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Whenever you see the advertised purse - say, $1,000,000 - of an LPGA tournament (excluding Women's US Open, Evian Masters, Women's Britiish Open and maybe Japan event), did you know that only 93.5% of the advertised amount is paid to the players. The other 6.5% is reserved for LPGA administrative purposes.

Furthermore, the LPGA has no reserve fund to dip into when more than 75 pros officially complete an event. So to compensate, a few dollars are taken off existing place prizes. This is why occasional tournament payouts are not a match to the standard LPGA 75-place distribution formula.

A small, but important matter for Commissioner Carolyn Bivens to work on!

Here's a link to LPGA Tour Prize Money Charts. Link includes the standard 75-place distribution formula, as well as a hypothetical 75-place distribution using 100% of the advertised purse. There's also a link to commentary on the prize payouts at the LPGA's season-ending ADT Championship.

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport

I'll give you credit Frank-O-Sport. You give us great info here but other than the LPGA players themselves, you may be the only one that would bother with this one!