How much will LPGA’s 2023 Lotte Championship winner get? Prize money and winner’s share explored

The LPGA Tour returned to Hawaii for the 2023 Lotte Championship. Day 2 of the event held at the Hoakalei Country Club in Ewa Beach ended with Natthakritta Vongtaveelap and Sung Yu-jin sharing an early lead. They will continue their competition on Friday to take the winner’s share of $300,000 from the $2 million purse prize on offer, the highest paycheck in the LPGA Tour this season.

The 2023 Lotte Championship field is being headlined by the likes of Brooke Henderson, Celine Boutier, Georgia Hall, and defending champion Hyo Joo Kim. While Henderson, a two-time winner of the tournament, had a decent T11 start to the event, Boutier had a forgettable one, sitting at T27. Meanwhile, Hall became the best of the favorites after finding her way to T3 with Linnea Strom, just one shot behind the leaders.

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World No. 9 Kim, who is also the defending champion, currently sits at T57. The 27-year-old has a big task in hand if she wishes to retain her title. Meanwhile, fans still have their bets on Boutier. Having won the LPGA Drive On Championship last month, the Frenchwoman still stands a chance to change her game around this week and take her third LPGA Tour victory.

It is pertinent to note that LPGA’s top names like Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda chose to sit the event out, as it comes just a week ahead of the year’s first major, the Chevron Championship.

LPGA Tour 2023 Lotte Championship prize money

Here is the complete prize money breakdown for the Lotte Championship:

1 - $300,000
2 - $188,110
3 - $136,461
4 - $105,562
5 - $84,967
6 - $69,518
7 - $58,189
8 - $50,981
9 - $45,831
10 - $41,711
11 - $38,619
12 - $36,046
13 - $33,779
14 - $31,720
15 - $29,866
16 - $28,218
17 - $26,777
18 - $25,542
19 - $24,512
20 - $23,687
21 - $22,864
22 - $22,039
23 - $21,216
24 - $20,392
25 - $19,671
26 - $18,951
27 - $18,229
28 - $17,507
29 - $16,787
30 - $16,169
31 - $15,551
32 - $14,933
33 - $14,315
34 - $13,697
35 - $13,183
36 - $12,667
37 - $12,153
38 - $11,638
39 - $11,122
40 - $10,711
41 - $10,299
42 - $9,888
43 - $9,474
44 - $9,063
45 - $8,754
46 - $8,445
47 - $8,136
48 - $7,826
49 - $7,518
50 - $7,209
51 - $7,003
52 - $6,798
53 - $6,591
54 - $6,386
55 - $6,179
56 - $5,973
57 - $5,768
58 - $5,561
59 - $5,357
60 - $5,150
61 - $5,047
62 - $4,943
63 - $4,840
64 - $4,738
65 - $4,634
66 - $4,531