Jonny Leighfield
World No.1, Nelly Korda has been the standout player in the women's game this year, with an incredible seven victories including her second Major triumph at the Chevron Championship.
She has become the first person since Yani Tseng in 2011 to win seven times in a single LPGA season.
The Floridian won a remarkable five consecutive tournaments between and then picked up her sixth trophy in seven starts at the Mizuno Americas Open in June. She bagged her seventh trophy of the year in November at The Annika, and currently sits well clear at the top of the world rankings.
Much has been made of Scottie Scheffler's earnings this year, with the men's World No.1 also enjoying an historic season on the PGA Tour. Scheffler has won around $63m in official money and bonuses, including the $25m FedEx Cup, and his caddie Ted Scott has earned almost $5.5m too.
Incredibly, Korda has earned less than Scheffler's looper this year despite her seven victories, showing the enormous gap between money in the men's and women's games.
Korda earned $4.4m on the LPGA Tour this season, which puts her second in the money list behind Jeeno Thitikul by around $1.7m. Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship to earn $4m and land the biggest winner's check ever offered in women's golf.
Meanwhile, Korda's biggest payday in 2024 came at the Chevron Championship in April, where she beat Sweden's Maja Stark by two to win her fifth consecutive tournament and second Major championship to bank $1.2m.
Her second-biggest check came at The Annika where she pocketed $487,500, with her third-largest check of $450,000 coming at the Mizuho Americas Open, where she banked 450,000. Her other four victories earned her between $262,500 and $337,500.
It has taken her on-course career earnings on the LPGA Tour to $13.3m, which remarkably is still around $50m short of what Scheffler has earned in 2024. However, that gap has been bridged slightly by the revelation that Korda accumulated roughly $10m in endorsements in 2024, making her one of the highest-paid female athletes in the world this year.
Korda is currently 16th in the LPGA Tour's career money list, which she should be very near the top of by the end of her incredible career.
NELLY KORDA LPGA TOUR WINNINGS 2024
| Tournament | Finish | Money |
|---|---|---|
| Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions | T16 (-2) | $24,216 |
| LPGA Drive On Championship | 1 (-11) | $262,500 |
| Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship | 1 (-9) | $300,000 |
| Ford Championship presented by KCC | 1 (-20) | $337,500 |
| T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards | 1 (4&3 vs Leona Maguire) | $300,000 |
| The Chevron Championship | 1 (-13) | $1,200,000 |
| Cognizant Founders Cup | T7 (-7) | $69,492 |
| Mizuho Americas Open | 1 (-14) | $450,000 |
| US Women's Open presented by Ally | CUT (+10) | $0 |
| Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give | CUT (-1) | $0 |
| KPMG Women's PGA Championship | CUT (+6) | $0 |
| The Amundi Evian Championship | T26 (-5) | $63,163 |
| AIG Women's Open | T2 (-9) | $594,759 |
| Kroger Queen City Championship | T5 (-14) | $75,300 |
| The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican | 1 (-14) | $487,500 |
| CME Group Tour Championship | T5 (-15) | $227,500 |
| Total | Row 16 - Cell 1 | $4,391,930 |
NELLY KORDA CAREER EARNINGS
| Year | Money |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $442.1k |
| 2018 | $1.1m |
| 2019 | $1.7m |
| 2020 | $575.9k |
| 2021 | $2.4m |
| 2022 | $1.4m |
| 2023 | $1.4m |
| 2024 | $4.4m ($10m endorsements) |
| Career money | $23.1m |
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