The Simone Asia Pacific Cup will make its debut next week as one of the most lucrative women’s golf tournaments in the South-East Asian region.
The 54-hole event, which tees off from August 18-20 at the Pondok Indah Golf Course, offers a competitive total prize fund of USD $750,000 that will be enjoyed by all 37 professionals from the 44-player field as it is a no-cut event.
The individual contest offers a prize purse of USD $500,000, with another USD $250,000 has been set aside for the team competition.
The individual champion is set to walk away with a USD $100,000 jackpot, while the runner-up takes home US$57,500.
A participant is guaranteed a minimum payout of USD $5,680, provided she completes all 54 holes over the three-day contest.
That is comparatively higher than the USD $3,707 and USD $4,051 cheques picked up by the last place finishers in LPGA events in Singapore and Thailand earlier this year.
All professional players who feature in the Simone Asia Pacific Cup can expect to cash in more bonuses through the remaining USD $250,000 that will be dispersed among the teams that finish inside the top-15.
The breakdown of the prize money distribution will be announced by the event organisers Asian Golf Leaders Forum (AGLF) in due course.
The tournament features a star-studded cast that includes Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Korean duo Hyo Joo Kim and So Yeon Ryu and Japan’s Hinako Shibuno, boasting a combined six major titles in between them.
An explosive battle is likely to ensue with regional stars such as Thailand’s Jaravee Boonchant, Australia’s Cassie Porter, India’s Diksha Dagar, Chinese Taipei’s Cheng-Hsuan Shih and Malaysia’s Natasha Andrea Oon will be out to prove that they are not pushovers against their more illustrious competitors.
Simone Asia Pacific Cup is part of the series of tournaments on the LAT Series, which teed off with its season-opening DB Group 36th Korea Women’s Open.
Other tournaments on the schedule include the KRW 1,500,000,000 Hana Bank Group Championship, which will take place in September and the Hana Financial Group Singapore Women’s Open in December.
