The Maybank Championship of the LPGA is returning this week after a gap of six years. Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour the tournament was first started in 2016 with its first inaugural event at Royal Selangor Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a $3 million prize purse. Now after a gap of 6 years from the country, the event returns to Malaysia this weekend.

The tournament will be held at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club and will take from 26th – 29th October 2020. It is said to be one of the biggest tournaments other than the Women’s majors. Let’s take a look at who will be playing and what the prize purse they will be competing for looks like.

Prize purse for the 2023 Maybank Championship.

For the event, the prize purse is $3m which is a good amount considering the top players who will be participating. The first name is World No.2 Ruoning Yin, who this year has earned much applause just at the age of 20. This year the Chinese golfer kickstarted her LPGA journey with two wins on the Tour one of which was a major. Another big name on the field is the famous Nelly Korda.

She did well at the recent BMW Championship and was seen in her old form. She finished in the third rank and is searching for another win. Korda last played in the event in 2017 where she finished T5. Other than Korda, Lydia Ko will also be gracing Malaysia this week with her presence. Her track this year has been not that impressive and Ko is working on redeeming it.

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Other big names are recent Solheim Cup winner Celine Boutier, England’s Brooks Henderson, and 2017 tournament, runner-up Danielle Kang will also be playing. Apart from them are Linn Grant, Leona Maguire, Megan Khang, and others.

There will be no defending champion as the tournament wasn’t held last year. The field will be consisted of 78 players out of which 68 professional female golfers will be competing alongside the top 10 ASEAN players in action.

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Prize Money breakdown of the Championship

The purse is an impressive $3 million out of which the winner gets $450,000 and the runner-up gets $282976. Here is the detailed purse breakdown for the competition.

So who is your pick for the event? Let us know in the comments below who do you think will be the winner of this Maybank Championship of the LPGA.

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