Most weeks, when LPGA Tour players miss the cut, they don't get paid. Plain and simple. Players earn their keep on the LPGA Tour, and, aside from the few LPGA Tour events that do not have a cut, a Tour pro must get past the 36-hole cut to get paid for the week.
However, there are a few official LPGA Tour events in which players get paid even if they miss the cut. Three major championships pay players when they miss the cut.
Starting in 2025, The Chevron Championship pays professionals $10,000 if they miss the 36-hole cut. It's a significant addition to the event to be paid for missing the cut for the first time.
At the U.S. Women's Open, the professionals who miss the 36-hole cut are also paid. In 2024, those professionals who missed the cut were paid $4,000.
At the Women's British Open Championship, the players who miss the 36-hole cut are also paid, but they're paid on a sliding scale.
The LPGA Tour is increasingly looking for ways to compensate players who miss the cut so they can better cover their travel expenses for a tournament week. Some tournaments on the Epson Tour, the road to the LPGA, also offer stipends to players who miss the cut to help with the expense of chasing an LPGA Tour card.
