BMW Ladies Championship Preview, Field And Prize Money

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published 18 October 2022

The third edition of the BMW Ladies Championship is set to get underway at Oak Valley Country Club in the Republic of Korea.

As the 2022 season is coming to a close, you'd be forgiven for thinking there is little to play for. In contrast, 78 of the best players in the world will take part in this no-cut event with very little separating the top of the Race to the CME Globe season standings.

World No.1 Jin Young Ko makes a much-anticipated return to action and will do so in defence of her title. The 27-year-old last featured on the LPGA Tour at the CP Women's Open in August before taking time away from the game to rehabilitate a wrist injury. The two-time Major winning Korean returns to her home country in search of her 14th LPGA Tour title.

The field includes seven of the top-10 in the Race to the CME Globe Standings and six of the top-10 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings. Lydia Ko is leading the season-long race and returns to Korea where she finished T3 last year.

She will however, be looking over her shoulder at the chasing trio of US Women's Open champion Minjee Lee, teenage prodigy Atthaya Thittikul and Chevron Championship winner Jennifer Kupcho.

Despite a returning Jin Young Ko, many will fancy the in-form World No.2 Atthaya Thittikul. The 19-year-old, who is dubbed the fastest rising star in golf, claimed her second title of the year at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship when she defeated Danielle Kang in a playoff and followed that with consecutive top-10 finishes.

Kang, who revealed after the second round of the US Women's Open that she was diagnosed with a tumour on her spine, is present for just her sixth start since returning from treatment. The 29-year-old will be looking to add to the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions title earlier this year.

Leona Maguire, Paula Reto, Andrea Lee, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and AIG Women’s Open champion Ashleigh Buhai round off what must be considered one of the strongest fields on the LPGA Tour this season.

Notable absentees include Lexi Thompson, who secured a dominant victory at the Aramco Team Series in New York and recently-crowned Amundi Evian Championship winner, Brooke Henderson.

The field will be competing for a $2m purse, with the winner taking home a cheque for $300,000.

Minjee Lee with 2021 Evian Championship trophy

BMW Ladies Championship Prize Money Breakdown

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Position	Prize Money
1	$300,000
2	$182,538
3	$132,418
4	$102,436
5	$82,450
6	$67,458
7	$56,465
8	$49,470
9	$44,473
10	$40,475
11	$37,476
12	$34,978
13	$32,779
14	$30,781
15	$28,981
16	$27,382
17	$25,984
18	$24,785
19	$23,786
20	$22,985
21	$22,187
22	$21,386
23	$20,588
24	$19,788
25	$19,088
26	$18,390
27	$17,688
28	$16,989
29	$16,290
30	$15,690
31	$15,090
32	$14,491
33	$13,891
34	$13,291
35	$12,792
36	$12,292
37	$11,794
38	$11,293
39	$10,792
40	$10,393
41	$9,994
42	$9,595
43	$9,194
44	$8,794
45	$8,494
46	$8,195
47	$7,895
48	$7,595
49	$7,295
50	$6,995
51	$6,796
52	$6,596
53	$6,395
54	$6,197
55	$5,996
56	$5,796
57	$5,597
58	$5,396
59	$5,198
60	$4,997
61	$4,898
62	$4,796
63	$4,697
64	$4,598
65	$4,496
66	$4,397
67	$4,298
68	$4,197
69	$4,097
70	$3,998
71	$3,948
72	$3,897
73	$3,847
74	$3,798
75	$3,752
76	$3,704
77	$3,657
78	$3,610

BMW Ladies Championship Field

A Lim Kim
Albane Valenzuela
Alison Lee
Allisen Corpuz
Amy Yang
Andrea Lee
Angel Yin
Anna Nordqvist
Annie Park
Ariya Jutanugarn
Ashleigh Buhai
Atthaya Thitikul
Brittany Altomare
Bronte Law
Carlota Ciganda
Celine Boutier
Chella Choi
Cheyenne Knight
Daniela Darquea
Danielle Kang
Emily Kristine Pedersen
Emma Talley
Esther Henseleit
Eun Hee Ji
Frida Kinhult
Gemma Dryburgh
Haeji Kang
Hannah Green
Hinako Shibuno
Hye-Jin Choi
Hyo Joo Kim
Hyunjo Yoo (a)
In Kyung Kim
Jasmine Suwannapura
Jennifer Kupcho
Jennifer Song
Jenny Shin
Jeongeun Lee6
Jin Young Ko
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
Kelly Tan
Lauren Coughlin
Leona Maguire
Lilia Vu
Lindsey Weaver-Wright
Linn Grant
Lizette Salas
Lydia Ko
Maria Fassi
Matilda Castren
Maude-Aimee Leblanc
Mi Hyang Lee
Minjee Lee
Minsol Kim (a)
Moriya Jutanugarn
Na Yeon Choi
Nanna Koerstz Madsen
Narin An
Nasa Hataoka
Pajaree Anannarukarn
Patty Tavatanakit
Paula Reto
Pauline Roussin
Peiyun Chien
Pornanong Phatlum
Sarah Schmelzel
Sei Young Kim
So Yeon Ryu
Sophia Schubert
Stephanie Kyriacou
Stephanie Meadow
Su Oh
Sung Hyun Park
Wei-Ling Hsu
Wichanee Meechai
Yaeeun Hong
Yealimi Noh
Yuka Saso

Who Won The 2021 BMW Ladies Championship?

Jin Young Ko overcame a four stroke deficit with a final round 8-under-par 64 to tie Hee Jeong Lim. On the first playoff hole, Ko earned her second-consecutive victory and the 200th win by a Korean-born player on the LPGA Tour by virtue of a birdie.

Where Is The BMW Ladies Championship Being Played?

The BMW Ladies Championship will be contested at Oak Valley Country Club in the Republic of Korea.

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