It’s not often the prize money dolled away at an event is cause for newsworthiness alone, but at the Circumstance. S. Women’s Open , that’s precisely what’s proceeding.

Thanks to ProMedica — the Women’s Open’s first title sponsor — the purse at Desire Needles will be the largest in to women’s golf history . At $9,99 million, the payout heading towards 2022 Women’s Open will certainly nearly two fold the $5. 5 million sum rewarded at Olympic Club really June. It’s a monumental success for the women’s game, both in words of dollars-and-cents, and in key phrases of pay equity, which has lagged like men’s purses have soared a lot.

The rise means those who made it on to the weekend in North Carolina should be sent paychecks similar to those handed out weekly in the men’s endeavor, and sets the stage for broader purse increase throughout the sport.

In short, the historic revenue flowing into the U. Le. Women’s Open is a big deal to those in and around the most important women’s game, particularly all those see their responsibility toward the sport in ensuring a complete fairer, more lucrative future.

“It’s important that organizations like the USGA buy in and boost the purses, ” Michelle Wie-West told  GOLF. com premature this week. “It levels upward for everyone else to have to completely overcome that and level it up. Is considered always really important for that right away buy-in to increase the bag. The USGA has done this amazing job over the years to always be that pioneer. ”

Between the purse and the four-hour national broadcast window (3-7 p. meters. ET on NBC), Sun is primed for a old finish at Pine Proceedures. Below, find everything you need to know about the monster $10 million dollars purse, including payout points and winner’s share.

U. S. Women’s Accessible payout information, winner’s portion

1 . $1, 800, 000
repayments $1, 080, 000
3. $685, 000
4. $480, 225
5. $399, 982
6. $354, 658
7. $319, 738
8. $286, 363
9. $259, 169
10. $238, 052
11. $217, 245
12. $200, 866
13. $187, 166
14. $172, 745
15. $160, 384
16. $150, 083
17. $141, 842
18. $133, 602
19. $125, 361
20. $117, 120
21. $110, 013
22. $102, 905
23. $96, 003
24. $89, 617
25. $84, 054
26. $79, 316
27. $75, 711
28. $72, 518
29. $69, 427
30. $66, 337
31. $63, 247
32. $60, 156
33. $57, 066
34. $54, 285
35. $52, 019
36. $49, 753
37. $47, 589
38. $45, 529
39. $43, 469
40. $41, 409
41. $39, 349
42. $37, 289
43. $35, 228
44. $33, 168
45. $31, 108
46. $29, 254
47. $27, 400
48. $25, 649
49. $24, 619
50. $23, 588
51. $22, 970
52. $22, 455
53. $22, 043
54. $21, 837
55. $21, 631
56. $21, 425
57. $21, 219
58. $21, 013
59. $20, 807
60. $20, 601
61. $20, 395
62. $20, 189
63. $19, 983
64. $19, 777
65. $19, 571
66. $19, 365

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