Indiana Golf Journal December

Rory McIlroy Had So-So Year McIlroy entered 19 events in 2024, won twice, added one runner-up and collected seven Top 10 finishes. He earned over $10 million, but failed, once again, to earn another major championship victory. His last major championship win came over ten years ago, when he won both the PGA and the OPEN Championships, in 2014. LPGA Continues to Grow wedges. It appears that may be a solid plan as he just won his 6th DP World Tour Race to Dubai in November. Although 2024 was just a so-so campaign for Rory, hopefully this is a harbinger of what is to come in 2025. Rory is one of the most popular players in the world and has been one of the best golfers on the planet, since he turned professional in 2007. He is considered to be one of the very best drivers of the golf ball of all time, but his short game seems to let him down at times. In an effort to improve in 2025 and possibly win another major he is working hard in the off season to change his swing to become more accurate with his Women’s Open was $11 million, KPMG Women’s PGA offered $10 million, the Evian paid out a total of $6.5 million and the Women’s OPEN Championship purse totaled $9.5 million. These are numbers that have never been seen in women’s golf before. Several regular events had purses of $3 million and new sponsors are continuing to raise the stakes for the women’s tour. the biggest and best yet. With 35 events spanning several continents, the best women golfers in the world played for a total of $123.5 million. Nelly Korda, Yuka Saso, Amy Yang, Ayaka Furue and Lydia Ko won the five major championships on the LPGA Tour this past year. The Chevron Championship offered $5.2 million, the U.S. Continuing the trend set by former LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan, the 2024 LPGA season was Chevron Championship Nelly Korda is by far the best player on the LPGA Tour and started her year with five wins, including the first major championship of the year, The Chevron Championship. A final round 69 lifted her two strokes over Maja Stark for the win. U.S. Women’s Open Japan’s Yuka Saso held off her countrywoman, Hinako Shibuno to win the U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Golf Club in Pennsylvania. This was Saso’s second U.S. Women’s Open title as she previously won in 2021.

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