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2024 BMW Ladies Championship prize money payouts for every LPGA player in South Korea

Hannah Green earned $330,000 for her third LPGA win of the season.

Hannah Green earned $330,000 for her third title of the season on the LPGA at the BMW Ladies Championship. The 27-year-old Aussie has amassed $1,912,819 this season and $6,426,760 in her career. She became the third player in 2024 to win three or more events, joining Nelly Korda (six) and Lydia Ko (three).

The limited 78-player field featured 17 of the 18 winners on tour this season. World No. 1 Nelly Korda missed the event with a neck injury.

With no cut, every player in the field cashed a check. Alison Lee finished last after shocking weekend rounds of 79-81 and earned $4,093.

Green ranks ninth on the LPGA money list this season, with Korda leading the way at $3,676,930.

Here’s a look at the prize money payouts for each player at the 2024 BMW Ladies Championship from a purse of $2.2 million.

Prize money payouts for 2024 B MW Ladies Championship

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Hannah Green -19 $330,000
2 Celine Boutier -18 $201,719
3 Chanettee Wannasaen -17 $146,333
T4 Hye-Jin Choi -16 $102,157
T4 Yu Jin Sung -16 $102,157
T6 Haeran Ryu -15 $68,473
T6 Ashleigh Buhai -15 $68,473
T8 Angel Yin -14 $47,489
T8 Jin Hee Im -14 $47,489
T8 Megan Khang -14 $47,489
T8 Jeeno Thitikul -14 $47,489
T12 Mao Saigo -13 $37,438
T12 Lydia Ko -13 $37,438
T14 Ruoning Yin -12 $33,021
T14 Jenny Shin -12 $33,021
T16 Yealimi Noh -11 $29,487
T16 Ryann O’Toole -11 $29,487
T18 Rose Zhang -10 $26,358
T18 Allisen Corpuz -10 $26,358
T18 A Lim Kim -10 $26,358
T21 Gaby Lopez -9 $24,076
T21 Jihyo Jung -9 $24,076
T23 Sei Young Kim -8 $21,904
T23 Soomin Oh (a) -8 —
T23 Auston Kim -8 $21,904
T23 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -8 $21,904
T27 Carlota Ciganda -7 $18,443
T27 Esther Henseleit -7 $18,443
T27 Jiyai Shin -7 $18,443
T27 Bailey Tardy -7 $18,443
T27 Lucy Li -7 $18,443
T27 Hyo Joo Kim -7 $18,443
T33 Peiyun Chien -5 $13,901
T33 Emily Kristine Pedersen -5 $13,901
T33 Ruixin Liu -5 $13,901
T33 Somi Lee -5 $13,901
T33 Albane Valenzuela -5 $13,901
T33 Amy Yang -5 $13,901
T33 Linnea Strom -5 $13,901
T33 Minjee Lee -5 $13,901
T41 Jasmine Suwannapura -4 $10,602
T41 Maja Stark -4 $10,602
T41 Jennifer Kupcho -4 $10,602
T41 Moriya Jutanugarn -4 $10,602
T41 Ayaka Furue -4 $10,602
T46 Brooke M. Henderson -3 $8,559
T46 Narin An -3 $8,559
T46 Nataliya Guseva -3 $8,559
T46 Gabriela Ruffels -3 $8,559
T46 Ariya Jutanugarn -3 $8,559
T46 Lauren Coughlin -3 $8,559
T52 Pajaree Anannarukarn -2 $7,179
T52 Lilia Vu -2 $7,179
T52 Gemma Dryburgh -2 $7,179
T52 Kumkang Park -2 $7,179
T52 Hyojin Yang (a) -2 —
T57 Sarah Schmelzel -1 $6,405
T57 Grace Kim -1 $6,405
T57 Minami Katsu -1 $6,405
T60 Patty Tavatanakit E $5,588
T60 Jeongeun Lee6 E $5,588
T60 Yuna Nishimura E $5,588
T60 Alexa Pano E $5,588
T60 Yuka Saso E $5,588
T65 Mi Hyang Lee 1 $5,136
T65 Arpichaya Yubol 1 $5,136
T67 Anna Nordqvist 2 $4,804
T67 Hira Naveed 2 $4,804
T67 Wei-Ling Hsu 2 $4,804
T67 Eun-Hee Ji 2 $4,804
71 Paula Reto 3 $4,528
T72 Madelene Sagstrom 4 $4,391
T72 Ssu-Chia Cheng 4 $4,391
74 Danielle Kang 5 $4,306
75 Andrea Lee 7 $4,251
76 Wichanee Meechai 12 $4,196
77 Jiwon Jeon 15 $4,146
78 Alison Lee 18 $4,093

 

Hannah Green goes wire-to-wire at the BMW Ladies Championship, clinches third title of 2024

Seventeen of the 18 winners on tour this season were at the BMW.

