Nelly Korda received the 2024 LPGA Drive on Championship on Sunday. The 25-year-old beat Lydia Ko in a playoff to take victory in her hometown course. The win at Bradenton Nation Membership in Florida is her first on the Tour because the 2022 Pelican Girls’s Championship. With the win, Korda bagged the winner’s prize verify of $262,500, taking her profession earnings to $9,223,989.
Korda entered the ultimate spherical of the Drive on Championship with a four-stroke lead. Regardless of struggling along with her sport on Sunday, the LPGA star carded a spherical of 11-under 73. She emerged victorious within the sudden playoff. Aside from the prize cash, the hometown star additionally earned essential 500 factors within the Race to the CME Globe.
Ko completed second on the leaderboard after dropping the playoff. Apparently, the 26-year-old had the possibility to enter the LPGA Corridor of Fame on Sunday. Nevertheless, final week’s Hilton Grand Holidays Event of Champions winner fell one level shy of reaching the 27 required to change into the youngest participant to be inducted into the elite group.
The 26-year-old settled for a $163,689 paycheck on the Drive on Championship.
2024 LPGA Drive On Championship prize cash
Whereas Korda and Ko bagged the highest spots, Megan Khang completed solo third on the Drive On Championship leaderboard. She took house a $118,745 paycheck for her efforts. Lucy Li and Ayaka Furue shared T4. They received $82,897 every. Notably, ten of the 15 rookies within the occasion’s area cashed in paychecks.
In the meantime, Georgia Corridor and Gaby Lopez received $3,809 every after withdrawing from the occasion forward of the ultimate spherical.
Listed under is the entire prize cash payout for the 2024 Drive On Championship:
- WIN: Nelly Korda – $262,500
- 2: Lydia Ko – $163,689
- 3: Megan Khang – $118,745
- T4: Lucy Li – $82,897
- T4: Ayaka Furue – $82,897
- T6: Auston Kim – $55,564
- T6: Xiyu Lin – $55,564
- 8: Mone Inami – $44,362
- T9: Andrea Lee – $35,287
- T9: Cheyenne Knight – $35,287
- T9: Nasa Hataoka – $35,287
- T9: Jasmine Suwannapura – $35,287
- T13: Lindy Duncan – $27,662
- T13: Gemma Dryburgh – $27,662
- T13: Sei Younger Kim – $27,662
- T16: Hye-Jin Choi – $21,585
- T16: Xiaowen Yin – $21,585
- T16: Celine Boutier – $21,585
- T16: So Mi Lee – $21,585
- T16: Brooke Henderson – $21,585
- T16: Lexi Thompson – $21,585
- T16: Robyn Choi – $21,585
- T23: Olivia Cowan – $16,199
- T23: Allisen Corpuz – $16,199
- T23: Linn Grant – $16,199
- T23: Nanna Koerstz Madsen – $16,199
- T23: Lauren Coughlin – $16,199
- T23: A Lim Kim – $16,199
- T23: Yealimi Noh – $16,199
- T23: Ruoning Yin – $16,199
- 31: Leona Maguire – $13,532
- T32: Isabella Fierro – $12,457
- T32: Mao Saigo – $12,457
- T32: Marina Alex – $12,457
- T35: Yu Jin Sung – $10,165
- T35: Azahara Munoz – $10,165
- T35: Hae Ran Ryu – $10,165
- T35: Wei-Ling Hsu – $10,165
- T35: Yu Liu – $10,165
- T35: Emily Kristine Pedersen – $10,165
- T35: Mi Hyang Lee – $10,165
- T42: Patty Tavatanakit – $7,656
- T42: Jodi Ewart Shadoff – $7,656
- T42: Aline Krauter – $7,656
- T42: Pernilla Lindberg – $7,656
- T42: Gurleen Kaur – $7,656
- T42: Albane Valenzuela – $7,656
- T42: Madelene Sagstrom – $7,656
- T49: Lauren Hartlage – $6,019
- T49: Mel Reid – $6,019
- T49: Stephanie Meadow – $6,019
- T49: Nataliya Guseva – $6,019
- T49: Yan Liu – $6,019
- T49: Arpichaya Yubol – $6,019
- T55: Lilia Vu – $5,287
- T55: Ally Ewing – $5,287
- T57: Malia Nam – $4,750
- T57: Hyo Joon Jang – $4,750
- T57: Chanettee Wannasaen – $4,750
- T57: Maja Stark – $4,750
- T61: Brittany Lincicome – $4,347
- T61: Frida Kinhult – $4,347
- T63: Jennifer Kupcho – $4,168
- T63: In Gee Chun – $4,168
- 65: Esther Henseleit – $4,032
- 66: Minji Kang – $3,943
- WD: Georgia Corridor – $3,809
- WD: Gaby Lopez – $3,809
After a profitable Drive On Championship outing, the LPGA Tour will now head to Pattaya for the Honda LPGA Thailand occasion.
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