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2024 T-Mobile Match Play prize money payouts for each LPGA player

Korda’s 12th win pushed her career winnings on the LPGA to more than $10 million.

Nelly Korda has won again on the LPGA.

A fourth straight win, as a matter of fact, the first to do it since Lorena Ochoa in 2008.

And she’s added another $300,000 to her bank account. Her 12th win pushed her career winnings on the LPGA to more than $10 million. Korda is the 25th golfer to hit that mark, doing so in her 132nd start. She tied the mark set by Lorena Ochoa in 2008 for fastest to surpass $1 million in a season.

For her latest win, she had to navigate the five-day, multi-format tournament. The Match Play had 54 holes of stroke play over three days before switching to three days of match play.

Check out the prize money payouts at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas.

Position Golfer Earnings
1 Nelly Korda $300,000
2 Leona Maguire $187,584
T3 Sei Young Kim $120,673
T3 Narin An $120,673
T5 Moriya Jutanugarn $65,729
T5 Rose Zhang $65,729
T5 Minami Katsu $65,729
T5 Angel Yin $65,729
T9 Hae Ran Ryu $41,936
T9 Brooke Henderson $41,936
T9 Yuka Saso $41,936
T12 Mone Inami $33,754
T12 Ally Ewing $33,754
T12 Nanna Koerstz Madsen $33,754
T15 Jennifer Kupcho $28,209
T15 Anna Nordqvist $28,209
T15 Minjee Lee $28,209
T18 Marina Alex $22,829
T18 Stephanie Kyriacou $22,829
T18 Caroline Masson $22,829
T18 Hye-Jin Choi $22,829
T18 Ayaka Furue $22,829
T18 Lydia Ko $22,829
T18 Jodi Ewart Shadoff $22,829
T25 Linn Grant $18,897
T25 Andrea Lee $18,897
T25 Stephanie Meadow $18,897
T28 Gabriela Ruffels $16,774
T28 Stacy Lewis $16,774
T28 In Gee Chun $16,774
31 Albane Valenzuela $15,508
T32 Madelene Sagstrom $12,927
T32 Lauren Coughlin $12,927
T32 Ariya Jutanugarn $12,927
T32 Paula Reto $12,927
T32 Emily Kristine Pedersen $12,927
T32 Lindsey Weaver-Wright $12,927
T32 Megan Khang $12,927
T32 Carlota Ciganda $12,927
T40 Elizabeth Szokol $9,492
T40 Yu Liu $9,492
T40 Yan Liu $9,492
T40 Jiwon Jeon $9,492
T40 Allisen Corpuz $9,492
T40 Kristen Gillman $9,492
T40 Maja Stark $9,492
T47 Isabella Fierro $7,394
T47 Hyo Joo Kim $7,394
T47 Jenny Shin $7,394
T47 Eun-Hee Ji $7,394
T47 Celine Boutier $7,394
T47 Mi Hyang Lee $7,394
T53 Ryann O’Toole $6,367
T53 Alison Lee $6,367
T53 Angela Stanford $6,367
T56 Ashleigh Buhai $5,460
T56 Cheyenne Knight $5,460
T56 Roberta Liti $5,460
T56 Bianca Pagdanganan $5,460
T56 Jeongeun Lee6 $5,460
T56 Auston Kim $5,460
T62 Aditi Ashok $4,776
T62 Pajaree Anannarukarn $4,776
T62 Esther Henseleit $4,776
T62 Danielle Kang $4,776
66 Gemma Dryburgh $4,519
67 Chanettee Wannasaen $4,417

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Four in a row: Nelly Korda tops Leona Maguire in 2024 T-Mobile Match Play final

Korda has won for a third week in a row and for a fourth straight start in 2024.

Nelly Korda has won for a third week in a row but more importantly for a fourth straight start on the LPGA. A record-tying fifth would have to come in a major championship, but that’s a concern for a later date.

