Nelly Korda is third to surpass $4 million in single season on LPGA, can bank $4 million more at CME
Two years ago, Lydia Ko came close to breaking Lorena Ochoa’s 2007 mark for most money earned in an LPGA season.
Ochoa’s amazing record, now 17 years old, set a bar that’s been difficult to break, even with a surge in prize money. She earned $4,364,994 in 2007, and Ko in 2022 finished just $591 away from breaking the mark.
This year, thanks to seven victories and three other top-10 finishes, Nelly Korda is at $4,164,430 with one event left. She’s now the third golfer in LPGA history to surpass the $4 million mark.
With a $4 million first-place prize up for grabs at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, Korda has a chance to nearly double her 2024 earnings while simultaneously shattering the single-season money mark.
LPGA season-by-season money leaders
Year Player Money
1950 Babe Zaharias $14,800
1951 Babe Zaharias $15,087
1952 Betsy Rawls $14,505
1953 Louise Suggs $19,816
1954 Patty Berg $16,011
1955 Patty Berg $16,492
1956 Marlene Hagge $20,235
1957 Patty Berg $16,272
1958 Beverly Hanson $12,639
1959 Betsy Rawls $26,774
1960 Louise Suggs $16,892
1961 Mickey Wright $22,236
1962 Mickey Wright $21,641
1963 Mickey Wright $31,269
1964 Mickey Wright $29,800
1965 Kathy Whitworth $28,658
1966 Kathy Whitworth $33,517
1967 Kathy Whitworth $32,937
1968 Kathy Whitworth $48,379
1969 Carol Mann $49,152
1970 Kathy Whitworth $30,235
1971 Kathy Whitworth $41,181
1972 Kathy Whitworth $65,063
1973 Kathy Whitworth $82,864
1974 JoAnne Carner $87,094
1975 Sandra Palmer $76,374
1976 Judy Rankin $150,737
1977 Judy Rankin $122,890
1978 Nancy Lopez $189,814
1979 Nancy Lopez $197,489
1980 Beth Daniel $231,000
1981 Beth Daniel $206,998
1982 JoAnne Carner $310,400
1983 JoAnne Carner $291,404
1984 Betsy King $266,771
1985 Nancy Lopez $416,472
1986 Pat Bradley $492,021
1987 Ayako Okamoto $466,034
1988 Sherri Turner $350,851
1989 Betsy King $654,132
1990 Beth Daniel $863,578
1991 Pat Bradley $763,118
1992 Dottie Mochrie (Pepper) $693,335
1993 Betsy King $595,992
1994 Laura Davies $687,201
1995 Annika Sorenstam $666,533
1996 Karrie Webb $1,002,000
1997 Annika Sorenstam $1,236,789
1998 Annika Sorenstam $1,092,748
1999 Karrie Webb $1,591,959
2000 Karrie Webb $1,876,853
2001 Annika Sorenstam $2,105,868
2002 Annika Sorenstam $2,863,904
2003 Annika Sorenstam $2,029,506
2004 Annika Sorenstam $2,544,707
2005 Annika Sorenstam $2,588,240
2006 Lorena Ochoa $2,592,872
2007 Lorena Ochoa $4,364,994
2008 Lorena Ochoa $2,763,193
2009 Jiyai Shin $1,807,334
2010 Na Yeon Choi $1,871,165
2011 Yani Tseng $2,921,713
2012 Inbee Park $2,287,080
2013 Inbee Park $2,456,619
2014 Stacy Lewis $2,539,039
2015 Lydia Ko $2,800,802
2016 Ariya Jutanugarn $2,550,947
2017 Sung Hyun Park $2,335,883
2018 Ariya Jutanugarn $2,743,949
2019 Jin Young Ko $2,773,894
2020 Jin Young Ko $1,667,925
2021 Jin Young Ko $3,502,161
2022 Lydia Ko $4,364,403
2023 Lilia Vu $3,502,303
