Olympic gold medalist Lydia Ko is back at it quickly, headlining the field at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open, teeing it up only six days after topping the podium in Paris at Le Golf National.
Her historic victory now gives her a gold, silver and bronze medal and the Olympic victory gave her the final points that she needed to earn entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Silver medalist Esther Henseleit, from Germany, is in the field at Dundonald Links too.
The overall purse in Scotland is $2 million with the winner taking home $360,000.
France’s Celine Boutier is the defending champion after winner for the second consecutive week last year. She finished second place here two years ago and tied for 18th place last week at the Olympics in her home country.
This marks an important stretch for both Americans and Europeans as only two weeks remain to gain points for the respective Solheim Cup teams, which will be Sept. 13-15 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Virginia.
After this week, the women move east in Scotland to the Old Course at St. Andrews for the AIG Women’s Open. Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Ally Ewing are the top three in points for the U.S. Charley Hull, Linn Grant and Henseleit are the top three for the Europeans.
Here is the breakdown of what each player will earn this week in Scotland who makes the cut. Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.
WIN: $300,000
2: $186,096
3: $119,716
4: $119,716
5: $65,208
6: $65,208
7: $65,208
8: $65,208
9: $45,340
10: $41,264
11: $38,207
12: $35,659
13: $33,418
14: $31,381
15: $29,546
16: $27,916
17: $26,491
18: $25,268
19: $24,249
20: $23,433
21: $22,619
22: $21,803
23: $20,989
24: $20,173
25: $19,461
26: $18,748
27: $18,033
28: $17,320
29: $16,608
30: $15,996
31: $15,385
32: $14,773
33: $14,162
34: $13,550
35: $13,042
36: $12,532
37: $12,023
38: $11,513
39: $11,003
40: $10,596
41: $10,189
42: $9,782
43: $9,373
44: $8,966
45: $8,660
46: $8,354
47: $8,049
48: $7,743
49: $7,437
50: $7,131
51: $6,929
52: $6,724
53: $6,520
54: $6,317
55: $6,113
56: $5,908
57: $5,706
58: $5,501
59: $5,299
60: $5,094
61: $4,993
62: $4,890
63: $4,789
64: $4,687
65: $4,584
66: $4,483
67: $4,382
68: $4,278
69: $4,177
70: $4,076