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Here’s the prize money payout for each golfer at the LPGA’s 2026 Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba

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The total purse at El Camaleon Golf Course is $2.5 million with the winner taking home $375,000 for a victory.

The LPGA moves to Mexico as it is coming off the high of Nelly Korda winning the Chevron Championship to collect her third major title, which moved her back to World No. 1. And, as luck would have it … Korda is playing.

Yes, the best player in the world went from Houston to Mexico for the Riviera Maya Open at the El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba. The 125-player field is playing for the $2. 5 million purse with the winner taking home $375,000 for a victory.

Korda will capture most of the headlines all week, and rightfully so. She hasn’t finished worse than second place all year and has two victories. Chizzy Iwai is back to defend her title from her rookie season.

Looking more at the field, there are 21 LPGA rookies playing this week and there are nine players from Mexico playing in their home country. (Maria Belcazar, Maria Fassi, Isabella Fierro, Ana Jimenez, Alejandra Llaneza, Gaby Lopez, Andrea Ostos, amateur Claris Temelo and Carolina Rotzinger. ) Check back here Sunday after play is complete for updates.