LPGA event schedule is set around five major events: the Spring Chevron Championship; the US Women’s Open in June and the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; the Amundi Evian Championship in July; and the AIG Women’s Open in August. By 2022, the five majors will award a total of $37.3 million in bonuses.
For a great player, the LPGA Tour can provide a rich career. Stark ranked the top 25 golfers on the LPGA Tour based on the Tour's official career bonus rankings. As of July 6, 2022, total revenue and events participating are the latest.
In total, 290 golfers earned over $1 million in the LPGA Tour. The total bonuses in LPGA history exceed $1.3 billion. The 25 golfers on this list won about a quarter of the $1.3 billion.
25. Katriona Matthew
- Career Income: $9,732,920
- Total Events: 564
- Rookie Year: 1995
- Country: Scotland
Scotland's most successful female golfer Katriona Matthew won four LPGA Tour titles, including a Grand Slam, the 2009 Ricoh UK Women's Open. She is a nine-time member of the European Solheim Cup and captained in 2019 and 2021. In 2020, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her contribution to the sport.
24. Kim In Kyung Kim
- Career Income: $9,863,911
- Total Events: 286
- Rookie Year: 2007
- Country: South Korea
Kim In Kyung (In Kyung Kim ) Prepare to win her first LPGA Major Championship in 2012, but she missed the 14-inch putt from ANA Inspiration Major, which made her lose her victory. Five years later, she won the British Open . King is also an ambassador to the Special Olympics.
23. Jin Young Ko
- Career Income: $10,185,256
- Total Events: 90
- Rookie Year: 2018
- Country: South Korea
When Jin Young Ko won Rookie of the Year in 2018, this heralds a great thing is coming. She is the only player in the top 100 in history to compete in less than 100 events, and she was named the official LPGA prize champion in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
22. Aria Jutanugam
- Career Income: $10,343,149
- Total Events: 213
- Rookie Year: 2015
- Country: Thailand
Ariya Jutanugam, who is only 26 years old, has recorded 74 career top 10 results, including 12 wins. She ushered in an iconic year in 2018, winning the U.S. Women’s Open, Kingsmere Championship and Aberdeen Standard. She is also the first player to win all five awards in the LPGA year-end prizes: Player of the Year, Vare Trophy, Money Title, CME Globe and ANNIKA awards.
21. Leung Hee-ying (Amy Yang)
- Career income: $10,515,477
- Total event: 303
- Rookie Year: 2008
- Country: South Korea
Leung Hee-ying (Amy Yang) At the age of 10, she showed enough hope that when she was 15, her family chose to move to Australia to help her play golf. The move paid off well as she quickly made her mark in the sport and became the youngest champion in the European Women's Tour. On the LPGA Tour, she won four victories and 80 career top 10.
20. Zeng Yani
- Career income: $10,551,388
- Total event: 276
- Rookie Year: 2008
- Country: Taiwan, China
Zeng Yani shined in her first year on the LPGA Tour, not only won the 2008 Rookie of the Year Award with a 267-point advantage, but also earned more than $1 million that season. In 2010, she won the Tour Player of the Year Award at the age of 21, the first player from Taiwan and the second youngest player ever. She earns over $8 million, faster than any other player in LPGA history, and even though she was in the 2020 offseason, her career earnings remain in the top 20.
19. Chu Luolian (Na Yeon Choi)
- Career Income: $10,977,145
- Total Events: 297
- Rookie Year: 2008
- Country: South Korea
Chu Luolian (Na Yeon Choi) consolidated her position on the historical income list, partly because she won five games in the four years from 2010 to 2014, finishing second place 12 times and third place 7 times. She then fell into a downturn and in 2015 she affected her ball possession due to a back injury. Choi ended up taking an 11-month tour, which allowed her to recover.
18. Anna Nordqvist
- Career Income: $11,461,265
- Total Events: 303
- Rookie Year: 2009
- Country: Sweden
Anna Nordqvist is three quarters away from winning a professional Grand Slam or winning four different LPGA Grand Slam titles throughout his career. Nordqvist’s three Grand Slam wins all took place in different decades, the first time for non-American players.
