“I think it took days for him to make these molds.”

Danielle Kang rode a hot custom putter to the 36-hole lead at the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship. The six-time winner hit 14 fairways and 16 greens and took 25 putts in a second-round 63 that lifted her to 10-under 134 for the tournament. It’s the first time she’s topped the board at the halfway point since the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio last season.

Kang said she took an idea to famed club designer Scotty Cameron and then watched excitedly as that idea came to life.

“I think it took days for him to make these molds,” said Kang. “And then I was with him for seven hours straight, grinding them, making it, buffering, lie lofting. It was incredible for me to watch. And I absolutely love that putter. And people keep asking me what it is, and he stamped it “DK Special” on the bottom, so that’s the name of it.”

Kang’s bogey-free 63 at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course ties her career-low round on the LPGA, which she has now posted five times. She holds a one-stroke lead over a trio of players in Singapore, including former HSBC champion Hyo Joo Kim, Allisen Corpuz and Elizabeth Szokol.

“My putter has been really hot for a while,” said Kang. “So thank you, Mr. Scotty. It’s working.”

The second round in Singapore included a rain delay that lasted more than three hours. Kang said she used much of the time to meditate.

“I just close my eyes and try and listen to all the noise,” she said. “I try and kind of see things I didn’t realize. Like it’s like experiencing the five senses type of deal.”

The rest of the time was spent catching up with friends on tour. When Kang met with press after the round, she hadn’t looked at her phone since she left the hotel.

Szokol, the first-round leader who is playing on a medical exemption, wasn’t as sharp after that opening 64 but managed to stay well in the mix for the weekend. Szokol dealt with a herniated disc in her back last year that kept her from touching a club for 12 weeks. She played the second half of last year.

“So it was a really long day,” said Szokol, who played college golf at Northwestern and Virginia. “So just happy with how I battled today.”

2023 HSBC Women's World Championship — Nelly Korda at the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship at Como Dempsey in Singapore. (Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

Defending champion Jin Young Ko posted a 65 on Friday and sits three shots back. World No. 2 Nelly Korda trails by two after carding her second consecutive 68. Ko said her calm personality helps her to shine in poor conditions.

Korda spent time in the gym during the long delay to keep loose.

“That’s the beauty of golf,” she said of staying patient. “I feel like you endure different types of weather. And you just kind of repeat to yourself that you love golf, and you love what you’re doing.

“These long days are hard, and a lot of people don’t really … viewers don’t really know about our days like these. You know, I think I was with my caddie for over 12 hours today, and many people don’t really see that side of our life.”

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