For now, Korda is shipping home yet another trophy after her 12th career LPGA win, defeating Leona Maguire, 4 and 3, in the final of the 2024 T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek Golf Course.

It’s Korda’s second straight 4-and-3 victory after opening the match-play bracket, 3 and 2.

The five-day event in Las Vegas came on the heels of wins near Phoenix and before that, Los Angeles. Her first win in 2024 was back in January. She’s the first to win four in a row since Lorena Ochoa in 2008.

“It’s just been a whirlwind,” she said of her 2024 season so far. “It’s been an amazing time, and to do it here as well in match play has been so much fun.”

Only Nancy Lopez in 1978 and Annika Sorenstam over the 2004 and 2005 seasons have won five LPGA tournaments in a row.

The match-play event started last Wednesday and the new format this year called for 54 holes of stroke play before three rounds of match play.

Korda won $300,000 for the victory and became the 25th LPGA golfer to surpass $10 million in career earnings. She also joins Ariya Juntanugan, Sei Young Kim and Hollis Stacy with 12 career victories.

“Playing the first two events, going down the stretch, there is a different type of adrenaline,” Korda said of her first two wins this year coming in a playoff. “But I feel like with match play you have that from the first hole so it was a great day playing against Leona. Always such a great competitor. Happy to get my fourth.”

The LPGA is off next week and then it’s the first women’s major of 2024 at the Chevron Championship, starting on Thursday, April 18, in The Woodlands, Texas, on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at The Club at Carlton Woods.

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Nelly Korda, aiming for a fourth straight LPGA win, faces Leona Maguire in final at T-Mobile Match Play

Korda is one match-play victory away from a fourth straight win on the LPGA.

Can Nelly Korda make it four in a row?

On Sunday, she won’t need to fend off an entire field to claim another LPGA title. This time, she’ll need to outduel Leona Maguire in the championship at the T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas.

Maguire has been the best golfer this week. After 54 holes of stroke play, she was at 6 under, three better than the field. When the format flipped to match play Saturday, Maguire beat Sei Young Kim 3 and 2 in the semifinals after knocking out Moriya Jutanugarn 4 and 3 earlier in the day.

Korda, meamwhile, was 1 under after the first three days but then topped Angel Yin 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals and Narin An 4 and 3 in the semis.

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Leona Maguire plays a shot on the seventh hole in her semifinal match against Sei Young Kim at the 2024 T-Mobile Match Play at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas. (Photo: Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

The match play event stretched over five days and had a new format in 2024, with the first two days consisting of 36 holes of stroke play with a cut to the top 65 and ties. After the third round Friday, there was a second cut to the top eight players, who were then seeded in a match-play bracket with No. 1 taking on No. 8, No. 2 taking on No. 7 and so on.

If Korda can win Sunday, she’ll make it four wins in four straight starts, including three in the last three weeks after winning the Ford Championship in Arizona and the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship near Los Angeles. She also won in January at the LPGA Drive On Championship.

The longest winning streak on the LPGA is five, with Nancy Lopez first doing it in 1978 and Annika Sorenstam over the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

The LPGA is off next week and then it’s the first women’s major of 2024 at the Chevron Championship.

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Nelly Korda’s win streak is alive as she advances to T-Mobile Match Play final eight

A new format isn’t knocking Korda off track from a potential fourth win in her last four starts.

A new and different format isn’t knocking Nelly Korda off track from a potential fourth win in her last four starts in 2024.

More on that in a minute.

The LPGA’s T-Mobile Match Play, contested on the famed Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, is a five-day tournament that switched it up in 2024, going to a new format in which the first two days consisted of 36 holes of stroke play with a cut to the top 65 and ties.

The cut Thursday night came in at 9 over, the highest LPGA cut in four years. Friday then saw a second cut to just the top eight players, who were then seeded in a match-play bracket with No. 1 taking on No. 8, No. 2 taking on No. 7 and so on.

