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Just hours before the tee-off of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, the golf world in general, and the players in the field in particular, were surprised by the always welcome news of the event's purse increase. Even better, it's a record-tying jump.

The purse for the LPGA's third major of the season will be $12 million, which ties the record for the highest purse in women's major championship history set for the U.S. Women's Open. This is $1.6 million more than the previous edition.

The winner's trophy is seen on the first tee during the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on the West Course at the Westchester Country Club on June 11, 2015 in Harrison, New... Scott Halleran/Getty Images

The winner's paycheck will be $2.4 million, $840,000 more than Amy Yang received when she won in 2024.

"KPMG has put so much into it, they really make sure we're delivering," said Jeff Price, the PGA of America's chief commercial officer, according to Sports Business Journal.

"Everything that we've been able to do together is a testament to their commitment."

Shawn Quill, who heads up the title sponsor's sports industry relations, stated that KPMG is fully committed to growing the Women's PGA Championship further.

"When we came in as title sponsor, it was a time when women's sports wasn't en vogue," he said.

"We weren't early to the party, we were before the party was conceptualized. We're at a real tipping point in women's sports. The next 10 years are going to change a lot more than the last 10 did."

Much progress has been made since the inaugural edition of the event in 1955, when the prize purse was set at $6,000. The Women's PGA Championship purse has grown slowly but steadily, with three notable increases.

The first was in 1977, when it went from $55,000 to $150,000. The second occurred in 1990, when it rose from $500,000 to $1 million, and the third in 2022, when it jumped from $4.5 million to $9 million.

KPMG Women's PGA Championship Purse Payout

Below is the projected payout for the Women's PGA Championship. Amounts may vary depending on ties:

• 1 $2,400,000
• 2 $1,296,000
• 3 $809,242
• 4 $567,305
• 5 $472,511
• 6 $418,969
• 7 $377,717
• 8 $338,290
• 9 $306,165
• 10 $281,219
• 11 $256,638
• 12 $237,290
• 13 $221,105
• 14 $204,069
• 15 $189,467
• 16 $177,298
• 17 $167,563
• 18 $157,828
• 19 $148,093
• 20 $138,358
• 21 $129,961
• 22 $121,565
• 23 $113,412
• 24 $105,867
• 25 $99,296
• 26 $93,699
• 27 $89,440
• 28 $85,667
• 29 $82,017
• 30 $78,366
• 31 $74,715
• 32 $71,065
• 33 $67,414
• 34 $64,129
• 35 $61,452
• 36 $58,774
• 37 $56,219
• 38 $53,785
• 39 $51,352
• 40 $48,918
• 41 $46,484
• 42 $44,050
• 43 $41,617
• 44 $39,183
• 45 $36,749
• 46 $34,559
• 47 $32,368
• 48 $30,300
• 49 $29,083
• 50 $27,866
• 51 $27,136
• 52 $26,527
• 53 $26,041
• 54 $25,797

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