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2023 Maybank Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player in Malaysia

It pays to play well on the LPGA.

It pays to play well on the LPGA, just ask Celine Boutier.

The 29-year-old took down Atthaya Thitikul via a marathon nine-hole playoff to win the 2023 Maybank Championship in Malaysia for her fourth victory of the season and sixth of her LPGA career.

For her efforts, Boutier took home the top prize of $450,000, while Thitikul earned $275,072. Boutier has earned $2,730,340 on the season and leads the LPGA race to CME Globe with the CME Group Tour Championship (Nov. 16-19) at Tiburon Golf Club less than a month away.

Check out the prize money payouts for each professional player at the 2023 Maybank Championship (Note: amateurs cannot make money at professional events).

Prize money payouts

Position Player Score Earnings
1 Celine Boutier -21 $450,000
2 Atthaya Thitikul -21 $275,072
T3 Jasmine Suwannapura -19 $176,954
T3 Rose Zhang -19 $176,954
5 Peiyun Chien -18 $124,246
T6 Nelly Korda -17 $87,097
T6 Brooke M. Henderson -17 $87,097
T6 Gemma Dryburgh -17 $87,097
9 Megan Khang -16 $67,018
10 Gaby Lopez -15 $60,993
T11 Lydia Ko -14 $54,591
T11 Nasa Hataoka -14 $54,591
T13 Pajaree Anannarukarn -13 $47,890
T13 Chanettee Wannasaen -13 $47,890
T15 Allisen Corpuz -12 $42,468
T15 A Lim Kim -12 $42,468
T17 Ruoning Yin -11 $37,450
T17 Minami Katsu -11 $37,450
T17 Hannah Green -11 $37,450
T20 Maja Stark -10 $29,986
T20 Yuka Saso -10 $29,986
T20 Olivia Cowan -10 $29,986
T20 Cheyenne Knight -10 $29,986
T20 Stephanie Meadow -10 $29,986
T20 Jin Young Ko -10 $29,986
T20 Xiyu Lin -10 $29,986
T20 Emily Kristine Pedersen -10 $29,986
T20 Sei Young Kim -10 $29,986
T29 Alexa Pano -9 $22,740
T29 Hye-Jin Choi -9 $22,740
T29 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -9 $22,740
T29 Ayaka Furue -9 $22,740
T29 Gina Kim -9 $22,740
T34 Lauren Coughlin -8 $18,900
T34 Sarah Kemp -8 $18,900
T34 Grace Kim -8 $18,900
T34 Leona Maguire -8 $18,900
T38 Yuna Nishimura -7 $16,641
T38 Ariya Jutanugarn -7 $16,641
T40 Jennifer Kupcho -6 $14,458
T40 Perrine Delacour -6 $14,458
T40 Sarah Schmelzel -6 $14,458
T40 Madelene Sagstrom -6 $14,458
T40 Linn Grant -6 $14,458
T45 Hae Ran Ryu -5 $12,575
T45 Yu Liu -5 $12,575
T47 Dottie Ardina -4 $11,024
T47 Narin An -4 $11,024
T47 Ashleigh Buhai -4 $11,024
T47 Moriya Jutanugarn -4 $11,024
T47 Maria Fassi -4 $11,024
T52 Natasha Andrea Oon -3 $9,638
T52 Esther Henseleit -3 $9,638
T52 Mi Hyang Lee -3 $9,638
T55 Andrea Lee -2 $8,885
T55 Patty Tavatanakit -2 $8,885
T57 Jeneath Wong (a) -1 $0
T57 Amy Yang -1 $8,434
59 Stephanie Kyriacou E $8,132
T60 Hinako Shibuno 1 $7,581
T60 Jenny Shin 1 $7,581
T60 Albane Valenzuela 1 $7,581
T63 Linnea Strom 2 $7,153
T63 Aditi Ashok 2 $7,153
T65 Eun-Hee Ji 3 $6,852
T65 Ashley Lau 3 $6,852
T67 Matilda Castren 4 $6,552
T67 Danielle Kang 4 $6,552
T69 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 5 $6,174
T69 Ryann O’Toole 5 $6,174
T69 Celine Borge 5 $6,174
72 Yan Liu 7 $5,950
73 Alyaa Abdulghany 9 $5,872
74 Jing Xuen Ng (a) 11 $0
75 Kelly Tan 13 $5,797
T76 Amanda Tan 15 $5,688
T76 Ida Ayu Melati 15 $5,688

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France’s Celine Boutier wins again on LPGA after nine-hole playoff battle in Malaysia

The winningest French player in LPGA history, Boutier now has four titles this season, including a major.

