Golf is considered to be the fourth most expensive sport in the world. With considerable stakes in the tours, the cash prize, rewards, and fame are equally big. While Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer have overtaken the men’s golf world, female golfers like Annika Sorenstam and Karrie Webb cannot be counted out.
It is undeniable that golf has been considered a ‘gentlemen-only’ sport, but the contribution of women in the contemporary age is quite remarkable. While it took almost 273 years for the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers to accept women as members, in the current age, the LPGA produces some of the finest golfers making a mark within the sport.
Here are some of the wealthiest female golfers in terms of their net worth.
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Richest female golfers of all time
10. Paula Creamer
Net Worth: $8 million
An American woman’s pro golfer, Paula Creamer has won 12 tournaments out of which 10 are LGPA tours. She has reached as high as no. 2 in the women’s world rankings and was the US Women’s Champion in 2010. Creamer joined the LGPA tour in 2005, and her win at the Sybase Classic in the same year made her the second youngest LGPA winner of all time.
9. Se-Ri Pak
Net Worth: $12 million
Se-Ri Pak is a former South Korean Golfer who played the LGPA tour from 1998 to 2016, and was inducted to the world golf hall of fame in 2007. Since 1998 Pak has won 21 events on tour, of which 3 were majors. In 2005 she won the Jamie Farr Owens Corning classic for the fifth time becoming the fourth player in LGPA history to do so.
8. Stacy Lewis
Net Worth: $13 million
Stacy Lewis is a professional American golfer on the LGPA Tour. She has won two major championships in her career, the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011, and the British Open in 2013. He reached the world no. 1 rank in 2013 for four weeks and then in 2014 for 21 weeks. In 2020 Lewis won her first title at the Scottish Open after almost 3 years.
7. Juli Inkster
Net Worth: $14 million
Julie Inkster has been on the women’s LGPA tour for 29 years. With 31 wins over the years, she has claimed her spot as the second most decorated active player in the field. She also has more wins in the Solheim Cup than any other American and is a part of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Inkster in the only female golfer to win two majors in three consecutive decades by winning three in the 1980s, two in the 1990s, and two in the 2000s.
6. Suzann Pettersen
Net Worth: $14.8 million
A retired Norwegian pro golfer, Suzann Pettersen played on the LGPA tour for over 19 years. She was also a member of the Ladies European tour, and reached a career best ranking on no. 2 which she held several times. She retired in 2019 after holing the winning putt for the women’s European team at the Solheim Cup in 2019.
5. Lorena Ochoa
Net Worth: $14.8 million
Lorena Ochoa is a retired woman Mexican golfer who also played on the women’s LGPA tour for around 7 years. She holds the record for holding the longest world no. 1 position, taking the tops spot for 158 consecutive weeks. She is the first Mexican golfer and is widely considered the best Mexican and Latin American golfer of all time. Ochoa was inducted into the hall of fame in 2017.
4. Inbee Park
Net Worth: $16 million
A South Korean professional golfer, Inbee Park plays on the women’s LGPA tour and LGPA tour of Japan. Over the span of 2014 to 2018, she has been ranked world. no 1 four times. Park has won 7 major championships over the years, and three of them were consecutive in 2013, becoming only the fourth LGPA golfer to do so. She is the youngest player to win the women’s US Open and the second youngest to win the Women’s PGA Championship 3 years in a row. Park is only the seventh player to win four different majors during her career and capture a career Grand Slam. Park also won a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
3. Christie Kerr
Net Worth: $19 million
Christie Kerr is a professional golfer who plays of the LGPA tour. She has 20 wins on the LGPA tour of which 2 are major championships. She was the no.1 women’s ranked golfer 3 times in 2010. In 2018, Kerr recorded two top-10 finishes, with a season-best finish tied for second at the Kia Classic.
2. Karrie Webb
Net Worth: $20 million
Karrie Webb is an Australian golfer who is currently on the LGPA tour. With 41 wins, she holds the record for the most wins for an active player on the LGPA tour. She is also a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is also tied in 10th place for the most wins on the LGPA tour of all time.
1. Annika Sorenstam
Net Worth: $22 million
Annika Sorenstam is a retired Swedish golfer who is considered to be one of the best female golfers of all time. Before retiring in 2008, she has won 90 international tournaments, making her the most decorated female golfer of all time. She has won 72 official LGPA tournaments, of which 10 were majors, and 18 were other International tournaments. She has won Player of the Year a record 8 number of times.
In 2003, Sörenstam played in the Bank of America Colonial tournament to become the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event since 1945. On 2 December 2020, she was appointed president of the International Golf Federation from 1 January 2021.
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