Saturday will see a single-elimination bracket, with the quarterfinals in the morning and semifinals in the afternoon. Sunday’s final will then decide who takes home the $300,000 first-place prize.

Friday crunch time

Only six golfers finished under par and there was a mad dash for the last spot. As it turned out, four golfers – Moriya Jutanugarn (who had the round of the day with a 5-under 67), Hae Ran Ryu, Yuka Saso and Brooke Henderson (who overcame a double bogey on No. 15 with a birdie on No. 18) – finished tied for eighth at 2 over. That forced a 4-for-1 playoff, with Jutanugarn coming out on top.

Four in a row?

Back to Korda.

Just five days ago in the Phoenix suburbs, Korda was hoisting the trophy at the inaugural Ford Championship, a win that came one week after her victory at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship near Los Angeles. Those two wins in back-to-back weeks followed a win in her previous start in January at the LPGA Drive On Championship.

Korda, ranked No. 1 in the world, is now three match-play wins from yet another LPGA title, which would be her 12th, which would tie her with Hollis Stacy, Sei Young Kim and Ariya Jutanugarn for 28th on the all-time list.

After back-to-back 73s, Korda posted a 3-under 69 on Friday to finish 1 under overall and secure a spot in the final eight.

A win Sunday would be the second-longest winning streak on the LPGA. Nancy Lopez in 1978 and Annika Sorenstam over the 2004 and 2005 seasons won five straight tournaments.

Saturday’s quarterfinal matches

Leona Maguire earned the top spot for the match play bracket after she shot a second straight 69 to finish at 6 under.

The quarterfinal matchups look like this:

No. 1 Leona Maguire vs. No. 8 Moriya Jutanugarn

No. 2 Minami Katsu vs. No. 7 Narin An

No. 3 Angel Yin vs. No. 6 Nelly Korda

No. 4  Rose Zhang vs. No. 5 Sei Young Kim.

The semifinal matches will be Saturday afternoon.

Carlota Ciganda, meanwhile, had her worst score in 900 career LPGA rounds with an 85, 18 shots worse than her second-round 67.

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2024 Ford Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player

Korda’s career total is now $9.86 million, good for 26th all-time.

GILBERT, Ariz. — The second leg of the three-tournament West Coast swing on the LPGA is in the books with the conclusion of the inaugural Ford Championship.

Hoisting the trophy on Sunday? None other than world No. 1 Nelly Korda, who’s now won three straight starts on the LPGA.

Korda took her first outright lead of the week on the back nine Sunday and never looked back, winning for the 11th time in her LPGA career.

With Ford signed on as the title sponsor and the Thunderbirds, who run the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open joining as a founding partner, the total purse and first-place money got bumped to $2.25 million and $337,500, respectively.

Korda’s career total is now $9.86 million, good for 26th all-time in 131 starts.

