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.
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 will 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.
In tournament week, we should discover the prize money for the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
