During this stage, more than 120 golfers compete for prize money, a gain to be won, of around 200,000 euros. This sum is divided between the 30 best players. “The others, even if they played well, they leave with nothing for the next tournament“explains Françoise Jolly, the organizer of this round and the founder of Naxhelet.
Participating in this kind of tournament can quickly represent losses for sportswomen. “They have to take care of their plane tickets, accommodation, often in Airbnb, they don’t have all their shopping cart. They really have much less means than men.“
For Françoise Jolly, “if other circuits offer higher prize money than ours, the difference is still obvious with the men.“Indeed, for an equivalent competition for men, the gain easily climbs to two million euros, ten times more than the female reward for this competition.
