May 1st, 2026
By Australian Golf Digest
The LPGA moves to Mexico as it is coming off the high of Nelly Korda winning the Chevron Championship to collect her third major title, which moved her back to World No. 1. And, as luck would have it … Korda is playing.
Yes, the best player in the world went from Houston to Mexico for the Riviera Maya Open at the El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba. The 125-player field is playing for the $2.5 million purse with the winner taking home $375,000 for a victory.
Korda will capture most of the headlines all week, and rightfully so. She hasn’t finished worse than second place all year and has two victories. Chizzy Iwai is back to defend her title from her rookie season.
Looking more at the field, there are 21 LPGA rookies playing this week and there are nine players from Mexico playing in their home country. (Maria Belcazar, Maria Fassi, Isabella Fierro, Ana Jimenez, Alejandra Llaneza, Gaby Lopez, Andrea Ostos, amateur Claris Temelo and Carolina Rotzinger.)
Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
Here’s the breakdown at Mayakoba
WIN: $375,000
2: $231,449
3: $167,900
4: $129,883
5: $104,542
6: $85,534
7: $71,595
8: $62,726
9: $56,390
10: $51,320
11: $47,518
12: $44,350
13: $41,562
14: $39,028
15: $36,747
16: $34,720
17: $32,947
18: $31,426
19: $30,159
20: $29,144
21: $28,132
22: $27,117
23: $26,105
24: $25,090
25: $24,203
26: $23,317
27: $22,428
28: $21,541
29: $20,655
30: $19,894
31: $19,134
32: $18,373
33: $17,613
34: $16,852
35: $16,220
36: $15,586
37: $14,954
38: $14,319
39: $13,684
40: $13,178
41: $12,672
42: $12,166
43: $11,657
44: $11,151
45: $10,771
46: $10,390
47: $10,010
48: $9,630
49: $9,250
50: $8,869
51: $8,618
52: $8,363
53: $8,109
54: $7,857
55: $7,603
56: $7,348
57: $7,097
58: $6,842
59: $6,590
60: $6,336
61: $6,210
62: $6,082
63: $5,956
64: $5,830
65: $5,701
66: $5,575
67: $5,450
68: $5,321
69: $5,195
70: $5,069
71: $5,006
72: $4,941
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com