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How much money each player earned at the AIG Women’s British Open at Carnoustie

Check out how much money each player earned at the 2021 AIG Women’s British Open at Carnoustie.

It pays to play well in major championships, folks. Just ask the most-recent winner, Anna Nordqvist.

Six players held the lead early on Sunday at the AIG Women’s British Open, but it was Nordqvist who emerged from the pack. The 34-year-old from Sweden signed for a 3-under 69 on Sunday afternoon to win by one shot at 12 under at Carnoustie for her third major championship and first win since the 2017 Amundi Evian Championship.

Nordqvist earned the top prize of $870,000 while Georgia Hall, Madelene Sagstrom and Lizette Salas will each take home $409,135 after finishing tied for second.

This year’s purse was increased by $1.3 million to $5.8 million.

Here’s how much money each player earned at the AIG Women’s British Open.

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Position Player Score Earnings
1 Anna Nordqvist -12 $870,000
T2 Georgia Hall -11 $409,135
T2 Madelene Sagstrom -11 $409,135
T2 Lizette Salas -11 $409,135
T5 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -10 $219,787
T5 Minjee Lee -10 $219,787
T7 Leonie Harm -9 $154,918
T7 Patty Tavatanakit -9 $154,918
9 Moriya Jutanugarn -8 $129,855
T10 Ariya Jutanugarn -7 $113,635
T10 Marissa Steen -7 $113,635
T10 Louise Duncan (a) -7 –
T13 Mina Harigae -6 $85,328
T13 Brooke Henderson -6 $85,328
T13 Sei Young Kim -6 $85,328
T13 Nelly Korda -6 $85,328
T13 Stephanie Kyriacou -6 $85,328
T13 Leona Maguire -6 $85,328
T13 Yealimi Noh -6 $85,328
T20 Matilda Castren -5 $65,279
T20 Ayaka Furue -5 $65,279
T20 Alice Hewson -5 $65,279
T20 Lexi Thompson -5 $65,279
T24 Wichanee Meechai -4 $58,203
T24 Paula Reto -4 $58,203
T26 Nasa Hataoka -3 $52,895
T26 Sanna Nuutinen -3 $52,895
T26 Elizabeth Szokol -3 $52,895
T29 Haeji Kang -2 $44,992
T29 Lydia Ko -2 $44,992
T29 Stacy Lewis -2 $44,992
T29 Gaby Lopez -2 $44,992
T29 Albane Valenzuela -2 $44,992
T34 Carlota Ciganda -1 $36,442
T34 Perrine Delacour -1 $36,442
T34 Hinako Shibuno -1 $36,442
T34 Angel Yin -1 $36,442
T34 Su-Hyun Oh -1 $36,442
T39 Megan Khang E $30,583
T39 Brittany Lincicome E $30,583
T39 Yuka Saso E $30,583
T42 Brittany Altomare 1 $27,827
T42 Nicole Broch Larsen 1 $27,827
T42 Eun-Hee Ji 1 $27,827
T42 Emily Kristine Pedersen 1 $27,827
T42 Jenny Shin 1 $27,827
T42 Lauren Walsh (a) 1 –
T48 Hannah Green 2 $21,491
T48 Gerina Piller 2 $21,491
T48 Atthaya Thitikul 2 $21,491
T48 Jeongeun Lee 2 $21,491
T52 Pajaree Anannarukarn 3 $18,691
T52 Jennifer Coleman 3 $18,691
T52 Inbee Park 3 $18,691
T55 Marina Alex 4 $16,921
T55 Andrea Lee 4 $16,921
T55 Kelsey Macdonald 4 $16,921
58 Lauren Stephenson 5 $15,740
T59 Chella Choi 6 $14,858
T59 Jessica Korda 6 $14,858
T61 Aditi Ashok 7 $13,680
T61 Christine Wolf 7 $13,680
T61 Annabell Fuller (a) 7 –
64 Jennifer Kupcho 8 $13,091
65 Felicity Johnson 9 $12,792
66 Laura Davies 16 $12,499

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Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist holds on to claim third major title at AIG Women’s British Open

Nordqvist last won in 2017 at the Amundi Evian Championship in a playoff.

The wind took the week off at famed Carnoustie, but the best in the women’s game did everything they could to still deliver drama. As many as six players held the lead early on at the AIG Women’s British Open on Sunday, and it stayed bunched up until the finish in sunny Scotland when Anna Nordqvist outlasted them all.

Nordqvist breaks a streak of nine consecutive first-time major winners and ends a personal victory drought that stretches back 1,435 days when she won the 2017 Amundi Evian Championship in a playoff. Nordqvist played Carnoustie’s tough four finishing holes in even par, carding a 3-under 69 to win by one at 12 under and earn her third different major title.

Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen came into the 72nd hole hole tied with Nordqvist but suffered a heart-breaking double-bogey on the taxing 18th that included a shocking shank from a greenside bunker.

Georgia Hall, the 2018 AIG champion, set the early clubhouse mark of 11 under after a final-round 67 that included two eagles. She finished runner-up alongside Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom (68) and American Lizette Salas (69).

Scottish amateur Louise Duncan, the 2021 R&A Women’s Amateur champion, shot 72 and tied for 10th, delighting the hearty local crowds in her major debut. It marked the best finish by an amateur since Michelle Wie and Louise Stahle both placed in the top 10 in 2005.

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AIG Women’s British Open: Lexi Thompson contending early at Carnoustie with local caddie

Thompson has a little local knowledge on the bag this week and is two shots back early on.