17. Sei Young Kim
- Career Income: $11,572,180
- Total Events: 172
- Rookie Year: 2015
- Country: South Korea
After turning professional at the age of 17, Kim sir (Sei Young Kim sir3) spent five years on the LPGA Korea Tour. She has won over four seasons since joining the LPGA in 2015. Kim also owns Taekwondo Black Belt three sections.
16. Li Minjie
- Career Income: $11,776,158
- Total Events: 187
- Rookie Year: 2015
- Country: Australia
By winning the 2022 US Women's Open, Li Minjie returned home with a salary of $1.8 million, the biggest salary in LPGA history to win the championship. It was her second major victory in two years, winning a total of eight wins on the LPGA Tour.
15. Yeon Ryu
- Career Income: $11,916,126
- Total Events: 227
- Rookie Year: 2012
- Country: South Korea
So, Yeon Ryu, who has 6 LPGA Tour Champions and 2 major victories, is also known for her generosity. Just before the pandemic broke out in 2020, she donated the prize she won in two Australian matches to wildfire rescue. She waited for the end of the epidemic in South Korea and won the 2020 Korean Women’s Open and chose to donate $206,000 in revenue to COVID-19 related charities.
14. Feng Shanshan
- Career income: $11,981,365
- Total event: 260
- Rookie Year: 2008
- Country: China
China's highest-paid female golfer Feng Shanshan has achieved 10 victories and 93 top 10 results in her 14-year LPGA career – this is due to the epidemic, which is on vacation in 2020. When Golf returned to the Olympics in 2016 after 112 years, Fon won the bronze medal. She also participated in the Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed by the pandemic, and ranked eighth.
13. Angela Stanford
- Career Income: $12,101,441
- Total Events: 502
- Rookie Year: 2001
- Country: US
Despite the many victories of the American golfer, Angela Stanford didn’t win her first Grand Slam until 2018, when she won the Evian Championship by one stroke. Stanford is another golfer known for giving back to the community, founded her foundation of the same name in 2009 to award family scholarships for students whose families are affected by cancer. Her own mother died of cancer in early 2022.
12. Paula Creamer
- Career Income: $12,134,840
- Total Events: 339
- Rookie Year: 2005
- Country: United States
Paula Creamer started her first decade of her professional golf career, winning 10 LPGA Tour victories between the 2005 and 2014 seasons. Crimer won her only Grand Slam US Open less than four months after her thumb surgery. In 2017, she ended her season early and underwent surgery to repair the inflamed tendon on her wrist. Crimer announced she was pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl in January 2022.
11. Park Se-ri (Se-Ri Pak)
- Career Income: 12,583,713 USD
- Total Events: 365
- Rookie Year: 1998
- Country: South Korea
1998, Park Se-ri (Se-Ri Pak) won the U.S. Women's Open Championship, inspiring a generation of Korean girls to participate in this sport. The epic victory came after the 20-hole playoffs, which gave Pak her second major win of the year – her rookie year. In 2007, Pak was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame , and was the youngest player and the first Korean player to receive this honor.
10. Lexi Thompson
- Professional income: $13,326,872
- Total event: 231
- Rookie year: 2012
- Country: United States
Lexi Thompson comes from a golf family-her two older brothers are also professional golfers, and they are famous for being an caddy . Thompson made history in 2007 when she became the youngest woman to compete in the U.S. Women’s Open at the age of 12. From 2013 to 2019, Thompson won one event each season, which was the longest active winning streak on the Tour at the time.
