The prize fund for the AIG Women’s Open, which is being played this week at Royal Porthcawl will be $9.75 million, an increase of $250,000 on the previous year.
The prize fund for the Championship has tripled since before The R&A’s partnership with AIG began in 2019. This year the Champion will take home $1,462,500, the highest amount in the AIG Women’s Open’s 49-year history.
The growth in the AIG Women’s Open prize fund
- 2025 – $9.75 million
- 2024 – $9.5 million
- 2023 – $9 million
- 2022 – $7.3 million
- 2021 – $5.8 million
- 2020 – $4.5 million
- 2019 – $4.5 million (beginning of The R&A and AIG partnership)
- 2018 – $3.25 million
Established in 1976 and now owned by The R&A, the AIG Women’s Open is one of the five major championships in women’s golf, with 144 of the world’s leading players competing for the Championship Trophy and a smaller subset competing for the Smyth Salver awarded to the leading amateur who completes 72 holes.
The Championship is the showpiece for The R&A’s commitment to growing women and girls’ golf via the Women in Golf Charter. The AIG Women’s Open aims to champion the changing face of women’s golf; to inspire, engage and provoke in order to challenge perceptions that will shape the future of the sport.
Despite the increase in prize money, the AIG Women’s Open is still third behind the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open in terms of total prize fund with each of the leading two offering $12 million purses.
2025 women’s major tournament prize funds
Chevron Championship: $8million
Women’s PGA Championship: $12million
US Women’s Open: $12million
Evian Championship: $8million
AIG Women’s Open: $9.75million
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