Celine Boutier survived a marathon nine-hole playoff at the Maybank Championship, ultimately defeating Atthaya Thitikul with 6-foot birdie putt. The winningest French player in LPGA history, Boutier now has four titles this season, including a major.

“I knew she wasn’t going to make a mistake,” said Boutier, “so I had to go for it and give myself the best chances for birdies.”

The playoff, which included a 90-minute storm delay, is the 12th on tour this season. Boutier also claimed her first victory of the season in overtime, defeating Solheim Cup partner Georgia Hall at the LPGA Drive On Championship at Superstition Mountain in Arizona.

The longest playoff in LPGA history came in 1972 at the Corpus Christi Civitan Open when Jo Ann Prentice defeated Sandra Palmer and Kathy Whitworth in 10 holes. At the 2012 Kingsmill Championship, Jiyai Shin took down Paula Creamer in nine extra holes, with the final hole coming Monday morning.

“It’s exhausting,” said Thitikul of the steamy overtime. “It’s pretty tiring, to be honest. But I think it’s the best playoff I ever had in my life.”

Celine Boutier of France and Atthaya Thitikul walk on the 18th fairway in a playoff eighth hole during the final round of the Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on October 29, 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

American Rose Zhang held the lead going into the final round, but her closing 71 put her in a share of third with early leader Jasmine Suwannapura.

“I think for me, it’s just important to understand what my routine is,” said Zhang of her takeaways on the week, “and I realized what’s been working for me, what I have to work on. Short game definitely much-needed practice. Almost felt like I was yipping it out there.

“But I really just am really happy that I have those kind of improving points to work on. Kind of makes me hopeful for whatever is to come.”

Boutier surged up the board with a bogey-free 64 on Sunday to finish at 21 under for the tournament. Thitikul shot 68 in the final round at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club to match her.

“Coming into the day, it was a long shot,” said Boutier. “I was quite a few shots back, and I also knew this course was pretty scorable, so I wasn’t sure what the leaders are going to be like, but I was just trying to focus on my own game and make as many birdies as I could and just see at the end.”

This marked the LPGA’s first tournament in Malaysia since 2017 and the purse of $3 million is one of the largest on tour among non-majors. Boutier earned $450,000 for her victory, bringing her season total to $2,730,340.

Thitikul climbed her way into position with a sensational 62 on Saturday that included a back-nine 30. Winless so far this season, the Thai sensation started trending in the right direction with a share of second earlier this month at the Ascendant LPGA in Texas. Last week she tied for fifth in South Korea.

Boutier now has more titles than anyone on tour this season, with World No. 1 Lilia Vu coming second with three. Over the summer, Boutier collected her first major on home soil at the Amundi Evian Championship. The victory in Malaysia moves her atop the LPGA Player of the Year standings, three points ahead of Vu. There are three events left on the LPGA schedule this season.

Boutier next heads to her U.S. home in Dallas to prepare for the last two events of the season in Florida. When asked what’s been clicking for her of late, the former Duke star pointed to her approach shots.

“Not just today, actually, just the whole week,” she said, “I had a lot of tap-ins for birdies and good birdie chances, and I feel like my putter started getting better and better each round, so that definitely helped to score better today.”

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Rose Zhang holds 54-hole lead at the LPGA’s Maybank Championship

Zhang is hunting down her second LPGA win in 12 pro starts.

Budding superstar Rose Zhang shot her second 7-under 65 of the week Saturday and holds the solo 54-hole lead at 18 under at the LPGA’s Maybank Championship in Malaysia.

After a par at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club’s opening hole, Zhang birdied Nos. 2-4 to jumpstart her third round. Two more birdies at Nos. 7 and 9, and Zhang made the turn in 5-under 31. A birdie at No. 10 was offset by a bogey on 14, but she finished her round with two more circles at 15 and 18.

