LPGA players to compete for $101.4million next year

Ireland Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire will be among the LPGA players competing for a record $101.4million US dollars next season, after Tour officials announced purse details.

"Because of our athletes, partners, volunteers and incredible fans, 2023 will be a banner year for the LPGA Tour," LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan said in announcing the 33-event schedule.

"The schedule features new events, elevated purses, unique formats and world-class golf courses. Our athletes are playing for more total prize money than any time in history, and we have over 500 hours of broadcast television.

"All those things combine to make the LPGA the leading women's professional sports property in the world."

The Club at Carlton Woods in Texas will make its debut as host of The Chevron Championship, the first women's major of the season, in April, while July's US Women's Open will be staged at Pebble Beach for the first time.

The AIG Women's Open will take place at Walton Heath, venue for the 1981 Ryder Cup, from 10-13 August.