2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship: Top players, schedule, and winner's pay explored

The Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship is set to kick off this week. One of the final LPGA Tour events of the 2024 season has finally arrived and it's a big tournament with quite a few good players to watch.

Here's everything you need to know for the event:

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Top players at the Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship

Nelly Korda is not going to play in the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship. The world number one is not part of the field, but several top players like Ruoning Yin and Rose Zhang are set to feature this weekend. Here are a few other top players at the tournament:

• Minjee Lee
• Celine Boutier
• Hannah Green
• Esther Henseleit
• Gaby Lopez
• Alison Lee
• Leona Maguire
• Nicole Broch Estrup
• Anna Nordqvist
• Danielle Kang

The defending champion, Angel Yin, is also in the field for the event. Megan Khang is another notable absence from the field.

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Schedule for Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship

The Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship will start on October 10. Here is the full schedule, including the pro-am on Wednesday, in Pacific Time:

• Wednesday, October 9: 8 PM–1 AM PDT
• Thursday, October 10: 8 PM–1 AM PDT
• Friday, October 11: 8 PM–1 AM PDT
• Saturday, October 12: 8 PM–1 AM PDT

The tournament will be pretty late for those watching in other time zones, especially Eastern Standard, where the round coverage will begin at 11 PM.

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Prize purse breakdown for the Buick LPGA Shanghai Championship

The prize purse for the Shanghai Championship is $2.1 million. It became an LPGA Tour event in 2019.

Here's how the purse will shake out:

• 1st $315,000
• 2nd $198,083
• 3rd $143,695
• 4th $111,160
• 5th $89,471
• 6th $73,203
• 7th $61,274
• 8th $53,683
• 9th $48,261
• 10th $43,922
• 11th $40,668
• 12th $37,956
• 13th $35,570
• 14th $33,402
• 15th $31,450
• 16th $29,715
• 17th $28,197
• 18th $26,895
• 19th $25,811
• 20th $24,943
• 21st $24,076
• 22nd $23,208
• 23rd $22,341
• 24th $21,473
• 25th $20,714
• 26th $19,956
• 27th $19,195
• 28th $18,436
• 29th $17,677
• 30th $17,027
• 31st $16,376
• 32nd $15,725
• 33rd $15,074
• 34th $14,423
• 35th $13,882
• 36th $13,339
• 37th $12,798
• 38th $12,255
• 39th $11,712
• 40th $11,278
• 41st $10,845
• 42nd $10,412
• 43rd $9,977
• 44th $9,543
• 45th $9,218
• 46th $8,893
• 47th $8,567
• 48th $8,242
• 49th $7,916
• 50th $7,591
• 51st $7,375
• 52nd $7,158
• 53rd $6,940
• 54th $6,724
• 55th $6,507
• 56th $6,289
• 57th $6,074
• 58th $5,856
• 59th $5,640
• 60th $5,423
• 61st $5,315
• 62nd $5,205
• 63rd $5,097
• 64th $4,989
• 65th $4,880

The final metrics will be adjusted for ties and for total players who make the cut. If more than 65 golfers play all four rounds, the numbers will change based on that.