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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 23: Jin Young Ko of South Korea plays her shot on the second tee during the third round of the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open held at Wilshire Country Club on April 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 23: Jin Young Ko of South Korea plays her shot on the second tee during the third round of the HUGEL-AIR PREMIA LA Open held at Wilshire Country Club on April 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
After the 2004 US Women’s Open, the LPGA Tour visited New England for the first time during the inaugural FM Championship. A total of 144 top golfers from the LPGA Tour teed up at TPC Boston, but only one will come out victorious. And what will she get? Well, as per July’s update from the American circuit, the FM Championship boasts about having the biggest prize purse aside from majors and the season-ending championship.
So, the winner is in for a treat! The commercial property insurer, FM, increased the prize purse of the FM Championship by $300,000 and put it up to $3.8 million. From this, the winner will amass a check of $570,000 while the runner-up will get $358,437. Moreover, there will also be 500 Race to CMW Globe points up for grabs and the offer to rank better on the Rolex Rankings is always there.
Furthermore, the LPGA Tour reported that during the 5-year-long deal, the FM Championship will increase the prize purse to $5 million in 2028. The two are all in for providing maximum enhancement in women’s golf and for the athletes who play day and night.
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| 1st | $570,000 |
| 2nd | $358,437 |
| 3rd | $260,020 |
| 4th | $201,146 |
| 5th | $161,900 |
| 6th | $132,463 |
| 7th | $110,877 |
| 8th | $97,141 |
| 9th | $87,329 |
| 10th | $79,478 |
| 11th | $73,589 |
| 12th | $68,683 |
| 13th | $64,365 |
| 14th | $60,442 |
| 15th | $56,909 |
| 16th | $53,769 |
| 17th | $51,024 |
| 18th | $48,668 |
| 19th | $46,706 |
| 20th | $45,135 |
| 21st | $43,567 |
| 22nd | $41,995 |
| 23rd | $40,427 |
| 24th | $38,856 |
| 25th | $37,483 |
| 26th | $36,110 |
| 27th | $34,733 |
| 28th | $33,361 |
| 29th | $31,988 |
| 30th | $30,810 |
| 31st | $29,632 |
| 32nd | $28,454 |
| 33rd | $27,277 |
| 34th | $26,099 |
| 35th | $25,120 |
| 36th | $24,137 |
| 37th | $23,158 |
| 38th | $22,175 |
| 39th | $21,193 |
| 40th | $20,409 |
| 41st | $19,625 |
| 42nd | $18,841 |
| 43rd | $18,053 |
| 44th | $17,269 |
| 45th | $16,680 |
| 46th | $16,091 |
| 47th | $15,502 |
| 48th | $14,914 |
| 49th | $14,325 |
| 50th | $13,736 |
| 51st | $13,346 |
| 52nd | $12,952 |
| 53rd | $12,558 |
| 54th | $12,168 |
| 55th | $11,774 |
| 56th | $11,380 |
| 57th | $10,990 |
| 58th | $10,596 |
| 59th | $10,206 |
| 60th | $9,812 |
| 61st | $9,617 |
| 62nd | $9,418 |
| 63rd | $9,223 |
| 64th | $9,028 |
| 65th | $8,830 |
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Well, it can be seen that the people who make the 36-hole cut would be in for a better paycheck than any other regular LPGA Tour event, but what about the ones who missed the cut? Fret not, the sponsor has taken care of that as well.
What’s in store for those who missed the FM Championship’s cut?
When FM introduced the new prize purse for the event in TPC Boston, they vowed to provide an excellent experience for golf fans and athletes alike through the partnership with the LPGA Tour. And to celebrate it better, they could not think of anything but to invest “additional support for the incredible athletes of the LPGA Tour,” said senior vice president, and chief client experience officer at FM, David Johnson.
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Thus, on top of the increased purse and complimentary hotel accommodations for all the 144 pros in the field, FM also offered $1,000 more to all those who could not make the cut and play the weekends in TPC Boston. It was their way of encouraging the athletes as the LPGA Tour joined the other leagues on the trend of increasing purses.
The field probably loved the idea and as the FM Championship will be back in 2025, there is a chance that the $3.8 million prize purse will be increased!
