Annika Sörenstam has been No. 1 on the LPGA career money list since 2001, but Lydia Ko could pass her this Sunday.

Ko is currently second on the list with $21,316,768 in career earnings, and Sörenstam’s record is $22,583,693. If Ko wins the Chevron Championship, she will earn $1.35 million from the $9 million prize pool.

This would take her total to about $22.93 million and move her ahead of Sörenstam’s long-standing record.

Sörenstam set this record over a 26-year career with 72 LPGA wins, 10 major titles, and 8 Player of the Year awards. She retired from full-time golf in 2008 at age 37, and no one has beaten her record since.

Ko actually has 23 LPGA wins and 3 major titles. She moved into second place on the career money list after winning the 2025 HSBC Women’s World Championship. If she has another strong week, she could break the record.

She shot a first-round 60 at the Ford Championship in March, which is only the eighth time in LPGA history. This season, she has made the cut in all six tournaments and has finished in the top 10 three times.

The Chevron Championship is also special to her because she won it in 2016, her second major title.

Lydia Ko has A Record Chase That Adds Another Layer to an Already Loaded Career

Lydia Ko has spoken openly about retiring at 30.

She turns 29 this week, during the Chevron Championship itself, and the exit is coming, which makes what she does between now and then matter even more.

"I think I've always wanted that mindset of, maybe if I played more, I might have won more," Ko said earlier this season.

She still has not won all the major titles, and she needs a U.S. Women’s Open or a Women’s PGA Championship win to complete a Career Grand Slam.

But if she passes Sörenstam this week, it would be a record that lasts a long time, even after retirement.

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Written by

Sneha Abraham

Edited by

Kalp Thaker