2024 LPGA Tour

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2024 LPGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2024 (2024-01-18) – November 24, 2024 (2024-11-24)
Number of official events33
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The 2024 LPGA Tour is the 75th edition of the LPGA Tour, a series of professional golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The season will begin at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, in Orlando, Florida on January 18, and will end on November 24, at the Tiburón Golf Club in the CME Group Tour Championship at Naples, Florida. [1] The tournaments are sanctioned by the United States-based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Contents

Schedule and results

The number in parentheses after each winners' name is the player's total number of wins in official money individual events on the LPGA Tour, including that event. Tournament and winner names in bold indicate LPGA majors. The schedule and purse amount for each tournament is listed on the LPGA website. [2] The LPGA has a standard formula for payout percentages and distribution of its purse and prize money for every event. The winner typically gets 15% of the total, second place gets 9.3%, third place 6.75%, etc. [3]

The official purse for 2024 is $116.55 million, up from $102.35 million in 2023. [1] The U.S. Women's Open on February 1, announced an increase of $1 million to $12 million, the highest purse in women's golf, pushing the new total to $117.55 million in 2024. [4] The Chevron Championship increased its purse from $5.1 million to $7.9 million. Total purse for 2024 is now $123.25 million. [5] The JM Eagle LA Championship (Apr 25-28) raised its purse $750,000 from $3 million to $3.75 million, and the winner's share for the 15% from $450,000 to $562,500 one of the largest non-major winner’s shares on the Tour. [6] Total purse for 2024 is now $124.0 million.

Key
Major championships
Regular events
DateTournamentLocationWinner(s) [lower-alpha 1] WWGR
points [7] 		Other
tours [lower-alpha 2] 		Purse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)
Jan 21 Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions Florida Flag of New Zealand.svg Lydia Ko (20)311,500,000225,000
Jan 28 LPGA Drive On Championship Florida Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (9)501,750,000262,500
Feb 25 Honda LPGA Thailand Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Patty Tavatanakit (2)461,700,000255,000
Mar 3 HSBC Women's World Championship Singapore Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green (4)501,800,000270,000
Mar 10 Blue Bay LPGA China Flag of the United States.svg Bailey Tardy (1)26 CLPGA 2,200,000330,000
Mar 24 Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship California  Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (10)562,000,000300,000
Mar 31 Ford Championship Arizona Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (11)622,250,000337,500
Apr 7 T-Mobile Match Play Nevada Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (12)432,000,000300,000
Apr 21 Chevron Championship Texas Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (13)1007,900,0001,200,000
Apr 28 JM Eagle LA Championship California Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hannah Green (5)533,750,000562,500
May 12 Cognizant Founders Cup New Jersey Flag of the United States.svg Rose Zhang (2)623,000,000450,000
May 19 Mizuho Americas Open New Jersey  Flag of the United States.svg Nelly Korda (14)3,000,000450,000
Jun 2 U.S. Women's Open PennsylvaniaFlag placeholder.svg10012,000,0002,000,000
Jun 9 ShopRite LPGA Classic New JerseyFlag placeholder.svg1,750,000262,500
Jun 16 Meijer LPGA Classic MichiganFlag placeholder.svg3,000,000450,000
Jun 23 KPMG Women's PGA Championship WashingtonFlag placeholder.svg10010,000,0001,500,000
Jun 30 Dow Championship MichiganFlag placeholder.svgn/a3,000,000450,000
Jul 14 Amundi Evian Championship FranceFlag placeholder.svg100 LET 6,500,0001,000,000
Jul 21 Dana Open OhioFlag placeholder.svg1,750,000262,500
Jul 28 CPKC Women's Open CanadaFlag placeholder.svg2,600,000390,000
Aug 4 Portland Classic OregonFlag placeholder.svg1,750,000262,500
Aug 18 Women's Scottish Open ScotlandFlag placeholder.svg LET 2,000,000300,000
Aug 25 AIG Women's Open ScotlandFlag placeholder.svg100 LET 9,000,0001,350,000
Sep 1 FM Global Championship MassachusettsFlag placeholder.svg3,500,000525,000
Sep 22 Kroger Queen City Championship OhioFlag placeholder.svg2,000,000300,000
Sep 29 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship ArkansasFlag placeholder.svg3,000,000450,000
Oct 13 Buick LPGA Shanghai ChinaFlag placeholder.svg CLPGA 2,100,000315,000
Oct 20 BMW Ladies Championship KoreaFlag placeholder.svg2,200,000330,000
Oct 27 Maybank Championship MalaysiaFlag placeholder.svg3,000,000450,000
Nov 3 Toto Japan Classic JapanFlag placeholder.svg JLPGA 2,000,000300,000
Nov 9 Lotte Championship HawaiiFlag placeholder.svg3,000,000450,000
Nov 17 The Annika FloridaFlag placeholder.svg3,250,000487,500
Nov 24 CME Group Tour Championship FloridaFlag placeholder.svg11,000,0004,000,000

Unofficial events

The following events appear on the schedule, but do not carry official money.

DateTournamentLocationWinner WWGR
points		Purse
(US$)		Winner's
share ($)
Aug 11 Olympic women's golf competition FranceFlag placeholder.svgn/an/a
Sep 15 Solheim Cup Virginian/an/an/a
Dec 15 Grant Thornton Invitational [8] FloridaFlag placeholder.svg4,000,000600,000

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of LPGA Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for LPGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ JLPGA − LPGA of Japan Tour, LET − Ladies European Tour.

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  4. ↑ "Ally Financial and USGA Join Forces to Elevate U.S. Women's Open and Pipeline of Future Talent". LPGA. February 1, 2024.
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