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2024 FM Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player at TPC Boston

The first-place prize at TPC Boston this week was $570,000.

The inaugural FM Championship features a $3.8 million purse, the largest of any event on the LPGA’s 2024 schedule outside of the five majors and the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship.

The first-place prize at TPC Boston this week was $570,000, which was claimed by Haeran Ryu after she survived a long day, a two-hour weather delay and a playoff against Jin Young Ko.

Another perk of this event was a $1,000 stipend for all those who missed the cut to help cover expenses.

Here’s the full prize money payouts at the 2024 FM Championship.

Pos. Golfer Score Earnings
1 Haeran Ryu* -15 $570,000
2 Jin Young Ko -15 $346,821
3 Ruixin Liu -14 $251,594
T4 Allisen Corpuz -13 $175,641
T4 Jeeno Thitikul -13 $175,641
T6 Celine Borge -11 $103,487
T6 Ariya Jutanugarn -11 $103,487
T6 Jennifer Kupcho -11 $103,487
T6 Arpichaya Yubol -11 $103,487
T10 Hannah Green -9 $67,065
T10 Morgane Metraux -9 $67,065
T10 Sarah Schmelzel -9 $67,065
T10 Carlota Ciganda -9 $67,065
T10 Lauren Coughlin -9 $67,065
T15 Lucy Li -7 $50,888
T15 So Mi Lee -7 $50,888
T15 Lexi Thompson -7 $50,888
T15 Yealimi Noh -7 $50,888
T19 Angel Yin -6 $41,395
T19 Yue Ren -6 $41,395
T19 Sophia Schubert -6 $41,395
T19 Mao Saigo -6 $41,395
T19 Pajaree Anannarukarn -6 $41,395
T19 Chanettee Wannasaen -6 $41,395
T25 Rose Zhang -5 $33,609
T25 Hye-Jin Choi -5 $33,609
T25 Gaby Lopez -5 $33,609
T25 Amy Yang -5 $33,609
T25 Robyn Choi -5 $33,609
T30 Jeongeun Lee6 -4 $27,532
T30 Jin Hee Im -4 $27,532
T30 Wei-Ling Hsu -4 $27,532
T30 Nicole Broch Estrup -4 $27,532
T30 Nasa Hataoka -4 $27,532
T35 Perrine Delacour -3 $21,125
T35 Auston Kim -3 $21,125
T35 Nataliya Guseva -3 $21,125
T35 Sofia Garcia -3 $21,125
T35 Matilda Castren -3 $21,125
T35 Weiwei Zhang -3 $21,125
T35 Megan Khang -3 $21,125
T35 Hee Young Park -3 $21,125
T43 Pornanong Phatlum -2 $15,886
T43 Wichanee Meechai -2 $15,886
T43 Ryann O’Toole -2 $15,886
T43 Marina Alex -2 $15,886
T43 Daniela Darquea -2 $15,886
T43 Alexandra Forsterling -2 $15,886
T49 Liqi Zeng -1 $13,355
T49 Lindsey Weaver-Wright -1 $13,355
T49 Narin An -1 $13,355
T52 Eun-Hee Ji E $11,203
T52 Peiyun Chien E $11,203
T52 Kaitlin Milligan E $11,203
T52 Grace Kim E $11,203
T52 Ashleigh Buhai E $11,203
T52 Minami Katsu E $11,203
T52 Andrea Lee E $11,203
T52 Caroline Masson E $11,203
T60 Ssu-Chia Cheng 1 $8,925
T60 Azahara Munoz 1 $8,925
T60 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 1 $8,925
T60 Ana Pelaez Trivino 1 $8,925
T60 Min Lee 1 $8,925
T60 Linnea Strom 1 $8,925
T60 Annie Park 1 $8,925
T67 Kristen Gillman 2 $7,805
T67 Kaitlyn Papp Budde 2 $7,805
T67 Jing Yan 2 $7,805
T67 Yuri Yoshida 2 $7,805
T67 Dottie Ardina 2 $7,805
72 Sandra Gal 3 $7,404
T73 Malia Nam 4 $7,262
T73 Bianca Pagdanganan 4 $7,262
T75 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap 6 $7,083
T75 Jennifer Chang 6 $7,083
T77 Elizabeth Rudisill (a) 10 $0
T77 Kiira Riihijarvi 10 $6,949
— Madelene Sagstrom WD $6,860

 

Haeran Ryu beats Jin Young Ko in a playoff to win 2024 FM Championship at TPC Boston

Ryu’s wild week included a 62, followed by a 78, followed by a 64.

The first FM Championship was a wild week capped by a really slow, although eventful, final round at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts.

The final groups were through just 12 holes after four hours and then there was a dangerous weather delay of more than two hours. The action did end before sundown, but not before some interesting events on the golf course.

Riuxin Liu opened her final round with seven straight birdies to vault into contention but her week started in quite possibly the worst fashion, as she carded a 9 on the par-4 10th hole, her first hole of the week. She was 15 shots back of the lead at one point this week but clawed her way back into contention after making 25 birdies during her rounds of 73-73-64-64.

Haeran Ryu went low Friday with a 10-under 62, but then returned to post a 78 on Saturday. On Sunday, she threatened to go 10 under again and while a bogey on the 16th squashed that she was still tied atop the leaderboard with Jin Young Ko at 15 under through 14 holes.

Ryu would shoot a final-round 64 and to recap her week: her second round was seven shots better than her first; her third was 16 shots worse than her second; and her final round was 14 shots better than her third. A rollercoaster ride, indeed, and after she was done, she had to wait it out to see what Ko would do.

Ko has 15 LPGA wins and has at least one win every season since 2017 but she’s yet to win in 2024. On 18, looking for one last birdie to get on the board this season, Ko stuffed her second shot with rain coming down but couldn’t make the birdie putt and had to settle for par and a final-round 68 and a playoff.

