The AIG Women's Open, the final women's golf major of this season, will offer a total prize purse of $10 million (14.73 billion won).
The R&A, which organizes the tournament, and title sponsor AIG announced on Monday (Korea time) that the AIG Women's Open prize purse has been set at $10 million. The tournament will be held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in England for four days starting July 30.
The tournament's total prize purse, which stood at $4.5 million in 2020, has steadily increased to $5.8 million in 2021, $7.3 million in 2022, $9 million in 2023, $9.5 million in 2024, and $9.75 million last year. With this year's increase to $10 million, the event becomes the third-largest tournament on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour by prize purse. It trails only the U.S. Women's Open ($12 million) and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship ($12 million).
"We will continue to invest in prize money to enhance the status of this tournament on the world stage," R&A Chief Executive Officer Mark Darbon said. "We will also extend broadcast coverage to provide the most viewing hours (34 hours) of any women's major championship," he added.
