Following a remarkable seven-victory season in 2024, it was always going to be tough for Nelly Korda to match those standards in 2025, let alone surpass them.
Last year, the American banked $4.4 million in prize money and picked up $10 million in endorsements thanks to her agreements with Nike, TaylorMade and T-Mobile - among others.
And despite an incredibly consistent campaign this year, Korda failed to emerge from a single week with trophy in hand.
Nevertheless, her overall annual earnings were not far off the mark she hit in 2024, easing the sting of no individual on-course success.
Starting her season with a runner-up finish at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, Korda kicked off her year with a check for $227,000. However, the following four events yielded just under $140,000 collectively.
The 27-year-old's first Major appearance of 2025 - at the Chevron Championship - resulted in a respectable T14th finish and a payout of just over $100,000. The very next start, at the Mizuho Americas Open, saw Korda end the tournament T5th to collect another six-figure payout.
But it was at the US Women's Open where Korda earned what was comfortably her biggest check of the year, picking up a little more than $1 million for ending T2nd at Erin Hills - two strokes behind Maja Stark.
The 15-time LPGA Tour winner scored another five-figure check at the ShopRite LPGA Classic before adding a little more than $130,000 to her account via a top-20 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
Korda then collected roughly $92,000 across both European Majors in what was a mildly disappointing stretch, although her fifth-place effort at the ISPA Handa Women's Scottish Open where she won almost $67,000 was more than a silver lining.
The former World No.1 returned to North American shores and set about trying to improve her form further, managing three top-10s in five starts and earning nearly $250,000 along the way.
Korda finished T15th at The Annika - an event she won 12 months previously - before ending third at the CME Group Tour Championship, topping up her earnings by almost $600,000 in a fortnight.
Unfortunately, her season would end without a win after Korda and playing partner Denny McCarthy came up agonizingly short at the Grant Thornton Invitational. Nevertheless, each took home a check for $190,000 after the pair finished T2nd at Tiburon Golf Club.
Following a late check for $24,750 at the PNC Championship, Korda ended the year less than $2,000 shy of the $3 million mark for on-course earnings throughout 2025, making it a very good year for the 27-year-old, who recently announced her engagement to partner Casey Gunderson as well.
The good news doesn't stop there for Korda, either, with Sportico reporting that the Bradenton-born pro earned $11 million in endorsements this year as well, taking her total earnings to a shade under $14 million.
That made her the highest-paid female golfer anywhere on the planet, despite Jeeno Thitikul accruing nearly $8.27 million on course this year. However, the World No.1's endorsements reportedly reached $2.5 million, leaving her some $3.2 million behind her American rival.
Below is a complete breakdown of Nelly Korda's on-course earnings in 2025, tournament by tournament.
NELLY KORDA EARNINGS 2025
Position |
Event |
Money Earned |
|---|---|---|
2nd |
Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions |
$227,854 |
T7th |
Founders Cup |
$51,522 |
T22nd |
Ford Championship |
$22,539 |
T28th |
T-Mobile Match Play |
$15,656 |
T16th |
JM Eagle LA Championship |
$48,350 |
T14th |
Chevron Championship |
$104,783 |
T5th |
Mizuho Americas Open |
$106,039 |
T2nd |
US Women's Open |
$1,052,621 |
T15th |
ShopRite LPGA Classic |
$23,544 |
T19th |
KPMG Women's PGA Championship |
$131,114 |
T43rd |
Amundi Evian Championship |
$34,390 |
5th |
ISPS HANDA Women's Scottish Open |
$66,918 |
T36th |
AIG Women's Open |
$57,632 |
T10th |
CPKC Women's Open |
$48,874 |
T35th |
FM Championship |
$24,462 |
T5th |
Kroger Queen City Championship |
$54,162 |
T66th |
Walmart NW Arkansas Championship |
$3,500 |
T4th |
LOTTE Championship |
$117,177 |
T15th |
The ANNIKA |
$42,718 |
3rd |
CME Group Tour Championship |
$550,000 |
T2nd |
Grant Thornton Invitational |
$190,000 |
T4th |
PNC Championship |
$24,750 |
TOTAL |
$2,998,605 |
