In 2022, the prize money for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship absolutely skyrocketed.
Nelly Korda won $675,000 for winning her first major title in 2021 at Atlanta Athletic Club. That is no amount to sniff at, but In Gee Chun was the beneficiary of a huge cash injection 12 months later at Congressional Country Club.
The South Korean star won $1,350,000. So, not only did the prize money double and exceed the million-dollar mark for the first time, but the purse of $4.5 million also doubled to $9 million.
Since then, the purse for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship has steadily increased, but not drastically. Ruoning Yin won $1,500,000 of the $10,000,000 purse in 2023, and Amy Yang cashed $60,000 more in 2024 at Sahalee Country Club.
In 2025, Minjee Lee won her third major title at PGA Frisco and banked $1.8 million for her troubles, from the $12 million purse.
Although this is a healthy sum of money that any professional athlete would be grateful to win, it pales into insignificance when compared with the US Women’s Open that was played at Erin Hills at the end of May and the start of June, won by Sweden’s Maja Stark.
The purse in Wisconsin was $12 million, and the winner’s share was $2,400,000. It will take a few more years before the PGA of America decides to equal this offering dished out by the USGA.
The gap is even wider when compared to the men’s game, which is an issue that always arises in these conversations. Scottie Scheffler won his third major title at the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina, and banked $3,420,000. Harris English and Davis Riley even shared $1,418,666 apiece for coming second.
Below, we take a look at the prize money breakdowns of previous KPMG Women’s PGA Championship renewals and see how they stack up with each other.
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KPMG Women’s PGA Championship prize money payouts
2025
Purse: $12 million
Winner: Minjee Lee – $1,800,000
T2: Chanettee Wannasaen, Auston Kim – $914,168
T4: Chisato Iwai, Jeeno Thitikul – $536,634
T6: Angel Yin, Miyu Yamashita – $359,691
T8: Somi Lee, Hye Jin Choi – $272,672
T10: Wei Ling Hsu, Pauline Roussin Bouchard – $226,254
Last place: Ilhee Lee – $20,959
Every player who missed the cut got $4,000.
2024
Purse: $10,400,000
Winner: $1,560,000 (Amy Yang)
2023
Purse: $10,000,000
Winner: $1,500,000 (Ruoning Yin)
2022
Purse: $9,000,000
Winner: $1,350,000 (Chun In-gee)
2021
Purse: $4,500,000
Winner: $675,000 (Nelly Korda)
2020
Purse: $4,300,000
Winner: $645,000 (Kim Sei-Young)
2019
Purse: $3,850,000
Winner: $577,000 (Hannah Green)
2018
Purse: $3,650,000
Winner: $547,000 (Park Sung-hyun)
2017
Purse: $3,500,000
Winner: $525,000 (Danielle Kang)
2016
Purse: $3,500,000
Winner: $525,000 (Brooke Henderson)
2015
Purse: $3,500,000
Winner: $525,000 (Inbee Park)
2014
Purse: $2,250,000
Winner: $337,500 (Inbee Park)
2013
Purse: $2,250,000
Winner: $337,500 (Inbee Park)
2012
Purse: $2,500,000
Winner: $375,000 (Shanshan Feng)
2011
Purse: $2,500,000
Winner: $375,000 (Yani Tseng)
2010
Purse: $2,250,000
Winner: $337,500 (Cristie Kerr)
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