LPGA icon Michelle Wie West reacts to $6.5m prize hike in the AIG Women’s Open

LPGA icon Michelle Wie West reacts to .5m prize hike in the AIG Women’s Open

LPGA Tour’s Michelle Wie West reacted to the enhance in the prize cash of the AIG Ladies’s Open. The ladies’s ultimate main of the 12 months will happen this week. The match had a major enhance in its prize cash over the years.

The AIG Women’s Open had a handbag of $3.25 million in 2018, and it was elevated to $9.75 million in 2025. Final 12 months, it was $9.5 million.

The LPGA Tour shared a submit on its Instagram account, asserting the prize cash. The submit was reshared by Michelle Wie West on her Instagram account with a seven-word caption:

“That is what we like to see!!”

LPGA icon Michelle Wie West reacts to $6.5m prize hike in the AIG Women’s Open/@michellewiewestLPGA icon Michelle Wie West reacts to $6.5m prize hike in the AIG Women’s Open/@michellewiewest
LPGA icon Michelle Wie West reacts to $6.5m prize hike in the AIG Women’s Open/@michellewiewest

Michelle Wie West final performed on the LPGA Tour in 2023 at the U.S. Ladies’s Open and has since been away from the greens. Nonetheless, she shared her pleasure for the improvement in the sport.

Wie West had performed in the Women’s British Open, now referred to as the AIG Women’s Open, in her profession.. Her finest end at a serious was a tie for third place, which she recorded in 2005 and 2017. She has solely gained one main occasion in her profession, the U.S. Women’s Open in 2014.


A glance into the prize cash breakdown of the AIG Women’s Open 2025

The winner of the AIG Women’s Open will obtain a test of $1,462,500, adopted by $962,424 for second-place end. The match has a cutline after two rounds. Nonetheless, those that missed the reduce can even be awarded prize cash of $4,250 every.

Right here is the prize cash distribution for the 2025 AIG Women’s Open:

  • WIN: $1,462,500
  • 2: $962,424
  • 3: $697,059
  • 4: $538,313
  • 5: $432,493
  • 6: $353,120
  • 7: $294,915
  • 8: $257,879
  • 9: $231,421
  • 10: $210,253
  • 11: $194,374
  • 12: $181,145
  • 13: $169,504
  • 14: $158,925
  • 15: $149,398
  • 16: $140,933
  • 17: $133,530
  • 18: $127,178
  • 19: $121,889
  • 20: $117,651
  • 21: $113,424
  • 22: $109,186
  • 23: $104,958
  • 24: $100,721
  • 25: $97,019
  • 26: $93,318
  • 27: $89,695
  • 28: $85,904
  • 29: $82,202
  • 30: $79,027
  • 31: $75,851
  • 32: $72,675
  • 33: $69,499
  • 34: $66,324
  • 35: $63,684
  • 36: $61,034
  • 37: $58,395
  • 38: $55,745
  • 39: $53,095
  • 40: $50,981
  • 41: $48,867
  • 42: $46,754
  • 43: $44,630
  • 44: $42,516
  • 45: $40,928
  • 46: $39,340
  • 47: $37,752
  • 48: $36,164
  • 49: $34,576
  • 50: $32,989
  • 51: $31,937
  • 52: $30,875
  • 53: $29,813
  • 54: $28,761
  • 55: $27,699
  • 56: $26,637
  • 57: $25,586
  • 58: $24,523
  • 59: $23,472
  • 60: $22,410
  • 61: $21,884
  • 62: $21,348
  • 63: $20,822
  • 64: $20,296
  • 65: $19,760
  • 66: $19,234
  • 67: $18,708
  • 68: $18,172
  • 69: $17,646
  • 70: $17,120
  • 71: $12,777
  • 72: $12,482
  • 73: $12,186
  • 74: $11,891
  • 75: $11,595
  • 76: $11,300

The match will begin with its first spherical on Thursday, July 31, and could have its finale on Sunday, August 3.