Paula Creamer of the U.S. reacts to missing a par putt on the ninth hole during the third round of the Women's U.S. Open Golf Championship in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, July 10, 2010.
Paula Creamer of the U.S. reacts to missing a par putt on the ninth hole during the third round of the Women's U.S. Open Golf Championship in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, July 10, 2010. Reuters

Although golf is a popular sports for males like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, female professional golfers are also making big bucks in such a lucrative career. Here are the top 5 highest career earning female golfers.

1 Karrie Webb

Career Earnings: $18.5 million

Karrie Webb started playing golf when he was 8 and she has now become Australia's most successful female professional golfer and one of the greatest players in the history of women's golf. She has won 56 professional championships, 40 of which are from the LPGA tour.

2 Cristie Kerr

Career Winnings: $15.1 million

Cristie Kerr is the highest-ranked American professional golfer who has racked up 23 wins since she started playing pro in 1996. Among the 23 wins, 16 were from the LPGA tour and two were from the US Women's Open, which gave her $560, 000 earnings. The 36-year-old Kerr recently victory was from the Kingsmill Championship in 2013.

3 Se Ri Pak

Career Earnings: $12.3 million

Se Ri Pak is a South Korean professional golfer who started out in 1998 as a representative of her country on the LPGA tour. Thus far, Pak has a total of $12.3 million career earnings. Her winnings include titles from Weetabix Women's British Open, McDonald's LPGA Championship and US Women's Open.

4 Suzann Pettersen

Career Earnings: $11.8 million

Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian golfer who turned pro in 2000. She has been consistently top ranked female golfer in the world and has won 21 professional championship titles, which includes the Evian Championship in France and McDonald's LPGA Championship. She started playing at the age of 6 and has made a total of $11.8 million career winnings.

5 Paula Creamer

Career Earnings: $10.8 million

Paula Creamer is an American professional golfer on the US-based LPGA tour. She has a total of 12 titles including 10 LPGA tour events. The 28-year-old has been the second youngest event winner in LPGA history with a total of $10.8 million career earnings. Her biggest winning of $585, 000 came from the US Women's Open. Creamer recently bagged the title at the HSBC Women's Championship in Singapore.

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