Ko Jin-young (28) won the Cognitive Founders Cup (total prize money of 3 million dollars) on the LPGA Tour, accumulating a total of 11,334,148 dollars (15.1999 billion won) in prize money in a total of 93 games.
Adding to her winning prize of $450,000 in this tournament, her cumulative prize money ranked 19th, entering the top 20. However, as a result of dividing the number of tournaments by the total prize money of past LPGA tour players, it was revealed that Jin-young Ko is the most efficient player ever with a prize money of 121,873 dollars (163.43 million won) per game.
Looking at the history of LPGA Tour prize money, ‘original empress’ Annika Sorenstam (Sweden) participated in a total of 306 matches and won a total of 72 wins and 10 major wins, while her prize amount accumulated $22,583,693 (30,284.73 million won), making it the first ever. it was up However, if you divide her prize money per contest, it was 73,802 dollars (98.96 million won).
Sorenstam made her debut in 1995 and retired in 2008, so the size of her tournament prize money was vastly different from her current one. It should also be taken into account that it was twice as efficient as the prize money per game of Kari Webb (Australia), who was active at the same time, and Christie Kerr (USA), who was the second in prize money and the third in history.
Yellow indicates top 3 Korean players and prize
money per game The player who participated more than the prize money was Julie Inkster (USA), who played 714 games and ranked 9th in total prize money (14,018,391 dollars). Ko Jin-young is the only player in the top 20 in total prize money that has not yet played 100 games.
Ko Jin-young won the KEB Hana Bank Championship, an LPGA tournament held in Korea in 2017, and obtained the right to participate and chose to go to the United States. The second player with the highest prize money per game is Lorena Ochoa (Mexico), and Ataya Titikul (Thailand), who has been in her second year on the tour, has played 33 matches and averaged $82,255 per game, ranking third in efficiency.카지노사이트
Meanwhile, among Korean players, Inbi Park has played 305 games and is ranked 4th in career prize money. Inbi Park, who won 21 wins and 7 majors on the LPGA Tour, received the most prize money, while Se-ri Pak, who won 25 wins and 5 majors, is 11th with 365 appearances. There are six Korean players within the top 20, with Kim Sei-young taking 13th place in prize money with 184 matches and Ryu So-yeon taking part in 238 matches and ranking 14th in prize money.
Nellie Corda (USA), the world leader in women’s golf rankings, took part in 117 matches and ranked 33rd in total prize money, receiving an average of 71,475 dollars (95.84 million won) per game. In terms of her money per game, she was less than Lydia Go (New Zealand) or Sorenstam, who are fifth in career money.
Lee Min-ji [Photo = LPGA Getty Images]
Lee Min-ji (Australia), who finished second in Cognizant and rose to 5th in the world rankings this week, is 12th overall in 194 matches. Last year, she won the US Women’s Open, which took her the highest prize money ever ($10 million) for a women’s tournament, and received $ 1.8 million in prize money (2.4138 billion won) at once, so the rankings skyrocketed.
As the LPGA Tour prize money has been on the rise in recent years, a major change is expected in the career prize money list at the end of this year. Young, bright and elite female players from around the world are increasingly flocking to the LPGA Tour.
However, due to the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA)’s isolation policy, there are restrictions on participating in the LPGA Tour, such as banning excellent domestic players from participating in the BMW Ladies.
Ko Jin-young, who received a direct ticket to an overseas stage by winning the LPGA Tour held in Korea seven years ago, paradoxically demonstrates this situation.