How much will the LPGA 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship winner get? Prize purse and winner’s share explored

Modified Apr 26, 2023 14:14 GMT

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The LPGA Tour is back this week with the 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship. The event following the Chevron Championship, is set to tee off on Thursday, April 27, at the Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, California.

The JM Eagle LA Championship is the eighth event of the 2023 LPGA Tour season. Headlined by the likes of Lilia Vu, Nelly Korda, Jin Young Ko, and more, the event is set to have some of the biggest names on the tour competing for the $3 million prize purse. According to the LPGA Tour's prize money distribution chart, the event’s champion will win $450,000. This is the standard 15 percent payout of the total prize purse.

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Apart from the paycheck, the winner will also earn 500 points towards the season-long race to the CME Globe. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship will win $2 million at the end of the season. The LA Championship winner will also earn a two-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, including berths into other big events.

2023 JM Eagle LA Championship purse

While the LA Championship champion golfer takes the major share of the prize purse, the runner-up will earn a paycheck of $282,977. The golfer finishing behind the top two will win $205,279, while the fourth-placed golfer will return home with $158,799.

It is pertinent to note that the four-day event will have a standard 36-hole cut. The top 65 players and ties finishing the event will win a share of the prize money. The golfer finishing last on the 65-player leaderboard will get $6,970 for her efforts.

Here is the complete prize money purse breakdown for the JM Eagle LA Championship:

WIN - $450,000
2 - $282,977
3 - $205,279
4 - $158,799
5 - $127,815
6 - $104,577
7 - $87,535
8 - $76,690
9 - $68,943
10 - $62,746
11 - $58,097
12 - $54,223
13 - $50,815
14 - $47,717
15 - $44,928
16 - $42,449
17 - $40,282
18 - $38,422
19 - $36,873
20 - $35,633
21 - $34,395
22 - $33,154
23 - $31,917
24 - $30,675
25 - $29,592
26 - $28,509
27 - $27,422
28 - $26,337
29 - $25,253
30 - $24,324
31 - $23,393
32 - $22,464
33 - $21,535
34 - $20,604
35 - $19,831
36 - $19,056
37 - $18,283
38 - $17,506
39 - $16,731
40 - $16,113
41 - $15,494
42 - $14,875
43 - $14,253
44 - $13,634
45 - $13,169
46 - $12,703
47 - $12,238
48 - $11,774
49 - $11,309
50 - $10,845
51 - $10,536
52 - $10,226
53 - $9,914
54 - $9,607
55 - $9,295
56 - $8,985
57 - $8,676
58 - $8,366
59 - $8,057
60 - $7,747
61 - $7,593
62 - $7,435
63 - $7,282
64 - $7,128
65 - $6,970

More details on the event, including tee times, will be updated soon.

Edited by Sabine Algur