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LPGA announces changes to points race |
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(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) The Race to the CME Globe will be more frantic starting next year, and the winner of the LPGA Tour's season-ending tournament is going to get considerably richer. Tour and event officials announced Tuesday night that the CME Group Tour Championship's purse in 2019 will double to $5 million, with the winner getting $1.5 million - the largest first-place share in women's golf history. The biggest winner's check and purse on the LPGA Tour this season were both at the U.S. Women's Open, where Ariya Jutanugarn won $900,000 of the $5 million total purse. |
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| Money Leaders: LPGA Tour | |||
| Rank | Player | Earnings | |
| 1 | Ariya Jutanugarn | $2,667,983 | |
| 2 | Minjee Lee | $1,538,391 | |
| 3 | Sung Hyun Park | $1,466,266 | |
| 4 | Brooke Henderson | $1,428,539 | |
| 5 | Nasa Hataoka | $1,401,440 | |
| 6 | Sei Young Kim | $1,324,710 | |
| 7 | So Yeon Ryu | $1,299,382 | |
| 8 | Carlota Ciganda | $1,168,644 | |
| 9 | Jin Young Ko | $1,154,198 | |
| 10 | Danielle Kang | $1,097,696 | |
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