Two years ago, Lydia Ko came close to breaking Lorena Ochoa’s 2007 mark for most money earned in an LPGA season.
Ochoa’s amazing record, now 17 years old, set a bar that’s been difficult to break, even with a surge in prize money. She earned $4,364,994 in 2007, and Ko in 2022 finished just $591 away from breaking the mark.
This year, thanks to seven victories and three other top-10 finishes, Nelly Korda is at $4,164,430 with one event left. She’s now the third golfer in LPGA history to surpass the $4 million mark.
With a $4 million first-place prize up for grabs at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, Korda has a chance to nearly double her 2024 earnings while simultaneously shattering the single-season money mark.
LPGA season-by-season money leaders
Year Player Money
1950 Babe Zaharias $14,800
1951 Babe Zaharias $15,087
1952 Betsy Rawls $14,505
1953 Louise Suggs $19,816
1954 Patty Berg $16,011
1955 Patty Berg $16,492
1956 Marlene Hagge $20,235
1957 Patty Berg $16,272
1958 Beverly Hanson $12,639
1959 Betsy Rawls $26,774
1960 Louise Suggs $16,892
1961 Mickey Wright $22,236
1962 Mickey Wright $21,641
1963 Mickey Wright $31,269
1964 Mickey Wright $29,800
1965 Kathy Whitworth $28,658
1966 Kathy Whitworth $33,517
1967 Kathy Whitworth $32,937
1968 Kathy Whitworth $48,379
1969 Carol Mann $49,152
1970 Kathy Whitworth $30,235
1971 Kathy Whitworth $41,181
1972 Kathy Whitworth $65,063
1973 Kathy Whitworth $82,864
1974 JoAnne Carner $87,094
1975 Sandra Palmer $76,374
1976 Judy Rankin $150,737
1977 Judy Rankin $122,890
1978 Nancy Lopez $189,814
1979 Nancy Lopez $197,489
1980 Beth Daniel $231,000
1981 Beth Daniel $206,998
1982 JoAnne Carner $310,400
1983 JoAnne Carner $291,404
1984 Betsy King $266,771
1985 Nancy Lopez $416,472
1986 Pat Bradley $492,021
1987 Ayako Okamoto $466,034
1988 Sherri Turner $350,851
1989 Betsy King $654,132
1990 Beth Daniel $863,578
1991 Pat Bradley $763,118
1992 Dottie Mochrie (Pepper) $693,335
1993 Betsy King $595,992
1994 Laura Davies $687,201
1995 Annika Sorenstam $666,533
1996 Karrie Webb $1,002,000
1997 Annika Sorenstam $1,236,789
1998 Annika Sorenstam $1,092,748
1999 Karrie Webb $1,591,959
2000 Karrie Webb $1,876,853
2001 Annika Sorenstam $2,105,868
2002 Annika Sorenstam $2,863,904
2003 Annika Sorenstam $2,029,506
2004 Annika Sorenstam $2,544,707
2005 Annika Sorenstam $2,588,240
2006 Lorena Ochoa $2,592,872
2007 Lorena Ochoa $4,364,994
2008 Lorena Ochoa $2,763,193
2009 Jiyai Shin $1,807,334
2010 Na Yeon Choi $1,871,165
2011 Yani Tseng $2,921,713
2012 Inbee Park $2,287,080
2013 Inbee Park $2,456,619
2014 Stacy Lewis $2,539,039
2015 Lydia Ko $2,800,802
2016 Ariya Jutanugarn $2,550,947
2017 Sung Hyun Park $2,335,883
2018 Ariya Jutanugarn $2,743,949
2019 Jin Young Ko $2,773,894
2020 Jin Young Ko $1,667,925
2021 Jin Young Ko $3,502,161
2022 Lydia Ko $4,364,403
2023 Lilia Vu $3,502,303
