Minjee Lee became the third Australian to win three major championships – joining Karrie Webb and Jan Stephenson – when she overcame demanding conditions at Fields Ranch East to win the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The Aussie now owns 11 LPGA titles, including three different majors. It marked her first victory since the fall of 2023.
Lee’s resurgence of late can be traced back to a major equipment change when she put the long putter in play at the start of the 2023 season. Her strokes gained putting rank improved from 137th in 2024 to fifth in 2025.
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Earlier in the week tournament officials announced a purse increase to $12 million, matching the U.S. Women’s Open for the highest prize fund on tour. For perspective, just four years ago the KPMG purse was $4.5 million.
Lee earned $1.8 million for her victory. At the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open, she earned the biggest paycheck in women’s golf history to date when she earned $1.8 million. (Later that same season, the winner of CME Group Tour Championship in November earned $2 million.)
For Auston Kim, a tie for second gave her the biggest paycheck of her young career at $944,867. Prior to that, her biggest paycheck was $205,279 for a third place at the 2024 Lotte Championship.
Minjee Lee hits a putt on the 13th hole during the final round of the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco.
2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship prize money payouts
Pos.
Name
Score
Earnings
1
Minjee Lee
-4
$1,800,000
T2
Auston Kim
-1
$944,867
T2
Chanettee Wannasaen
-1
$944,867
4
Jeeno Thitikul
1
$614,613
5
Chisato Iwai
1
$494,695
T6
Angel Yin
2
$371,771
T6
Miyu Yamashita
2
$371,771
T8
Somi Lee
3
$281,829
T8
Hye-Jin Choi
3
$281,829
T10
Wei-Ling Hsu
4
$233,853
T10
Pauline Roussin – Bouchard
4
$233,853
T12
Jenny Shin
5
$176,288
T12
Lydia Ko
5
$176,288
T12
Lucy Li
5
$176,288
T12
Esther Henseleit
5
$176,288
T12
Charley Hull
5
$176,288
T12
Yealimi Noh
5
$176,288
T12
Lexi Thompson
5
$176,288
T19
Youmin Hwang
6
$172,692
T19
Miranda Wang
6
$172,692
T19
Leona Maguire
6
$172,692
T19
Nelly Korda
6
$172,692
T23
Rio Takeda
7
$112,531
T23
Andrea Lee
7
$112,531
T23
Jennifer Kupcho
7
$112,531
T23
Brianna Do
7
$112,531
T23
Shinsil Bang
7
$112,531
T23
Ruoning Yin
7
$112,531
T29
Azahara Munoz
8
$99,840
T29
Akie Iwai
8
$99,840
T31
Dewi Weber
9
$83,467
T31
Mi Hyang Lee
9
$83,467
T31
In-Gee Chun
9
$83,467
T31
Ruixin Liu
9
$83,467
T31
Lindy Duncan
9
$83,467
T36
Minami Katsu
10
$62,760
T36
Nasa Hataoka
10
$62,760
T36
Morgane Metraux
10
$62,760
T36
Julia Lopez Ramirez
10
$62,760
T36
Kumkang Park
10
$62,760
T36
Mary Liu
10
$62,760
T36
Gabriela Ruffels
10
$62,760
T36
Brooke M. Henderson
10
$62,760
T36
Grace Kim
10
$62,760
T45
Arpichaya Yubol
11
$50,068
T45
Yan Liu
11
$50,068
T47
Jenny Bae
12
$43,893
T47
Maja Stark
12
$43,893
T47
Karis Davidson
12
$43,893
T47
Stephanie Kyriacou
12
$43,893
T47
Gaby Lopez
12
$43,893
T52
Sei Young Kim
13
$35,378
T52
Megan Khang
13
$35,378
T52
Ariya Jutanugarn
13
$35,378
T52
Ryann O’Toole
13
$35,378
T52
Soo Bin Joo
13
$35,378
T52
Paula Reto
13
$35,378
T52
Patty Tavatanakit
13
$35,378
T52
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
13
$35,378
T52
Bianca Pagdanganan
13
$35,378
T61
Yuna Nishimura
14
$28,183
T61
Jing Yan
14
$28,183
T61
Brooke Matthews
14
$28,183
T61
Peiyun Chien
14
$28,183
T61
Hae Ran Ryu
14
$28,183
T66
Yuka Saso
15
$26,088
T66
Na Rin An
15
$26,088
68
Hannah Green
16
$25,179
T69
Moriya Jutanugarn
17
$24,285
T69
Ana Belac
17
$24,285
T71
Carlota Ciganda
18
$23,537
T71
Jasmine Suwannapura
18
$23,537
73
Rose Zhang
19
$23,081
74
Olivia Cowan
20
$22,786
T75
Lauren Hartlage
21
$22,368
T75
Nataliya Guseva
21
$22,368
77
Hira Naveed
24
$21,943
78
Ilhee Lee
25
$21,662
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship 2025 prize money payouts for LPGA major
