There’s something extra special about winning this week’s AIG Women’s Open. This is only the third time the women’s major has been played on the historic Old Course at St. Andrews, and to boast that you claimed the title at the Home of Golf is a reward that doesn’t come with a specific price tag.
In 2013, the last time the AIG Women’s Open was played at St. Andrews, Stacy Lewis cashed a first-place prize money payout of $402,583 for her victory out of a total purse of $2.75 million. Come Sunday, when a new champion photographed on the Swilcan Bridge, there will be 3½ times that much on the
Lauren Coughlin was always confident she would be a winner on the LPGA, even after some early years struggling to find her way in pro golf after turning pro in 2016. But what came after claiming her first title three weeks ago at the CPKC Women’s Open in Canada was not only the satisfaction of