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  • Writer's picturePiers Manktelow

Which women's golf tour can you earn the most money on?



We looked at 11 different women's golf tours and broke down the prize money won in 2018. Now, prize money is not the measure of how good a tour is and what it offers to certain players. Other considerations need to be taken into account such as world ranking points, passage to other tours, and experience for young golfers.

However, below shows how much 1st place, 10th and 50th place on the Tour earned in 2018. The amount of tournaments is then divided into the amount won to give an average on won per tournament.

The figures are very interesting and recently at the Taiwan Ladies Open we saw a number of European players head out there to play in the event. This may be a sign of what is to come as players chase better prize money and world ranking points.

What is highlighted is it is clear to see why it s the dream of most golfers to get onto the LPGA Tour.

Some tours did have run away winners that earned a lot more than 2nd place so that needs to be taken into consideration as well, and tours like the LET Access Series pay players lower down the list a lot better than some other tours who offer the high earners more money.

All figures are in British Pounds and used at an exchange rate taken on 23/1/19 and some of the events are co sanctioned with other tours.

* All the information is taken from the tours website and has been translated as best as possible.

However, just to put this into perspective Xander Schhauffele from the USA has already won £2,356,242 in only 4 tournaments this year!


LPGA- 34 Tournaments

1st Place- £ 2,101,922 Earnings per tournament. £61,850

10th- £888,343 £26,127 50th- £353,070 £10,384


Japan LPGA- 38 Tournaments

1st Place- £1,262,504 £33,223

10th- £454,353 £11,956 50th- £155,199 £4,084


KLPGA- 28 Tournaments

1st Place- £649,763 £18,609

10th- £304,414 £7,391 50th- £99,352 £2,745


Ladies European Tour- 14 Tournaments

1st Place- £446,382 £31,884

10th- £58,257 £4,161 50th- £22,561 £1,612


Symetra Tour (USA)- 21 Tournaments

1st Place- £95,698 £4,557

10th- £46,123 £2,196 50th- £16,641 £792


Australia Ladies Pro Golf - 14 Tournaments

1st Place- £136,852 £9,775

10th- £37,466 £2,676 50th- £13,676 £977

China LPGA- 15 Tournaments


1st Place- £49,208 £3,280

10th- £26,950 £1,796

50th- £5,969 £397


Taiwan LPGA- 30 Tournaments

1st Place- £64,172 £2,133

10th- £29,173 £972

50th- £2,522 £84


Sunshine Ladies Tour (S, Africa) - 8 Tournaments

1st Place- £21,818 £2,727

10th- £3,679 £459

50th- £659 £82


LET Access Series- 13 Tournaments

1st Place- £18,609 £1,431

10th- £7,391 £568

50th- £2,745 £211


Thai LPGA- 10 Tournaments

1st Place- £19,284 £1,923

10th- £4,019 £401

50th- £1,235 £123


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