Hannah Green’s dream year continues with her third victory of the season at the BMW Ladies Championship. Green said she came into the 2024 season highly motivated after getting married in January. The 27-year-old won in her second start to the season in Singapore with a one-shot victory over France’s Celine Boutier.

In South Korea, Green once again finished one stroke ahead of Boutier, claiming her first wire-to-wire victory since 2019. A clutch birdie on the 17th and a gutsy par on the final hole at Seowon Valley Country Club clinched Green’s sixth career LPGA title.

“The putt on 17, I was very nervous,” said Green, who needed to do something special after Boutier’s 66 put her in the clubhouse at 18 under.

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“I was just very happy to see that one go in, and on the last hole, I was hoping I would have more of a tap-in but, I like to make things interesting. But yeah, just super proud of myself for hanging in there because today conditions were very tough. The wind was very swirly, and I think everyone was trying to battle the wind.”

Green closed with a 71 to finish at 19 under against a stacked but limited field of 78 players. Seventeen of the 18 winners on tour this season were at the BMW. World No. 1 Nelly Korda, a six-time winner in 2024, missed the event due to a neck injury.

Boutier, who also finished in the top 10 last week in China, recorded five birdies over her last seven holes and led the field in greens in regulation.

“I think my long game has been really solid for a while now,” said Boutier. “I just haven’t been able to score very much, and then the last two weeks, I was able to hit a few rounds really low. So I think that’s helped me a lot.”

Green became the first Aussie since Karrie Webb in 2006 to win three times in one season. She’s only the third Australian in tour history to accomplish the feat, joining Webb and Jan Stephenson.

Play suspended at BMW Ladies Championship, where Hannah Green leads and Lydia Ko lurks

Green was 4 under through nine holes when play was halted.

Australia’s Hannah Green holds a two-shot lead at the BMW Ladies Championship after play was suspended at 1:05 p.m. local time on Friday in South Korea due to unplayable conditions.

Rain throughout the day at Seowon Valley Country Club led to standing water on the greens. Play will resume on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time with no re-pairing. The third round is slated to begin at 9:48 a.m.

Green was 4 under through nine holes when play was halted. She’s two shots ahead of South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai, who is playing in the same group along with Jenny Shin, one of four players at 8 under. Former BMW champion Lydia Ko joins Shin in a share of third alongside Hye-Jin Choi and Nanna Koerstz Madsen.

No one in the field of 78 finished the second round, though several groups were on their final hole.

Hanna Green of Australia smiles on the 9th green during the second round of the BMW Ladies Championship 2024 at Seowon Hills Country Club on October 18, 2024 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

A two-time winner on tour this season, Green took five weeks off following the FM Championship and went back home to Australia. Green, who returned to the tour last week in China, said on Thursday that she didn’t get to play as much as she would’ve liked in Perth. She tied for 47th at the Buick LPGA Shanghai.

“The weather actually wasn’t as great as I was hoping it would be back at home,” she said, “but obviously sometimes life just gets really busy, and it actually was a busier trip than I thought.

“I did kind of know that it was going to be a little bit probably tougher last week, and I actually decided yesterday to not play a practice round and just do some good practice because I felt like I also wasn’t able to do that last week in China. I think that paid off today.”

Lydia Ko of New Zealand hits her third shot on the 1st hole during the second round of the BMW Ladies Championship 2024 at Seowon Hills Country Club on October 18, 2024 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Ko hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in her last six starts worldwide, including three victories. The 2022 BMW winner was bogey-free through 13 holes with three birdies when play was suspended. The LPGA’s most recent Hall of Fame inductee began the week by hosting a dinner for LPGA players and staff.

Photos: BMW Ladies Championship at Seowon Hills in Korea

The BMW is the second of four straight LPGA events on the Asian swing.

The 2024 BMW Ladies Championship was the second of four straight LPGA events on the Asian swing.

Seowon Hills at Seowon Valley Country Club in Korea is the host venue. There were 78 players in the no-cut event featuring a $2.2 million purse.

Seowon Hills is about an hour from Seoul. It opened in 2004 as a nine-hole course and added 18 holes in 2012.

The BMW Ladies Championship became an official event on the LPGA in 2019. There are two past champions in the field. Minjee Lee is the defending champion; Lydia Ko won it in 2022.

Of the 18 LPGA winners in 2024, 17 were in the field, with six-time winner this season, Nelly Korda, not playing as she nurses a minor neck injury. 

Hannah Green won it for her third victory of 2024.

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This small change to Lydia Ko’s setup led to big wins in 2024 and a place in the LPGA Hall of Fame

Ko’s recent surge in form can be credited at least in part to a change off the tee.

Lydia Ko hit 17 greens and didn’t miss a fairway in an opening 5-under 67 at the 2024 BMW Ladies Championship in her native South Korea. The 27-year-old carded yet another bogey-free round, her 135th dating back to the 2014 season, which is 51 more than anyone else in that span.

