{"id":617123,"date":"2026-04-20T19:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617123\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:03:06","slug":"jm-eagle-la-championship-purse-jumps-to-4-75m-sets-new-lpga-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617123\/","title":{"rendered":"JM Eagle LA Championship Purse Jumps to $4.75M, Sets New LPGA Benchmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

The JM Eagle LA Championship payout just reached a new level, with the LPGA announcing a purse increase<\/a> to $4.75 million for the 2026 event.<\/p>\n

The announcement came from chairman and CEO Walter Wang, who revealed the increase live on Golf Channel during Saturday\u2019s third round of play.<\/p>\n

That number now ranks among the largest purses on the LPGA Tour<\/a> outside of major championships and the CME Group Tour Championship \u2014 another sign of the league’s continued financial growth.<\/p>\n

The increase came mid-tournament, with organizers adding an additional $1 million to the pool prize. That bump elevated the event from its original $3.75 million purse and continued a steady climb. The tournament doubled its purse from $1.5 million to $3 million in 2023, before rising to $3.75 million<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n

The winner’s share reflects that jump. 2026 champion Hannah Green<\/a> earned $712,500, up from $562,500 in previous years. The victory marked her third LA Championship title in four years \u2014 and her first victory at El Caballero Country Club.<\/p>\n

However, that shift doesn’t just impact No. 1, with each Top 10 finisher earning six-figure payouts<\/a>. The move reinforces how much earning potential has grown across the LPGA.<\/p>\n

The JM Eagle LA Championship tees off just before the Chevron Championship, the first major of the season. This makes it a key stop for players looking to build momentum \u2014 and now, a more lucrative one.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the increase reflects a larger trend. The LPGA continues to push toward higher purses and expanded investment, with 2026 featuring record prize money across the schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The JM Eagle LA Championship payout just reached a new level, with the LPGA announcing a purse increase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[231909,49,48,622,61536,231910,42098,82602,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-617123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-2026-lpga-tour","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-hannah-green","13":"tag-jm-eagle-la-championship","14":"tag-lpga","15":"tag-lpga-tour","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}