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“I feel really great. I just feel like being able to have this opportunity to come into the final round with a little bit of a lead is really great,” Zhang told the media after signing her card.

“I think that going forward it’s just making sure I’m having fun, having that game plan, and enjoying every simple moment.”

Zhang, who went 0-3-1 during her Solheim Cup debut in Spain, has failed to finish inside the top 25 in her last six starts (T-34 at the BMW Ladies Championship in her last appearance). If she goes on to win, it’d be her second LPGA win in 12 professional starts.

Atthaya Thitikul and Jasmine Suwannapura are tied for second a shot behind Zhang at 17 under while Sei Young Kim is alone in fourth at 15 under. Nasa Hataoka, Megan Khang and Peiyun Chien round out the top five at 14 under.

Celine Boutier, Rose Zhang within striking distance at LPGA’s Maybank Championship

It shouldn’t be a surprise to see Celine Boutier’s name on top of the leaderboard.

This summer, Celine Boutier won the Amundi Evian Championship for her first major championship. Then the next week in Scotland, she captured the Scottish Open.

So it shouldn’t be a surprise to see her name near the top of the leaderboard in Malaysia at the LPGA’s inaugural Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. Boutier shot 8-under 64 during Friday’s second round to move into a tie for third, two behind leader Jasmine Suwannapura and a shot behind Rose Zhang.

“I feel like I had a lot of really close birdie putts,” Boutier said. “The greens are soft so I was able to hit it a little bit easier to just be aggressive, because the ball is going to stay. I feel like if you can manage to control your distances very well it’s a lot easier when you don’t have to worry about the bounces.”

Boutier was caught in a weather delay Thursday, but she found her stride in the second round, carding the lowest score of the day by two shots.

Suwannapura followed up an opening 9-under 63 with a 69. Meanwhile, Zhang shot 4-under 68 and will be in the final group on Saturday. She’s looking forward for her shot at a second professional win this weekend.

“It would be incredible,” Zhang said. “It’s not really something that I think about a lot. I feel like there is a lot of incredible players out here who can put up incredible numbers, so for me it’s just being able to take that step by step and having that game plan with Ollie, being able to commit to every single shot, and then we’ll go from there. If I end up in that position, I’ll be working my hardest.”

Rose Zhang posts LPGA career-low 65 in Malaysia, trails by two

The LPGA returns to Malaysia for the first time since 2017, and rookie Rose Zhang is in the mix early.

Rose Zhang put together her lowest round of the LPGA season, a 7-under 65, at the inaugural Maybank Championship at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Malaysia and trails by two. Thailand’s Jasmine Suwannapura leads the field after an opening 63 while Australia’s Hannah Green shot 64.

The first round of the Maybank was suspended at 1:53 p.m. local time due to dangerous weather conditions and resumed at 5:41 p.m., a delay of 3 hours and 48 minutes. Eight groups had to finish their rounds after the delay. Zhang wasn’t one of them.

“I’m super happy,” said Zhang, “especially going into the last hole I knew we were cutting it close.”

Zhang, who hasn’t posted a top-20 finish since the Amundi Evian in July, holds a share of third with fellow rookie winner Grace Kim, Linn Grant, Gina Kim and Peiyun Chien.

Suwannapura, who started on the back nine, took the lead early on Thursday after going birdie, eagle, birdie on Nos. 13-15. One of four players in the field to eagle the drivable par-4 No. 14, Suwannapura hit every fairway and missed only two greens in her bogey-free 63.

“I feel like you really need to hit straight here,” said the 30-year-old LPGA veteran. “Every single shot, even par 5, it’s either go for it or layup. It’s very narrow, so everything have to be perfect here to have a chance to make birdies.”

There are six Malaysian players in the field this week, and Epson Tour grad Natasha Andrea Oon posted the lowest round of the group, a 2-under 70.

“I played with Lydia (Ko) and Hannah (Green) today, who I really looked up to being in college golf, growing up, junior golf,” said Oon. “I really idolized Lydia, so that was kind of surreal for me… Just teeing off in my home country and having a lot of support and everybody cheering me on, it was kind of surreal. Felt like a celebrity, so that was really nice. I had a good time.”

