After last week’s inaugural Ford Championship in Arizona, the LPGA Tour heads to Nevada for the T-Mobile Match Play Presented By MGM Rewards (formerly the Bank Of Hope LPGA Match Play).
This week’s event takes place at the course with the world’s most expensive green fee, Shadow Creek Golf Club, where 96 players will compete for a prize money payout of $2m.
The event has a revised format in 2024. As well as the field increasing in size by 32, for the first time it combines stroke play and match play.
The stroke play element of the tournament takes place between Wednesday and Friday, with the top 65 players and ties making the 36-hole cut. After the third round of stroke play, the top eight players will advance to the match play competition taking place over the weekend, concluding on Sunday with the championship match.
This year’s prize money payout is $500,000 more than in 2023. On that occasion, Pajaree Anannarukarn completed a 3&1 victory over Ayaka Furue to earn $225,000.
However, thanks to the increased purse for the 2024 edition, this year’s winner will earn $300,000 as well as 500 Race to the CME Globe points.
T-Mobile Match Play Prize Money Payout
Who Are The Star Names In The T-Mobile Match Play?
World No.1 Nelly Korda plays after making it three wins in a row at last week’s Ford Championship. The American held off the challenge of Hira Naveed in Arizona and, with the first Major of the year, the Chevron Championship, just two weeks away she will be looking to continue that momentum here.
Elsewhere, Pajaree Anannarukarn defends her title along with the player she beat last year, Ayaka Furue. Other former winners of the tournament are in the field, too - 2022 winner Eun Hee Ji and 2021 champion Ally Ewing.
Other big names in the field include Celine Boutier, who won last year’s Amundi Evian Championship, while US Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz plays too.
There are also slots for two-time Major winner Minjee Lee, former World No.1 Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson, who is currently in the world rankings 12th, and Swede Linn Grant. Other Major winners in the field include Paula Creamer, Brittany Lincicome, Anna Nordqvist and Angela Stanford.
What Is The Format For The T-Mobile Match Play?
The revised format will see 96 players competing between Wednesday and Thursday in a stroke play competition with a 36-hole cut. The top 65 and ties will then head into 18 holes of stroke play on Friday with the top eight progressing, which will be determined by aggregate scoring over three rounds and a playoff for any ties. The quarter-final and semi-final match play contests will take place on Saturday, with an 18 hole championship match on Sunday.
Where Is The T-Mobile Match Play?
The event is hosted by Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas, which is known for having the world’s most expensive green fee. The venue is framed against a backdrop of mountains, while its lush manicured fairways are set among mature pines.
