Money can’t buy happiness, and it also doesn’t buy major championships.
Lydia Ko, a two-time major champion at the Chevron and Amundi Evian Championships, is chasing the third leg of the career Grand Slam at the U.S. Women’s Open. She’ll be competing for a $1.8 million winner’s check, which is part of an all-time high $10 million dollar purse, Ko says all the money in the world won’t change what it means to win a major title.
“When there's just so much on the line, none of us -- I can say none of us are going to think about the money,” Ko said Tuesday about the purse, which doubled from 2021.