9. Gao Baojing (Lydia Ko)
- Career Income: $13,554,224
- Total Events: 211
- Rookie Year: 2014
- Country: New Zealand
Gao Baojing (Lydia Ko) established his position in his rookie season in 2014, winning three tour victories, becoming the youngest Rookie of the Year in LPGA's history. The following year, she won five events (including one Grand Slam), becoming the youngest Player of the Year ever, and the 2015 Tour Prize winner. Gao is the only golfer on the list to win medals at two Olympic Games – she won silver at at 2016 Rio Olympic Games and bronze at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
8. July Inkster
- Career Income: $14,038,081
- Total Events: 716
- Rookie Year: 1983
- Country: United States
Juli Inkster is the only player in the top 25 history to start her career before 1990, and she still occasionally competes in the tournament at the age of 62. Inkster won two Grand Slams during her rookie year, which earned her Rookie of the Year award, and she won a total of 31 wins throughout her career. As a member of the LPGA and the World Golf Hall of Fame, Inkster received the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor of the American Golf Association, in 2022.
7. Stacy Lewis
- Career Income: $14,075,270
- Total Events: 320
- Rookie Year: 2009
- Country: United States
11 Stacy Lewis, who was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 11, wore a backrest throughout his teenage years and took it off just to play golf. Once she stops growing, she needs to have an adventurous surgery to correct her spine and hopefully play golf again.Lewis insisted on surgery and rehabilitation and became one of the greatest players in the game, winning 13 LPGA Tour victories and 2 Grand Slams. LPGA also chose her as Captain of the United States for the 2023 triennial Solheim Cup.
6. Susan Peterson
- Career Income: $14,837,579
- Total Events: 315
- Rookie Year: 2003
- Country: Norwegian
Become the top Norwegian on this list with 15 LPGA Tour Wins, Susan Peterson ended her professional golf career with a heavy putt, winning the 2019 European Solheim Cup. She was selected as captain of the European team, participating in the 2023 Transatlantic game against the United States After retirement, Pettersen joined the GEO Foundation as the sport’s sustainability ambassador.
5. Lorena Ochoa
- Career Income: $14,863,331
- Total Events: 175
- Rookie Year: 2003
- Country: Mexico
Lorena Ochoa participated in the LPGA Tour for less than 8 seasons, but during that time she amassed 27 titles. Ochoa spent 158 weeks at the top of the Women’s World Golf rankings, longer than any other player in the 16-year history.
In 2022, LPGA changed the Hall of Fame qualification requirements, stipulating that players must participate in the tour for 10 years. After doing so, the organization immediately awarded her the honor of entering the agency.
4. Park In-bi
- Career Income: $18,197,343
- Total Events: 302
- Rookie Year: 2007
- Country: South Korea
Park In-bi is famous for her putting ability in the tour, with 49.4% of putting from 10 to 15 feet, while the tour average is 29.8%. As one of the seven players who completed a professional grand slam, Park only needs to win the Evian Championship to become the second player to win a super professional grand slam.
In 2016, when she stepped on the Olympic podium and won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, Park Geun-hye added a different piece of hardware to her collection.
3. Christie Cole
- Career Income: $20,154,962
- Total Tournament: 582
- Rookie Year: 1997
- Country: United States
As former world number one Christie Cole has won 20 victories and two Grand Slams in her career. In 2020, Cole was injured in an golf cart accident and had a painful race at the U.S. Women's Open a week later. Kerr is an advocate for breast cancer and in 2009, he opened a women’s health facility in partnership with Jersey City Medical Center to provide imaging services.
2. Kelly Webber
- Career Income: $20,276,503
- Total Event: 492
- Rookie Year: 1996
- Country: Australia
Kelly Webber is the only player on the LPGA Tour to win the Super Professional Grand Slam, and she won the event in just five years. Her 41 tour wins made her the most active player on the LPGA career bonus list. In 2018, she withdrew from the Evian Championship to earn the title of Australian Order officer.
1. Annika Sorenstein
- Career Income: $22,577,025
- Total Events: 305
- Rookie Year: 1994
- Country: Sweden
Annika Sorenstein topped the list by winning 90 championships in her career, including 72 wins on the LPGA Tour. Sorenstein cemented her legendary status in the 90s when she won 18 LPGA Championships, more than any other player. In 2001, she scored 59 in the second round of the Standard Register Square, the best round of golf in the LPGA Championship to date. The LPGA’s ANNIKA Award of the Year is named after her, and is awarded the best performer in five majors in a year.
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