How much will the LPGA's 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship winner get? prize money payout explored

Modified Mar 01, 2023 10:58 GMT

After the Honda LPGA Thailand, the LPGA is currently at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore for the 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship. Headlined by the likes of Lydia Ko, Nelly Korda, and Brooke Henderson, among other big names, the tournament will have 72 golfers competing for the $1.8 million prize purse.

The HSBC Women's World Championship is the third event of the 2023 LPGA Tour season. Being played in its originally intended slot on the LPGA Tour schedule, the tournament will conclude on Sunday, March 5.

According to the American circuit’s prize money distribution chart’s 15 percent payout, the winner of the Singapore event will win a paycheck of $270,000.

While the winner takes the biggest chunk of the prize purse, the runner-up will settle for a paycheck of $166,643. Third and fourth-placed golfers will take home $120,888 and $93,516, respectively. Meanwhile, the golfer coming last on the field will bag $3,558 for her efforts.

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2023 HSBC Women's World Championship prize money

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the HSBC Women's World Championship:

1 - $270,000
2 - $166,643
3 - $120,888
4 - $93,516
5 - $75,270
6 - $61,584
7 - $51,548
8 - $45,162
9 - $40,600
10 - $36,951
11 - $34,213
12 - $31,932
13 - $29,925
14 - $28,101
15 - $26,458
16 - $24,998
17 - $23,722
18 - $22,627
19 - $21,714
20 - $20,984
21 - $20,255
22 - $19,524
23 - $18,795
24 - $18,064
25 - $17,427
26 - $16,788
27 - $16,148
28 - $15,510
29 - $14,872
30 - $14,324
31 - $13,776
32 - $13,229
33 - $12,681
34 - $12,134
35 - $11,679
36 - $11,222
37 - $10,767
38 - $10,310
39 - $9,853
40 - $9,488
41 - $9,124
42 - $8,760
43 - $8,393
44 - $8,029
45 - $7,755
46 - $7,481
47 - $7,207
48 - $6,934
49 - $6,660
50 - $6,386
51 - $6,205
52 - $6,021
53 - $5,838
54 - $5,657
55 - $5,474
56 - $5,291
57 - $5,109
58 - $4,926
59 - $4,745
60 - $4,562
61 - $4,471
62 - $4,379
63 - $4,288
64 - $4,198
65 - $4,105
66 - $4,014
67 - $3,924
68 - $3,831
69 - $3,740
70 - $3,650
71 - $3,605
72 - $3,558

Apart from the prize money, the 2023 HSBC Women's World Championship winner will also bag 500 points towards the season-long race to the CME Globe. The champion will also be eligible for other big benefits, including a two-year exemption on the LPGA Tour and berths into other big tournaments on the circuit.

It is pertinent to note that the LPGA event’s dates clash with the PGA Tour’s 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational. Unlike its ladies' event counterpart, the men’s event will see golfers compete for a whopping $20 million prize purse. The winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational will bag $3.6 million.

Edited by Ankush Das