Lydia Ko has done it again.
The newly inducted LPGA Hall of Famer used a dominant late showing on Sunday to win her third major title at the 2024 AIG Women’s Open at St. Andrews. Ko defeated world No. 1 Nelly Korda, No. 2 Lilia Boo and No. 6 Luoning Yin by two strokes to win her first major championship in more than eight years.
With his victory, Ko will take home the first place prize of $1.425 million, up from the $1.35 million he won last year.
The 2024 AIG St. Andrews Women’s Open will have a total prize purse of $9.5 million, with LPGA players receiving the following:
Prize Payment
Position Player Earned Score 1 Lydia Ko -7 $1,425,000 T2 Lilia Vu -5 $641,546 T2 Ruoning Yin -5 $641,546 T2 Nelly Korda -5 $641,546 T2 Jiayi Xin -4 $641,546 6 Ariya Jutanugarn -3 $344,457 T7 Akie Iwai -2 $254,9 60 T7 Cassandra Alexander – 2 $254,960 T7 Mao Saigo -2 $254,960 T10 Angel Ying -1 $172,856 T10 Lynn Grant -1 $172,856 T10 Pajaree Anandnarkarn -1 $172,856 T10 Nanna Keltz-Madsen -1 $172,856 T10 Lottie Ward (a) -1 $0 T10 Alexa Pano -1 $172,856 T10 Jin Him -1 $172,856 T17 Anne Van Dam E $130,519 T17 Ataya Thitikul E $130,519 T17 Jenny Shin E $130,519 T20 Albane Valenzuela 1 $116,750 T20 Charlie Hull 1 $116, 750 T22 Momoko Ozato 2 $98,605 T22 Georgia Hall 2 $98,605 T22 Ashley Buhai 2 $98,605 T22 Linnea Strom 2 $98,605 T22 Celine Boutier 2 $98,605 T22 Andrea Lee 2 $98,605 T22 Seo Mi Lee 2 $98,605 T29 Paula Leto 3 $73,966 T29 Katsu Minami 3 $73,966 T29 Julia Lopez Ramirez (a) 3 $0 T29 Sarah Schmelzel 3 $73,966 T29 Kawamoto Yui 3 $73,966 T29 Rose Chang 3 $73,966 T29 Allison Lee 3 $73,966 T29 Kim Hyo-Ju 3 $73,966 T37 Wichanee Meechai 4 $49,152 T37 Grace Kim 4 $49,152 T37 Furue Ayaka 4 $49,152 T37 Kim Sei Young 4 $49,152 T37 Hataoka Nasa 4 $49,152 T37 Choi Hye-jin 4 $49,152 T37 Nicole Bloch-Estrup 4 $49,152 T37 Carlo Tasiganda 4 $49,152 T37 Allie Ewing 4 $49,152 T37 Amy Yang 4 $49,152 T37 Leona Maguire 4 $49,152 T37 Esther Henseleit 4 $49,152 T49 Alpichaya Ubol 5 $33,102 T49 Weiwei Zhang 5 $33,102 T49 Kristen Gilman 5 $33,102 T49 Helan Liu 5 $33,102 T49 Caroline Inglis 5 $33,102 T49 Gaby Lopez 5 $33,102 T55 Haruka Kawasaki 6 $26,906 T55 Lin Shiyu 6 $26,906 T55 LeeAnn Pace 6 $26,906 T55 Lexi Thompson 6 $26,906 T55 Mihyang Lee 6 $26,906 T60 Lily May Humphries 7 $20,608 T60 Nalin Ang 7 $20,608 T60 Gabriella Cowley 7 $20,608 T60 Shannon Tan 7 $20,608 T60 Alexandra Forsterling 7 $20,608 T60 Marta Martin 7 $20,608 T60 Akari Sakuma 7 $20,608 T60 Louise Rydqvist (a) 7 $0 T60 Nuria Iturrios 7 $20,608 T60 Stephanie Kyriacou 7 $20,608 T60 Patty Tabatanakit 7 $20,608 T71 Manon De Roe 8 $15,088 T71 Emma Spitz 8 $15,088 T71 Johanna Gustafsson 8 $15,088 T71 Maja Stark 8 $15,088 T71 Peiyun Chen 8 $15,088 T76 Morgan Metrau 9 $11,500 T76 Emma Greci 9 $11,500 T78 Bailey Tardy 10 $10,923 T78 Ella Anacona (a) 10 $0 T78 Auston Kim 10 $10,923 81 In-Kyung Kim 11 $10,491 82 Ursula Wikstrom 12 $10,203