There are 70 golfers with tee times on Sunday at Atlanta Athletic Club, but the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship would seem to be a two-player showdown between Nelly Korda and Lizette Salas. The pair are tied at 15-under 201 through 54 holes, five shots clear of their next closest pursuers and eight ahead of all but four players.
Korda and Salas are both former U.S. Solheim Cup players searching for their first career major titles. If either comes out on top, it will be the first time an American has won a major on the LPGA Tour since Angela Stanford claimed the 2018 Evian Championship.
A win by Korda would be the sixth of the 22-year-old’s career, the last coming just last week at the Meijer LPGA Classic. Salas, 31, is searching for her second career win, adding to her 2014 Pure Silk Championship title.
As if Korda would need extra incentive, a victory also potentially would push her to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, depending on the finishes of current No. 1 Jin Young Ko (T-54 entering the final round) and No. 2 Inbee Park (T-34).
Of course, there’s some financial incentives for both players to come out on top, too. The overall prize money payout at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is $4.5 million (an increase from $4.3 million in 2020), with the winner earning $675,000. Only the U.S. Women’s Open has a larger overall purse and winner’s payday among LPGA majors.
With the $675,000 winner’s check, Korda would surpass the $5 million mark in career earnings with $5,532,484; Salas would surpass the $6 million mark in career earnings ($6,365,134).
Here is the prize money payout for each golfer who made the cut at Atlanta Athletic Club. Come back after the tournament and we’ll update this list with individual names and prize money payouts.