Prize money payouts

Pos. Golfer Score Earnings
1 Nelly Korda -20 $337,500
2 Hira Naveed -18 $206,791
T3 Mi Hyang Lee -17 $99,970
T3 Frida Kinhult -17 $99,970
T3 Lexi Thompson -17 $99,970
T3 Maja Stark -17 $99,970
T3 Carlota Ciganda -17 $99,970
T8 Lauren Coughlin -16 $46,872
T8 Jennifer Kupcho -16 $46,872
T8 Alison Lee -16 $46,872
T8 Hyo Joo Kim -16 $46,872
T8 Sarah Schmelzel -16 $46,872
T13 Kristen Gillman -15 $30,795
T13 Megan Khang -15 $30,795
T13 Ayaka Furue -15 $30,795
T13 Gabriela Ruffels -15 $30,795
T13 Narin An -15 $30,795
T13 Sei Young Kim -15 $30,795
T13 Lydia Ko -15 $30,795
T13 Yuka Saso -15 $30,795
T21 Moriya Jutanugarn -14 $23,346
T21 Polly Mack -14 $23,346
T21 Hannah Green -14 $23,346
T21 Lilia Vu -14 $23,346
T21 Emily Kristine Pedersen -14 $23,346
T26 Linn Grant -13 $19,643
T26 Ruoning Yin -13 $19,643
T26 Brooke Henderson -13 $19,643
T26 Nasa Hataoka -13 $19,643
T30 Marina Alex -12 $16,416
T30 Georgia Hall -12 $16,416
T30 Nanna Koerstz Madsen -12 $16,416
T30 Jenny Shin -12 $16,416
T30 Caroline Masson -12 $16,416
T35 Xiyu Lin -11 $12,114
T35 Paula Reto -11 $12,114
T35 Lucy Li -11 $12,114
T35 Yuna Nishimura -11 $12,114
T35 Yealimi Noh -11 $12,114
T35 Jin Hee Im -11 $12,114
T35 Isi Gabsa -11 $12,114
T35 Ashleigh Buhai -11 $12,114
T35 Celine Boutier -11 $12,114
T35 Alena Sharp -11 $12,114
T45 Lizette Salas -10 $8,620
T45 Anna Nordqvist -10 $8,620
T45 Leona Maguire -10 $8,620
T45 Pajaree Anannarukarn -10 $8,620
T45 Karis Davidson -10 $8,620
T45 Angela Stanford -10 $8,620
T45 Azahara Munoz -10 $8,620
T52 Eun-Hee Ji -9 $7,133
T52 In Kyung Kim -9 $7,133
T52 Peiyun Chien -9 $7,133
T52 Grace Kim -9 $7,133
T56 Elizabeth Szokol -8 $6,227
T56 Robyn Choi -8 $6,227
T56 Minami Katsu -8 $6,227
T56 Ally Ewing -8 $6,227
T60 Yu Jin Sung -7 $5,548
T60 Allisen Corpuz -7 $5,548
T60 Chanettee Wannasaen -7 $5,548
T63 Roberta Liti -6 $5,038
T63 Mary Liu -6 $5,038
T63 Stacy Lewis -6 $5,038
T63 Yu Liu -6 $5,038
T63 Alexa Pano -6 $5,038
T63 Jing Yan -6 $5,038
T69 Yuri Yoshida -5 $4,586
T69 Jenny Coleman -5 $4,586
T71 Pavarisa Yoktuan -4 $4,387
T71 Gina Kim -4 $4,387
T71 Mina Harigae -4 $4,387
T71 Olivia Cowan -4 $4,387
75 Maude-Aimee Leblanc -1 $4,250

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Nelly Korda wins third straight LPGA start at 2024 Ford Championship but there won’t be In-N-Out celebration this time

Korda is the fifth American to win three times before April 1 and the first since 1980.

GILBERT, Ariz. — Nelly Korda’s last win was seven days ago. Lexi Thompson’s winless streak spanned 1,696 days. Korda was looking for a third win in her last three starts. Thompson was seeking to snap a winless streak of 77 tournaments, dating back to June 2019.

Thompson’s drought will continue for at least two more weeks, as she’s skipping the next event in Las Vegas with the Chevron Championship coming in two weeks.

As for Korda, her next In-N-Out celebration for winning will have to wait as well. She said she celebrated after her win a week ago in Los Angeles with a burger and some “animal style” fries but won’t enjoy the meal after her third straight win Sunday in the 2024 Ford Championship, noting that all the In-N-Outs in the Phoenix area are closed for Easter Sunday.

So how will she celebrate victory No. 11?

“With a beautiful five hour drive to Vegas,” she quipped. “Actually, I went to a coffee shop this morning and their baked goods looked really good and I got myself an almond croissant for the road. I’m thinking about that and that’s making me very happy.”

What also makes her happy is winning and Korda has put her name in the LPGA history books with her latest victory. It’s her third win in as many starts, and she’s the first to win three LPGA starts before April 1 since Yani Tseng in 2012 and she’s the first American since 1980, and just the fifth ever, to win three times before April Fool’s day.

