2025 BMW Ladies Championship prize money payouts for each LPGA player in Korea
Beth Ann NicholsSei Young Kim became only the 10th player in LPGA history to cross $15 million in career earnings after her victory at the BMW Ladies Championship. Kim’s $345,000 payday in South Korea moved her to $15,189,333 in total winnings, sandwiched in between Lorena Ochoa (11th) and Lexi Thompson (ninth).
“In the past, my standard was to earn a lot of money; that was also part of my goal as a player, but I don't think that really held,” said Kim. “So from this year, my actual goal is to pull up my World Ranking, and I think that ranking tells a value of player in the world. I will do my best to pull up my ranking.”
Kim, 32, won the BMW by four strokes, ending a victory drought that stretched back to November 2020.
She becomes the seventh South Korean to win this season, the most of any country. Notably, this marks Kim’s first time winning on home soil.
“I think it took me more than 10 years to win a victory in front of my family and friends,” said Kim. “It means so much so me. It is a tournament that I really wanted to win, and I find that I can't express my words to all of it. I really had good energy from all the fans, and really appreciate and thankful to that.”
Kim is now the fourth South Korean with 13 or more LPGA titles, joining Se Ri Pak (25), Inbee Park (21) and Jin Young Ko (15).
Here's the breakdown of how much money each LPGA player earned at the BMW Ladies Championship, where there was a purse of $2.3 million and no cut:
BMW Ladies Championship 2025 prize money payouts
| Position | Player | Score | Earnings |
| 1 | Sei Young Kim | -24 | $345,000 |
| 2 | Nasa Hataoka | -20 | $210,888 |
| T3 | A Lim Kim | -18 | $135,665 |
| T3 | Celine Boutier | -18 | $135,665 |
| T5 | Hannah Green | -17 | $86,595 |
| T5 | Yealimi Noh | -17 | $86,595 |
| T7 | Narin An | -16 | $57,923 |
| T7 | Hye-Jin Choi | -16 | $57,923 |
| T7 | Lindy Duncan | -16 | $57,923 |
| T10 | Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -15 | $39,564 |
| T10 | Stephanie Kyriacou | -15 | $39,564 |
| T10 | Hyo Joo Kim | -15 | $39,564 |
| T10 | Minjee Lee | -15 | $39,564 |
| T10 | Somi Lee | -15 | $39,564 |
| T10 | Rio Takeda | -15 | $39,564 |
| T16 | Robyn Choi | -14 | $30,097 |
| T16 | Andrea Lee | -14 | $30,097 |
| T16 | Brooke Matthews | -14 | $30,097 |
| T19 | Jin Young Ko | -13 | $26,094 |
| T19 | Saki Baba | -13 | $26,094 |
| T19 | Gemma Dryburgh | -13 | $26,094 |
| T19 | Soomin Oh (a) | -13 | -- |
| T19 | Brooke M. Henderson | -13 | $26,094 |
| T24 | Eun-Hee Ji | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Lottie Woad | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Maja Stark | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Minami Katsu | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Manon De Roey | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Miranda Wang | -12 | $21,261 |
| T24 | Ina Yoon | -12 | $21,261 |
| T31 | Chisato Iwai | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Ashleigh Buhai | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Jennifer Kupcho | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Jin Hee Im | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Cassie Porter | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Esther Henseleit | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Yan Liu | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Weiwei Zhang | -11 | $15,484 |
| T31 | Linn Grant | -11 | $15,484 |
| T40 | Auston Kim | -10 | $11,546 |
| T40 | Allisen Corpuz | -10 | $11,546 |
| T40 | Nataliya Guseva | -10 | $11,546 |
| T40 | Miyu Yamashita | -10 | $11,546 |
| T40 | Lucy Li | -10 | $11,546 |
| T45 | Mi Hyang Lee | -9 | $9,641 |
| T45 | Haeran Ryu | -9 | $9,641 |
| T45 | Gaby Lopez | -9 | $9,641 |
| T45 | Gurleen Kaur | -9 | $9,641 |
| 49 | Sarah Schmelzel | -8 | $8,774 |
| 50 | Lauren Coughlin | -7 | $8,428 |
| T51 | Julia López Ramirez | -6 | $7,851 |
| T51 | Karis Davidson | -6 | $7,851 |
| T51 | Madelene Sagstrom | -6 | $7,851 |
| T54 | Jenny Shin | -5 | $7,274 |
| T54 | Chanettee Wannasaen | -5 | $7,274 |
| T56 | Grace Kim | -4 | $6,466 |
| T56 | Kristen Gillman | -4 | $6,466 |
| T56 | Pauline Roussin-Bouchard | -4 | $6,466 |
| T56 | Leona Maguire | -4 | $6,466 |
| T56 | Yuri Yoshida | -4 | $6,466 |
| T61 | Gabriela Ruffels | -3 | $5,658 |
| T61 | Sung Hyun Park | -3 | $5,658 |
| T61 | Lilia Vu | -3 | $5,658 |
| T64 | Jeongeun Lee6 | -2 | $5,311 |
| T64 | In Gee Chun | -2 | $5,311 |
| T64 | Mary Liu | -2 | $5,311 |
| T67 | Carlota Ciganda | -1 | $4,965 |
| T67 | Jenny Bae | -1 | $4,965 |
| T67 | Kumkang Park | -1 | $4,965 |
| T70 | Paula Reto | E | $4,638 |
| T70 | Jeongeun Lee5 | E | $4,638 |
| T70 | Chella Choi | E | $4,638 |
| 73 | Benedetta Moresco | 1 | $4,502 |
| 74 | Ilhee Lee | 2 | $4,445 |
| 75 | Akie Iwai | 3 | $4,387 |
| 76 | Ingrid Lindblad | 5 | $4,334 |
| 77 | Esther Kwon (a) | 10 | -- |
| - | Haeji Kang | WD | $4,280 |