The ladies’s British Open is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a record-breaking USD 10 million prize fund for the key at Royal Lytham & St Annes this 12 months, the R&A introduced on Tuesday.
The winner of the championship will pocket USD 1.5 million, in contrast with the USD 673 Jenny Lee Smith earned for claiming the inaugural title in 1976.
“That is the sixth consecutive 12 months that the AIG Ladies’s Open prize fund has been elevated,” stated Mark Darbon, chief government of The R&A.
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“These constant and sustainable investments in the prize fund clearly display The R&A and AIG’s dedication to elevating the Championship on the worldwide stage,” he added.
Japan’s Miyu Yamashita received final 12 months’s Ladies’s Open by two photographs at Royal Porthcawl to win her first main title and pocket USD 1.46 million.
Printed on Apr 28, 2026