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Women's British Open gets bump in prize money to $10 million

By The Korea Herald

The Chevron Championship bumped its purse an additional $1 million two days before the opening round to a record $9 million, and Nelly Korda went wire-to-wire to claim the $1.35 million top prize. Two days later, The R&A and title sponsor AIG announced Tuesday yet another increase for the Women's British Open to $10 million. That makes it the third LPGA major to have an eight-figure prize fund, trailing the US Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA at $12 million each. It's only a $250,000 bump from