LGPA Founders Cup, a women’s professional classic golf tournament for 2022 has been ongoing since 12th May 2022. The present sponsor for this event is Cognizant, a foundation that focuses on increasing the love for the sport amongst young girls and women. The event Cognizant Founders Cup 2022 is the 11th event of the LGPA tour which is going to be conducted in the honor of 13 founding members of LGPA.
This annual women’s golf tournament is being conducted at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, New Jersey. There are 144 players in the field participating in this tournament, which consists of the world’s best women golfers. The entire field is over 6,656 yards in length. The format of the game is 72 holes, after 36 holes the top 70 will move ahead. So let has a look at the details of this game, Cognizant Founders Cup 2022 Money Breakdown, and Everything you need to know.
Cognizant Founders Cup 2022 Money Breakdown
On 15th May, the winner of the Cognizant Founders Cup will be declared. The contest has accumulated a total of $3 Million as the prize purse which will be distributed amongst all the participants depending on the level of competition they have performed.
Winning comes with other big benefits, including a two-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, as well berths into other big tournaments. The tournament winner will earn a total of $450,000 which is 15℅ of the total prize money accumulated. Apart from this, the winner is also entitled to perks like,
- 500 Race to the CME Globe points
- 2 Years+ LPGA Tour season exemption
- Berths Into Other Tournaments
The runner-up of the tournament will get a share of $279,144 and his caddies will earn $22,131 as their reward.
Cognizant Founders Cup 2022 Prize Money Breakdown.
The table mentioned below includes the prize money and the caddie’s share of all the participants. The top 70 participants will be entitled to the prize money. Out of these 70, the top 4 golfer’s caddies will be rewarded with the prize money too. So have a look at the table below.
| Position | Prize Money Share | Caddie Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | $45,000 |
| 2 | $279,144 | $22,131 |
| 3 | $202,499 | $14,174 |
| 4 | $156,649 | $9,398 |
| 5 | $126,085 | N/A |
| 6 | $103,160 | N/A |
| 7 | $86,349 | N/A |
| 8 | $75,652 | N/A |
| 9 | $68,010 | N/A |
| 10 | $61,896 | N/A |
| 11 | $57,310 | N/A |
| 12 | $53,489 | N/A |
| 13 | $50,127 | N/A |
| 14 | $47,071 | N/A |
| 15 | $44,320 | N/A |
| 16 | $41,875 | N/A |
| 17 | $39,736 | N/A |
| 18 | $37,902 | N/A |
| 19 | $36,374 | N/A |
| 20 | $35,150 | N/A |
| 21 | $33,929 | N/A |
| 22 | $32,705 | N/A |
| 23 | $31,484 | N/A |
| 24 | $30,260 | N/A |
| 25 | $29,191 | N/A |
| 26 | $28,122 | N/A |
| 27 | $27,050 | N/A |
| 28 | $25,981 | N/A |
| 29 | $24,911 | N/A |
| 30 | $23,994 | N/A |
| 31 | $23,077 | N/A |
| 32 | $22,160 | N/A |
| 33 | $21,242 | N/A |
| 34 | $20,325 | N/A |
| 35 | $19,563 | N/A |
| 36 | $18,797 | N/A |
| 37 | $18,035 | N/A |
| 38 | $17,270 | N/A |
| 39 | $16,504 | N/A |
| 40 | $15,894 | N/A |
| 41 | $15,283 | N/A |
| 42 | $14,673 | N/A |
| 43 | $14,059 | N/A |
| 44 | $13,449 | N/A |
| 45 | $12,991 | N/A |
| 46 | $12,532 | N/A |
| 47 | $12,073 | N/A |
| 48 | $11,614 | N/A |
| 49 | $11,156 | N/A |
| 50 | $10,697 | N/A |
| 51 | $10,393 | N/A |
| 52 | $10,087 | N/A |
| 53 | $9,780 | N/A |
| 54 | $9,476 | N/A |
| 55 | $9,169 | N/A |
| 56 | $8,863 | N/A |
| 57 | $8,559 | N/A |
| 58 | $8,252 | N/A |
| 59 | $7,948 | N/A |
| 60 | $7,642 | N/A |
| 61 | $7,490 | N/A |
| 62 | $7,335 | N/A |
| 63 | $7,183 | N/A |
| 64 | $7,031 | N/A |
| 65 | $6,877 | N/A |
| 66 | $6,724 | N/A |
| 67 | $6,572 | N/A |
| 68 | $6,418 | N/A |
| 69 | $6,266 | N/A |
| 70 | $6,114 | N/A |