After Lexi Thompson flew home from the Toyko Olympics, the next morning she was out grinding on the range. It was like that for the next five days until she flew to Scotland. Thompson said it’s probably the hardest she’s ever worked on her game.

“I probably practiced five to six hours a day out on the golf course for those four or five days,” said Thompson, “and training twice a day.”

The 11-time winner opened with a 3-under 69 and sits two back of leaders Nelly Korda, Madelene Sagstrom and Sei Young Kim at the AIG Women’s British Open in her Carnoustie debut. Thompson, who has one major title to her credit, last won on the LGPA in June 2019 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

She made headlines in Tokyo when her caddie, Jack Fulghum, had to put down the bag on the 15th hole due the extreme heat. She has a local caddie, Paul Drummond, on the bag this week. Thompson said Fulghum is doing better now and wished him well. She also confirmed that they have parted ways.

Drummond caddies regularly at Carnoustie and Thompson credited him for being a big help this week.

“Just the local knowledge, especially for me, I don’t play over here a ton, only really once a year,” she said. “So knowing the local knowledge of the golf course, the bounces, where to miss if you need to, it helps out tremendously and makes you a lot more free over certain shots.”

Last June at The Olympic Club, Thompson, with Fulghum on the bag, held a five-shot cushion walking off the 18thgreen at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday but stumbled mightily down the stretch, playing the last seven holes in 5 over.

Needing a par on the last hole to get into a playoff, her second shot with a gap wedge from the fairway came up painfully short and into a front greenside bunker. She then left a 10-foot putt for par shockingly short and watched as Nasa Hataoka and eventual champion Yuka Saso squared off in extra holes without her.

Later that month at the KPMG Women’s PGA, Scott Thompson said his daughter had 120 yards to the pin on the 18th hole at Olympic and 114 to clear the bunker (yardage adjusted to account for the uphill slope).

“They were trying to win the golf tournament,” he said, “so they took an exact number, a 115-yard club. Obviously in San Francisco the ball goes a little short, or maybe they got the wind a little off, it was left-to-right wind, and the ball came up like a foot short. You know what? It happens. That’s the story.

“They could’ve hit it long and two-putted and got into a playoff, but they went for the win. … I commended the caddie for doing what he did.”

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Olympic gold medalist Nelly Korda now co-leads at AIG Women’s British Open, LPGA’s final major of the year

Nelly Korda, fresh off of a gold medal performance in Tokyo, managed to carry that momentum all the way to Scotland.

Nelly Korda, fresh off of a gold medal performance in Tokyo, managed to carry that momentum all the way to Scotland where she holds a share of the early lead with Madelene Sagstrom at the AIG Women’s British Open.

Korda carded eight birdies, including on the difficult finishing holes, en route to a 5-under 67 at famed Carnoustie, where the women are playing for just the second time.

“The wind kept calm, and I took advantage of it,” Korda said.

With the last nine majors having been won by first-time major winners, Korda, 23, looks to put a stamp of dominance on the LPGA by claiming her second of the year. She took command of the KPMG Women’s PGA at Atlanta Athletic Club, winning by three, to climb to World No. 1 for the first time. She has won three times on tour this season, along with winning Olympic gold.

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Nelly Korda bites her gold medal of the women’s golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. (Photo by Andy Wong/Associated Press)

Like many players, it took some time for Korda to feel confident with links golf. She missed the cut in 2017 at Kingsbarns in her maiden British Open appearance and then tied for 14th at Royal Troon last year. On Wednesday at Carnoustie, Korda said a brief conversation with former Women’s British Open winner Karen Stupples helped solidify her strategy to do what it took to avoid Carnoustie’s penalizing bunkers.

“Today it was fine, because it wasn’t so windy, so you can be aggressive,” said Korda. “But when the wind gets obviously stronger, just taking that 4-iron and giving yourself, I don’t know another 4-iron in, because it’s easier to make an up-and-down from the greens than to pitch out from the bunker and then having 170 in and again.”

Korda admitted to being tired after a whirlwind six weeks on the road and said she’d be happy to have one week at home in her own bed before the Solheim Cup.

“You strive to be in this position,” she said, “but you kind of know that you have a target on your back.”

To that end, Korda said she’s trying go about her business on the golf course “like a little girl,” enjoying herself in the chilly Scottish temps.

Korda, who last competed at the Olympics and had last week off, didn’t meet with media for a pre-tournament press conference. After Round 1, she was asked if that was a psychological decision.

“No, I’ve had a long couple of weeks,” she said, “it was the day of my pro-am. And I was just really tired. So I tried to just, I wasn’t really hitting well. I tried to just go to the range and try to prepare for the next four days. Sometimes you just got to give your body a break.”

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5 things to watch for at the AIG Women’s British: A Cinderella returns, Solheim Cup drama and a ‘Car-nasty finish’

The fifth and final LPGA major of 2021 is at Carnoustie in Scotland. Here’s a primer to get you ready.

Not a single shot has been struck in the fifth and final major of the year yet, but the tournament is already buzzing after the AIG Women’s British Open announced a purse increase of $1.3 million to $5.8 million, making it the largest prize in women’s golf.

What’s more, in 2022 the purse will increase by another $1 million to $6.8 million when the event moves to Muirfield for the first time.

“We believe that this action to make changes sends a strong signal that more needs to be done,” said Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, “and I believe can be done, by everyone involved in our sport.”

On that high note, here are five things to look for this week at the Women’s British Open.