It was quite a week for Korda, who never held the outright lead at the Ford till the back nine Sunday. Once she did, she put it in a stranglehold, finishing at 20 under and winning by two shots. She recorded 23 birdies this week, fourth most in the field, and had just five bogeys. She hit 57 of 72 greens in regulation, tied for 15th in the field.

She has a quick turnaround to the match-play event in Vegas which starts Wednesday. She’s also being careful not to look ahead to the first major of 2024, the Chevron Championship, in less than two weeks.

“Just so one at a time,” she said. “I have been a professional golfer since 2016, and when you get ahead of yourself, it’s just never going to be positive. So I’m going to take it one tournament at a time. Stay very present. It’s worked pretty well so far. Sometimes it’s much harder than others. Your self-expectations, the expectations around you, too. I’m going to try and stay in my own little bubble and see how it goes.”

The contrast in tournament success between Korda and Thompson served as the backdrop on the back nine Sunday at Seville Country Club, with the two battling each other as well as the cold and rain, After two days of bright sunny skies, the third round saw 35 mph winds. Tournament officials on Saturday night moved tee times up two hours and golfers woke up Sunday to chilly temps and a steady downpour of spring rain.

A four-way tie for the lead at 17 under gave way to Korda holding the solo lead for the first time all week after a second straight birdie on the 13th hole. Thompson would reclaim a tie for the lead at 18 under after a birdie on the par-3 14th hole. Korda would nudge out in front once again on 16, after she almost jarred her second shot on the driveable par 4, the ball bouncing three times before rolling just over the edge of the cup. A birdie would get her to 19 under.

Hira Naveed joined the party late, as she went 4 under over a six-hole stretch from No. 12 through 17. The first LPGA player of Pakistani descent, Naveed was ranked 648th in the world coming in and finished solo second at 18 under. But it wasn’t enough to threaten the lead of Korda.

Thompson’s run, meanwhile, came to an end on the short par-4 16th. With driver in hand, she pushed her tee shot right and into a lake. She took a drop in the desert and then hit her third on the green but two-putted for bogey. She then missed a short par putt on 17 for another bogey, and she was suddenly three back of Korda with one hole to go.

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Lexi Thompson plays her shot from the fourth tee during the final round of the 2024 Ford Championship at Seville Golf and Country Club in Gilbert, Arizona. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Korda closed out her day going up-and-down from just off the green on 18 for one final birdie, this one getting her to 20 under and with few pursuers left chasing, safely in the clubhouse. She said she had some soup in an effort to warm up a bit while she waited.

Korda would later hoist the trophy to make it her 11th career victory official. She’s now tied on the all-time list with Jane Geddes, Jiyai Shin and Thompson, who has four solo seconds and four ties for second and Sunday’s tie for third since her last victory.

Lydia Ko came into the week one point away from clinching a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame. A win at the Ford would have given the 26-year-old the 27th and final point needed for entry. Ko tied for 11th at 15 under and a pair of 70s over the weekend.

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LPGA players loving conditions (and rare courtesy vehicle perk from Ford) at Seville in Arizona

“That doesn’t happen” for LPGA players to get free courtesy vehicles.

GILBERT, Ariz. — The LPGA is no stranger to the state of Arizona. Over the last 75 or so years, the tour has visited the state close to 70 times.

This year, the tour is in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert for the inaugural Ford Championship presented by KCC. Nine of the top 10 players in the Rolex Rankings are here as are all five tournament champs so far in 2024.

The Thunderbirds, the civic organization that runs the PGA Tour’s WM Phoenix Open, joined as a founding partner about a month ago and kicked in some extra funds, raising the total purse to $2.25 million, with the winner getting an oversized check for $337,500.

Just a few weeks before that, Ford came on as title sponsor, and that provided an unusual perk for the LPGA players.

