LPGA purses will top $100M in 2023, a record for tour


              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, second from right, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, center, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, second from right, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, center, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, second from right, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, center, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, second from right, speaks during a media roundtable at the LPGA CME Group Tour Championship golf tournament, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023. That's an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
            
              Nelly Korda holds the championship trophy after winning the LPGA Pelican Women's Championship golf tournament at Pelican Golf Club, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Belleair, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
            
              Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, watches her tee shot on the fifth hole during the first round of the LPGA Pelican Women's Championship golf tournament at Pelican Golf Club, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Belleair, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
LPGA purses will top $100M in 2023, a record for tour