Ko’s recent surge in form – she hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in her last six starts worldwide, including three victories – can be credited at least in part to a change, quite literally, off the tee.

Put simply: She now tees the ball lower with her driver.

“I think there was a time when I started not hitting my drivers well,” said Ko, “but then I don’t know if it’s a subconscious thing, but like my 3-wood, I was hitting it really well, and I feel pretty comfortable hitting driver off the deck, anyway, when the lie is decent.

“I combined all of the things that I was doing well and something that I felt comfortable. Sometimes when I know for a fact that I want to almost guarantee that the ball is going to go from left to right, I always do that.”

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When Ko won the Kroger Queen City Championship last month, she missed only five fairways in the entire tournament, hitting 91 percent. In her last three starts on the LPGA going into the BMW, she hit 88 percent of her fairways, according to KPMG Performance Insights. In the previous six starts, however, she’d hit only 53 percent of the fairways.

The dip in fairways hit began at the Cognizant Founders Cup in May (61 percent) and extended through the CPKC Women’s Open (48 percent). The low point came at the U.S. Women’s Open when she hit only 35 percent of the fairways.

The shift began at the Paris Olympics.

Lydia Ko tees off on the 18th hole at the AIG Women’s Open in St. Andrews, Scotland. (Luke Walker/Getty Images)

“When she tees it down, we all know that this is the shot that she needs to find the fairways,” said Golf Channel analyst Karen Stupples. “We know that it’s her fairway finder.”

After Round 1 in South Korea, Ko trails leaders Hannah Green, Ashleigh Buhai and Jenny Shin, who all opened with a 64, by three strokes. The winningest active player on the LPGA with 22 titles, Ko won the 2022 BMW by four strokes.

“It’s kind of become, you know, part of my, like, strategy,” said Ko of teeing the ball lower, “and sometimes when it’s firm, like in Cincinnati, it goes further than my normal drives. It might not carry as far, but runs out there.

“So it’s definitely like a good 15th club, kind of, that I’ve had in the bag. For sure it’s not really a club at all golf courses, but I think I’ve been able to be smart and utilize it well to my advantage.”

Lydia Ko kicks off BMW Ladies Championship week in South Korea by hosting a large BBQ dinner

Ko returned to the LPGA in her native South Korea with a kind gesture of hospitality.

Lydia Ko returns to the LPGA this week and kicked things off in her native South Korea with a kind gesture of hospitality. The newly-minted LPGA Hall of Famer treated a large number of LPGA players and staff to a Korean-style barbecue dinner near the BMW Ladies Championship’s official hotel.

Rose Zhang, Jeeno Thitikul, Lauren Coughlin, Megan Khang, Hinako Shibuno and Celine Boutier were among those in attendance.

Chella Choi, who is currently on maternity leave, began a similar tradition as a thank you to LPGA staff nearly 15 years ago at the tour’s annual South Korean stop.

“Yeah, Chella used to do that, give a little, I guess, experience to the LPGA staff and some of the players that came over for this event,” said Ko. “You know … my thought behind it as well, especially [since] I’ve had such a grateful year, a lot of positives.

“I think one of the fortunate things for me is I’ve gotten a lot of support from my fellow competitors and players who play on the LPGA. As much as we are playing against each other, and we want to be the one that finishes at the top of the leaderboard every week, they have been super supportive and some of them are girls that I’ve just known for a really long time.”

Ko, currently ranked No. 3 in the world, won this event in 2022 and has the best record on tour at the BMW over the past three seasons. Her combined score of 52 under par is 11 strokes better than any other player in that span, with Alison Lee coming the closest at 41 under, according to KPMG Performance Insights. Ko also finished in the top three at this event in 2021 and 2023.

A three-time winner on the LPGA this season, Ko qualified for the LPGA Hall of Fame this summer with her gutsy victory at the Paris Olympics. The popular Kiwi became the 35th member to enter the Hall and the youngest under the current criteria at 27 years, 3 months and 17 days.

She ranks fourth on the LPGA money list this season with $2,569,317.

The BMW’s field of 78 boasts 17 of 18 winners this season, with No. 1 Nelly Korda noticeably absent after suffering a minor neck injury during practice. This marks the second year the event has been held at Seowon Valley Country Club, with Minjee Lee winning in 2023.

Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses for a photo with her caddie and team during a pro-am ahead of the AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews Old Course on August 21, 2024, in St. Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Ko’s hot streak dates back to August when she took a share of eighth at the CPKC Women’s Open. She followed that with an Olympic gold medal and her third career major championship victory at the AIG Women’s British Open at St. Andrews.

After a brief respite, Ko returned to action at the Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio last month where she won again. She then immediately flew to South Korea, where she finished 10th at the Hana Financial Group Championship on the KLPGA.

Ko’s 11th season on the LPGA marks the fifth time in her career that she’s won at least three times in a season. The most wins she’s recorded in a single season is five back in 2015.

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).

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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 CĂ©line 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.