“Shoutout to Ford for supplying every single player with a Ford vehicle this week,” said 2024 tournament director Emily Podzielinski. “We had pretty much every player take us up on that offer, which is great.

“That doesn’t happen, ever on the tour, for the players that every single person gets the opportunity to receive that.”

There were several vehicles for players to choose from.

“Some players wanted to drive trucks. Some of the Texans love driving the trucks,” said Podzielinski.

After two rounds, players said they were enjoying the set up of the golf course, too.

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Ayaka Furue of Japan putts on the sixth green during the first round of the 2024 Ford Championship at Seville Golf and Country Club in Gilbert, Arizona. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Azahara Munoz, who played her college golf at nearby Arizona State, opened her week 64-68. Is there anything in particular she likes about Seville Golf and Country Club, a Gary Panks-design that opened in 2002?

“Everything, I guess,” she said. “It’s good. It sets up good. Gives you really good lines off the tee. The greens are firm, which is nice but it’s kind of forgiving, too, so you can be aggressive and make lots of birdies.”

Wide fairways, firm and fast greens and plenty of sunshine have generated low scores. The 36-hole cut came in at 5 under, tying the LPGA mark, which was last achieved in 2019.

There’s already been a 61 (Hannah Green), three 63s (Pajaree Anannarukarn, Sarah Schmelzel and Yuka Saso) and a slew of 64s by Munoz, Carlota Ciganda, Isi Gabsa, My Hyang Lee, Gabi Ruffels, Lydia Ko, Lilia Vu and Frida Kinhult.

Celine Boutier of France won the LPGA’s Drive On Championship at Superstition Mountain in nearby Gold Canyon a year ago in what turned out to be a one-year stint.

“I love coming to Arizona. I think the golf courses here are so nice, and especially this time of the year they’re always pristine condition,” she said. “Obviously a little bit sad not to be playing Superstition Mountain again but I think it’s still a great track here. Be a good test to shoot some low scores.”

After shooting 65-69 over the first two days, Boutier confirmed her initial impressions.

“It’s been good. I feel like this course is very scorable, so you get a lot of birdie chances. The par 5s are pretty reachable, so I think it’s a scorable course.”

Nelly Korda, one of the longer hitters on tour, returned to No. 1 in the world after winning last week.

“The par 3s are pretty tough out here, but all the par 5s are pretty gettable,” she said. Korda had an eagle and seven birdies with just two pars on the course’s four par 5s over her first 45 holes.

The LPGA held one-off events at the Legacy (2000), Papago (2009) and at Superstition (2023). Will Seville be a one-and-done as well, or will the tour return in 2025?

“I think we’re going to get through this one and all I know is it’s amazing having Ford on board, Ford Motor Company as the title partner,” Podzielinski said. “We want to be here in the Valley for a really long time and so we’re going to build a community-sustainable event and we’re excited to do that. This one came really really quickly and we’re happy with it. The club’s been great, the community’s been great but a lot of things have to fall into place before we start planning for 2025.”

Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko back in the same LPGA field at Ford Championship for the first time since January showdown

Ko/Korda showdowns are massive for a tour in need of star power.

Nelly Korda celebrated her second playoff victory of the year with an In-N-Out burger and “animal style” fries as she drove east from Palos Verdes Estates, California, to the suburbs of Phoenix. The World No. 1 split the six-hour drive with fellow tour player Olivia Cowan after draining a 15-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole against Ryann O’Toole at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship four days ago.

At this week’s inaugural Ford Championship at Seville Golf and Country Club in Gilbert, Arizona, Korda faces a stacked field as she tries to become the first player since Ariya Jutanugarn to win three consecutive starts on the LPGA. Jutanugarn’s hot streak eight years ago included a Ricoh Women’s British Open title.

“First win as an auntie,” beamed Korda, whose older sister Jessica is on maternity leave. “My parents say I try to kill them every single time. I don’t purposely try to, but, yeah.”

