LPGA Tour to be Held Next Year with a Scale of 183.2 Billion KRW

Samaan Commissioner Announces 2025 Tour Schedule
35 Tournaments, Total Prize Money $131 Million
Hanwha Life Plus International Also Hosted
First Introduction of Elite Amateur Pathway

The scale of the U.S. Women's Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour will expand further next year.

The LPGA Tour will be held next year with 35 tournaments and a total prize money of $131 million. Photo by LPGA

Molly Markus Samaan, the commissioner, announced the schedule for the LPGA Tour's 75th anniversary next year on the 20th (local time), a day before the season finale CME Group Tour Championship. The LPGA Tour, which surpassed a total prize money of $100 million for the first time in history in 2023, will offer a total prize money of $131 million (approximately 183.2 billion KRW) and hold 35 tournaments next year. The number of tournaments remains the same as this year. The total prize money has increased by about 90% compared to 2021.

Excluding the biennial team competition Hanwha Life Plus International Crown and the season-ending Grant Thornton International, there are 33 regular tournaments. The total prize money increased by $14.45 million from $116.55 million this year. While the major tournaments, which have been competitively increasing their prize money, saw no changes, the prize money for regular tournaments increased to $83 million. The Drive On Championship and Dana Open were removed, and the Black Desert Championship and Riviera Maya Open were newly added.

Along with the prize money increase, the LPGA Tour focused on grouping tournaments by region next year to help players plan their schedules and provide sufficient rest periods. Additionally, a system was introduced to grant outstanding amateur players eligibility to compete on the LPGA Tour without going through the Qualifying (Q) School. This is called the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP).