Kiwi golf great Lydia Ko doesn't have dollar signs in her eyes as she readies for the US Open this week which features the biggest prize pool in women's golf.
The prize money for the major at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, North Carolina has almost doubled this year to US$10m ($15.4m). The USGA has also committed to raising the purse to US$11m and then US$12m by 2026.
The winner will make US$1.8 million ($2.77m) which is more money than the entire purse of 14 tournaments on the LPGA Tour schedule this year.
"I don't think anyone is going to have a putt on the 72nd hole to possibly win and go oh, my goodness, if I miss this putt it's like something, something thousand dollars. I think it's going to be like oh, my goodness, I have this putt to win the US Women's Open or I have this putt to make the cut on Friday," Ko said today.
"I honestly think when there's just so much on the line, none of us - I can say none of us - are going to think about the money. You only know about it later, like oh, that cost them $40,000 because Golf Digest said that."