Nine out of the top 10 players in the world are in the Ford field and all five winners from 2024. It’s the first time Korda has been in the same tournament as Lydia Ko since the two pals squared off against each other in January in Korda’s hometown of Bradenton, Florida, at the LPGA Drive On Championship in January. Korda beat Ko on the first hole of a playoff, denying her entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. The celebratory champagne and flowers were left sitting by the 18th green.

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Lydia Ko smiles on the 18th green after winning the 2024 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. (Photo: Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Ko needs only one more point to reach the 27 required to enter the LPGA shrine. She went into the final round of the Blue Bay LPGA last month tied for the lead in China, but ultimately took a share of fourth as American Bailey Tardy bulldozed the field with a final-round 65 to win by four and claim her first LPGA title.

“I don’t think I fall asleep or wake up in a day thinking about the Hall of Fame,” said Ko. “I think people around me think about it more than I do. To be honest, last year I thought a lot about it, just because you’re so close.”

Ko went on to say that being in the LPGA Hall of Fame was never a big goal because she didn’t think she was capable of it. Humble words from a player who rewrote LPGA record books before she could legally drive a car.

Korda said she’s been good friends with “Lyds” for years thanks to the friendship that already existed between Ko and her older sister Jessica. Even though Ko’s time on tour predates Nelly, she still had a front-row seat to Ko’s brilliance as she followed Jessica’s career. Korda, 25, is only one year younger than Ko, who first won on the LPGA at age 15.

“I think she’s super resilient,” said Nelly. “I know in golf and sports, there are so many ups and downs, and she’s always bounced back.”

This season, Ko leads the tour in both bogey avoidance and scrambling, two statistical categories that she ranked outside of the top 50 one year ago, her worst season on tour.

The week before Korda won in front of a hometown crowd, Ko won quite literally where she lives and practices at Lake Nona Country Club at the season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando. It was her 20th career LPGA title.

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Ko/Korda showdowns are massive for a tour in need of star power.

Four of Korda’s 10 career titles have come in playoffs, and she’s now beaten Ko in two of them. The victory moved Korda ahead of Laura Davies on the all-time career money list to No. 28 with $9,523,989. Ko ranks fifth on that list at $17,438,722. This week’s purse of $2.25 million pays out $337,500 to the winner.

As Ko looks to become only the 35th player to enter the LPGA Hall of Fame and only the 25th to earn 27 HOF points, Korda, who took off seven weeks in between her two wins this year, said she never even thinks about making it in the HOF. She currently has 12 points.

“If I get there, then great,” said Korda, “but that’s not something that I put on my goal sheet.

“As I said, I think small goals then eventually lead to your bigger goals.”

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2024 Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player

Korda’s 10th LPGA victory pushes her past $9.5 million in career earnings.

Nelly Korda’s playoff victory over fellow American Ryann O’Toole at the Seri Pak Championship moved her past Laura Davies on the LPGA’s all-time career money list. Korda now checks in at No. 28 with $9,523,989 in official career earnings.

Korda earned $300,000 for her 10th career victory. She now has $586,716 in earnings this season after two wins in three starts.

LPGA rookie Gabriela Ruffels, making her third LPGA start as a tour member, finished one stroke out of the playoff and in a share of third. She earned $120,026.

Rose Zhang began the week in California taking final exams and finished it with a check for $20,287. Zhang tied for 22nd in her first start since January.