That took Ko and Ryu back to the 18th tee and it took just one extra hole to decide things, as Ko missed the green with her third shot, leaving a difficult up-and-down that she could not convert.

Ryu’s third shot, meanwhile, spun back to about 12 feet and she needed two-putt from there for the win and she did, tapping in for her second LPGA victory.

Liu finished solo third, one shot back at 14 under. Allisen Corpuz and Jeeno Thitikul tied for fourth at 13 under. Celine Borge, Ariya Juntanugarn, Jennifer Kupcho and Arpichaya Yubol tied for sixth at 11 under. Yubol finished birdie-birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie, going 6 under over her last five holes, to post a 66.

The LPGA is off this week. The Solheim Cup is Sept. 13-15. The LPGA’s next tournament is the Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 19-22, the first of nine events remaining on the 2024 schedule.

Haeran Ryu opens huge lead at 2024 FM Championship at TPC Boston

Ryu shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at TPC Boston in Norton.

The first-ever FM Championship is turning into a rout.

Haeran Ryu shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, and is the lone golfer at double digits under par through two days. She’s at 13 under and had a six-shot lead over three golfers: Bianca Pagdanganan, Robyn Choi and Yealimi Noh.

Jin Young Ko and Lauren Coughlin are tied for fifth at 6 under.

Marina Alex, who led at the end of action at 4 under Thursday (the first round was suspended by weather with one group still on the course), shot a 72 after posting a 68. She’s now tied for ninth.

Ryu, the 2023 Louise Suggs Rookie of the Year, is seeking her second LPGA win. Her Friday 62 is the best round of the week by four shots.

The cut came in at 2 over. Among those who missed the cut were Albane Valenzuela (3 over), Gemma Dryburgh (3 over), Celine Boutier (4 over), Alison Lee (4 over) and Yuka Saso (4 over).

Lauren Coughlin’s hot play rolls on at TPC Boston, where she co-leads the new FM Championship

“I’m hitting the ball really well, hitting my spots, hitting my lines off the tee, and making putts.”

Lauren Coughlin thinks it’s kind of crazy and cool that she’s considered one of the hottest players on tour right now. It’s hard to argue with the results. Two victories in her last five starts – plus two additional top 10s – puts her in rare air.

The 31-year-old Coughlin once again finds herself on top of a leaderboard after an opening 3-under 69 at the new FM Championship. Coughlin sits tied with former No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul (formerly Atthaya), Yuri Yoshida and Nichole Broch Estrup at TPC Boston.

Recent AIG Women’s British Open winner Lydia Ko is taking the week off as is world No. 1 Nelly Korda and No. 2 Lilia Vu.

“Everything I’m doing is in prep for Solheim,” said Coughlin, who will make her Solheim debut in her home state of Virginia in two weeks. “I hope I can play well because it will mean that I can hopefully keep it going for Solheim, too. That’s kind of where I’m focused.”

Lauren Coughlin of the United States speaks to her caddie from the second tee during the first round of the FM Championship 2024 at TPC Boston on August 29, 2024 in Norton, Massachusetts. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)

While Annika Sorenstam’s longtime caddie Terry McNamara will be on her bag for the Solheim Cup, she has a new caddie this week in veteran Jeremy Young, whose wife, Heather Bowie Young, played for years on the LPGA.

After this week’s event, Coughlin has plans to see Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden before throwing out the first pitch for the Norfolk Tides, her hometown Triple-A team.

She then plans to get back to work with McNamara beginning next Friday. Coughlin first played the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, host of three previous Presidents Cups, in Gainesville, Virginia, last March. She went again with McNamara in the weeks before and after the Amundi Evian in France. Before heading over to Scotland for two weeks, she took a fourth trip with Solheim teammate Allisen Corpuz.

The 2024 Solheim Cup will be held Sept. 13-15. Korda and Vu, fresh off contending at last week’s AIG Women’s British Open, headline the team of 12 vying to win for the first time since 2017, though it’s hard to imagine anyone having more supporters on the ground in Gainesville than Virginia’s Coughlin.

When it comes to what’s clicking for her so well this season, Coughlin points to her work on the greens after stumbling upon a new putter in the spring. Currently third on tour in greens in regulation and 21st in putts per green in regulation, Coughlin was 118th in that same putting category last season.

At this time last year, Coughlin was ranked outside the top 100 in the world. She’s currently 14th.

“I’m hitting the ball really well, hitting my spots, hitting my lines off the tee, and making putts. Kind of those 10-, 20-footers that I struggled to make a lot of, I’m rolling them really well right now,” she said.

“And just staying really patient and not trying to force things when it’s not there; onto the next shot or next hole; try to make a birdie again.”

Find out why this former No. 1 changed her name midway through LPGA season

It’s not often that LPGA players make a name change midseason, especially a first name.

It’s not often that LPGA players make a name change midseason, especially a first name. But former World No. 1 Atthaya Thitikul has decided to go by her nickname “Jeeno” going forward.

The 21-year-old, who took a share of the early lead at the 2024 FM Championship after an opening 3-under 69, said she thought “Jeeno” would be easier for people to remember.

“I think it’s unique and easier than Atthaya,” said Thitikul, a three-time winner on the LPGA.

Thitikul said her mother originally gave her the nickname “Jeen,” which roughly translates to “Chinese people” in Thai. Everyone in Thailand has a nickname, she explained, because names are traditionally long.

“Jeen is, like, my mom give it to me because she is 100 percent Thai,” Thitikul once explained, “but my dad is Chinese for a little bit. She’s, like, oh, I give it for, like, your father is going to like it.”

It was her coach who added the “o.”