Almost any other season, Minjee Lee’s $3,809,960 earnings would’ve topped the LPGA money list. But with the CME Group Tour Championship offering a record-setting $2 million first-place prize, Lydia Ko’s season-ending victory pushed her to the top of the list for 2022 at $4,364,403. Lee finished second.
Ko moved up to fifth on the LPGA career money list with $16,695,357, ahead of Lorena Ochoa. Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb, Cristie Kerr and Inbee Park are the four players ahead of Ko.
A record-setting six players crossed the $2 million mark this season on the LPGA and 27 players won seven figures.
Where do Ko’s season earnings rank in history? Read on:
Lorena Ochoa of Mexico follows through on a tee shot during the fourth round of the Tres Marias Championship at the Tres Marias Country Club on May 2, 2010 in Morelia, Mexico. (Photo by Darren Carroll/Getty Images)
Lorena Ochoa’s span of dominance began in 2006 with a major championship record 62 at the Kraft Nabisco (now Chevron). Ochoa won six events in ’06 and clinched her first Rolex Player of the Year award. She also won the Vare Trophy (given to the player with the lowest scoring average) and topped the money list. She finished in the top 10 in 21 of 25 starts.
Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand plays her shot from the first tee during day four of the The Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 25, 2021 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Ariya Jutanugarn’s 2018 three-win season was highlighted by a U.S. Women’s Open, her second major title. Jutanugarn’s three-win season set single-season records in rounds in the 60s and birdies. She won LPGA Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy and the money title.
Lorena Ochoa of Mexico tosses her ball marker on the 16th green during her second round match at the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club on July 7, 2006.
Ochoa’s 2008 season included her second major championship title at what’s now the Chevron Championship. The next week she won the Corona Championship in Mexico by 11 strokes to earn the last point needed for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Once again, Ochoa swept the Player of the Year and Vare Trophy titles. She won seven times in 2008 and took the money title for a third straight year.
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