Here’s the total purse breakdown for the field at Palos Verdes:

Pos Player Score Earnings
1* Nelly Korda -9 $300,000
2 Ryann O’Toole -9 $186,577
T3 Gabriela Ruffels -8 $120,026
T3 Alison Lee -8 $120,026
T5 Andrea Lee -7 $70,313
T5 Jasmine Suwannapura -7 $70,313
T5 Jiyai Shin -7 $70,313
T8 Sarah Schmelzel -6 $48,011
T8 Ruoning Yin -6 $48,011
T10 Jenny Shin -5 $38,476
T10 Gemma Dryburgh -5 $38,476
T10 Charley Hull -5 $38,476
T13 Lucy Li -4 $29,827
T13 Linn Grant -4 $29,827
T13 Leona Maguire -4 $29,827
T13 Allisen Corpuz -4 $29,827
T13 Mao Saigo -4 $29,827
T18 Hyo Joo Kim -3 $23,954
T18 Mi Hyang Lee -3 $23,954
T18 Frida Kinhult -3 $23,954
T18 Linnea Strom -3 $23,954
T22 A Lim Kim -2 $20,287
T22 Rose Zhang -2 $20,287
T22 Patty Tavatanakit -2 $20,287
T22 Moriya Jutanugarn -2 $20,287
T22 Malia Nam -2 $20,287
T27 Minami Katsu -1 $15,179
T27 Karis Davidson -1 $15,179
T27 Xiyu Lin -1 $15,179
T27 Yuka Saso -1 $15,179
T27 Jin Hee Im -1 $15,179
T27 Ayaka Furue -1 $15,179
T27 Yuna Nishimura -1 $15,179
T27 Brooke Henderson -1 $15,179
T27 Ashleigh Buhai -1 $15,179
T27 Lindy Duncan -1 $15,179
T37 Lilia Vu E $11,799
T37 Isi Gabsa E $11,799
T39 In Gee Chun 1 $10,215
T39 Alexandra Forsterling 1 $10,215
T39 Albane Valenzuela 1 $10,215
T39 Kaitlyn Papp Budde 1 $10,215
T39 Madelene Sagstrom 1 $10,215
T44 Ally Ewing 2 $8,529
T44 Alexa Pano 2 $8,529
T44 Paula Reto 2 $8,529
T44 Lizette Salas 2 $8,529
T48 Dani Holmqvist 3 $7,456
T48 Jennifer Kupcho 3 $7,456
T48 Lauren Hartlage 3 $7,456
51 Ana Pelaez Trivino 4 $6,947
T52 Mone Inami 5 $6,538
T52 Auston Kim 5 $6,538
T52 Aditi Ashok 5 $6,538
T55 Maria Fassi 6 $5,924
T55 Peiyun Chien 6 $5,924
T55 Bianca Pagdanganan 6 $5,924
T58 Maude-Aimee Leblanc 7 $5,414
T58 Hae Ran Ryu 7 $5,414
T60 Savannah Grewal 8 $5,005
T60 Jaravee Boonchant 8 $5,005
T60 Sophia Schubert 8 $5,005
T63 Yu Liu 9 $4,750
T63 Celine Borge 9 $4,750
T65 Eun-Hee Ji 10 $4,545
T65 Yealimi Noh 10 $4,545
67 Jiwon Jeon 11 $4,393
68 Sofia Garcia 12 $4,290
69 Jing Yan 16 $4,188

 

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy teeing it up at prestigious Seminole Pro-Member event

For the second straight year, no LIV golfers will be in the field. 

The pairings are out for Monday’s prestigious Seminole Pro-Member event in Florida, and there are plenty of familiar names on the tee sheet. Most notable, Tiger Woods.

Big Cat will play with PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh, and those two are paired with (guess who?) Justin Thomas and Mike Walrath, teeing off at 7:47 a.m. ET off the first tee at Seminole Golf Club.

Rory McIlroy is also in the field, playing with his father Gerry and in a group with Padraig Harrington and Ed Herlihy, a chairman of the PGA Tour.

Other pros in the field include Nelly Korda, the No. 2 female player in the world, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa and Cameron Young, among others.

Woods will tee it up after withdrawing from the Genesis Invitational due to sickness two weeks ago. It’s unclear whether he will be in the field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week at Bay Hill in Orlando or the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass the following week.

For the second straight year, no LIV golfers will be in the field.

Here’s a look at the pairings for the Seminole Pro-Member.