This year’s Chevron Championship has been set up to reflect an evolving LPGA — and those changes begin on the balance sheet.
This week, thanks to help from tournament sponsors JM Eagle, the LPGA will deliver $9 million to the players for the first major of the season, an increase of $1 million from last year’s iteration of the event, and just $500,000 less than the purse awarded at this week’s Zurich Classic on the PGA Tour.
As for the golfer in the hottest pursuit of a major title and a major payday? That honor would belong to Nelly Korda, whose 54-hole lead has stretched to five shots at Memorial Park in Houston. Korda is looking for her third major championship victory at the Chevron, and second victory at this event this weekend. Through three days, she’s certainly looked the part: Patty Tavatanakit has recorded just one bogey in 54 holes, and she rises on Sunday morning trailing Korda by five full shots.
Below is the full payout information for the tournament’s $9 million purse, including winner’s share and payout information; you can catch the action on NBC beginning at 2 p.m. ET and following through to the end of the broadcast.
2025 U.S. Women’s Open payout information, winner’s share
1st: $1,375,000
2nd: $961,200
3rd: $565,400
4th: $462,500
5th: $368,100
6th: $336,000
7th: $307,700
8th: $287,200
9th: $267,600
10th: $253,400
11th: $239,900
12th: $217,800
13th: $194,200
14th: $180,600
15th: $169,000
16th: $159,300
17th: $150,000
18th: $140,800
19th: $131,500
20th: $122,300
21st: $113,000
22nd: $104,700
23rd: $96,900
24th: $89,300
25th: $81,900
26th: $76,800
27th: $72,800
28th: $69,600
29th: $66,900
30th: $64,100
31st: $61,300
32nd: $58,600
33rd: $55,900
34th: $53,400
35th: $51,100
36th: $48,900
37th: $46,700
38th: $44,600
39th: $42,800
40th: $40,900
41st: $39,100
42nd: $37,200
43rd: $35,400
44th: $33,500
45th: $31,700
46th: $29,900
47th: $28,100
48th: $26,500
49th: $25,300
50th: $24,300
51st: $23,700
52nd: $23,200
53rd: $22,800
54th: $22,400
55th: $22,200
56th: $21,900
57th: $21,700
58th: $21,600
59th: $21,400
60th: $21,200
61st: $21,000
62nd: $20,800
63rd: $20,600
64th: $20,500
65th: $20,300
66th: $20,100
67th: $19,600
68th: $19,200
69th: $19,100
70th: $18,900
71st: $18,700
72nd: $18,400