Malaysia’s Kelly Tan celebrated her 30th birthday with a 71 that included a chip-in on the fourth hole.

Find out how the LPGA’s top players are split this week between Saudi Arabia and Malaysia

Six of the top-10 players in the world are in Malaysia, where Nelly Korda feels somewhat at home.

As the LPGA and LET tours enter the last leg of their respective seasons, the best players in the world are split this week between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

The LPGA returns to Malaysia for the first time since 2017 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club for the inaugural edition of the Maybank Championship. A total of 78 players will compete for a $3 million purse, one of the largest on tour outside of the major championships. The winner will receive $450,000. This is the third of four stops on the LPGA’s Asian swing.

There are now three events left to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which features a $7 million purse.

Meanwhile over on the LET, the fifth and final event in the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF will be held at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia. The field of 84 will play in a two-day team event alongside amateurs. The top 60 professionals and ties then advance to the final round to determine the individual stroke-play winner.

The LET’s Saudi-backed events remain controversial given the wide-ranging human rights abuses Saudi Arabia has been accused of, especially toward women.

Here are five things to note about the two fields:

LPGA announces return to Malaysia with new Maybank Championship, featuring $3 million purse

The event replaces the Taiwan event that was canceled.

The LPGA has announced a return to Malaysia in 2023 for the inaugural Maybank Championship, which will take place Oct. 26-29 at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. The event replaces the Taiwan event that was canceled.

The 78-player field will compete for a $3 million purse, one of the largest non-major championship purses on the schedule. Maybank is the fourth-largest bank by asset in Southeast Asia and boasts 42,000 employees worldwide.

“The LPGA is excited to bring women’s professional golf back to Malaysia for the first time in six years thanks to Maybank’s incredible support,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan in a statement.

“The LPGA and Maybank’s shared values around elevating and empowering women make this an important partnership for us in this region of the world. Maybank is further demonstrating their commitment to women and our athletes by providing the largest prize fund of our Asian events and a world-class environment.”

Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club hosted the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia from 2010-2017, which included winners Inbee Park, Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda and Shanshan Feng, who was a two-time winner of the event. Cristie Kerr earned the 20th victory of her career in the event’s final playing.

“Over the years, Maybank Championship has successfully achieved its main intent of elevating ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on a global stage in sports,” said Dato’ Khairussaleh Ramli Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Maybank during the launch at KLGCC.

“Now, we see that the way forward in the evolution is to champion inclusivity of the sport in the region.”

The new event is part of a four-tournament fall Asian swing that includes stops in China, South Korea and Japan. The event that was scheduled to take place in China during the LPGA’s spring Asian swing was also canceled.

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European Tour postpones two events due to coronavirus outbreak

The European Tour has postponed the Maybank Championship and Volvo China Open due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Two more professional golf tournaments scheduled to be played in the Asia-Pacific region have been pushed back from their original dates as concerns over a coronavirus outbreak prompt organizers to put safety first.

The European Tour is the latest organization to be affected. The Tour has announced that the Maybank Championship, due to take place at Saujana Golf & Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from April 16-19, and the Volvo China Open, scheduled for April 23-26, at Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen, have both been postponed.

According to the European Tour site, Maybank, as the title sponsor and promoter of the Maybank Championship, requested a postponement. The decision to postpone the Volvo China Open was made after consultation with tournament stakeholders: the China Golf Association, Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen Government, title sponsor Volvo and promoters Mitime Golf.

Reschedule discussions are ongoing for both events.

“The well-being of our players, spectators and staff is always our absolute priority,” Keith Pelley, Chief Executive of the European Tour said. “While it is therefore regrettable that the Maybank Championship and Volvo China Open have been postponed, we feel this is the correct course of action at this time. We are currently investigating alternative dates for both events.”

The LPGA has cancelled three events in the next month – one each in China, Thailand and Singapore – due to coronavirus concerns. The Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific, originally scheduled for Feb. 20-23 in Thailand, has been postponed and earlier this week, the PGA Tour Series-China announced it would postpone two qualifying events in the region, thus delaying the start of the regular season.

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