2011 CME Group Titleholders

2011 CME Group Titleholders
Tournament information
Dates November 17–20, 2011
Location Orlando, Florida
Course(s) Grand Cypress Golf Club,
North and South Courses
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,518 yards (5,960 m)
Field 59 players
Cut none
Prize fund $1.5 million
Winner's share $500,000
Champion
South Korea Hee Young Park
279 (−9)

The 2011 CME Group Titleholders was the first CME Group Titleholders, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played November 17–20, 2011 at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.

The top three finishers who were LPGA members from each official LPGA tournament, not otherwise qualified, earned a spot in the Titleholders. If tied, the player with the lower final round score qualified.[1]

South Korean Hee Young Park won by two strokes over Sandra Gal of Germany and Paula Creamer of the United States.

Qualifiers

The following table shows the three qualifiers for the Titleholders from each tournament.

DatesTournament1st Qualifier2nd Qualifier3rd Qualifier
Feb 20Honda LPGA ThailandTaiwan Yani Tseng (Win)United States Michelle Wie (2nd)Australia Karrie Webb (T3)
Feb 27HSBC Women's ChampionsSouth Korea Sun Young Yoo (4th)United States Morgan Pressel (5th)South Korea Na Yeon Choi (6th)
Mar 20RR Donnelley LPGA Founders CupUnited States Paula Creamer (T2) United States Brittany Lincicome (T2) United States Cristie Kerr (4th)
Mar 27Kia ClassicGermany Sandra Gal (Win)South Korea Jiyai Shin (2nd) South Korea In-Kyung Kim (T3)
Apr 3Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipUnited States Stacy Lewis (Win)United States Katie Futcher (T3)United States Angela Stanford (T3)
May 1Avnet LPGA ClassicSweden Maria Hjorth (Win)South Korea Song-Hee Kim (2nd)Norway Suzann Pettersen (T3)
May 22Sybase Match Play ChampionshipJapan Ai Miyazato (T5)Sweden Sophie Gustafson (T5)Paraguay Julieta Granada (T9)
Jun 5ShopRite LPGA ClassicScotland Catriona Matthew (4th)Sweden Anna Nordqvist (T5)United States Brittany Lang (T8)
Jun 12LPGA State Farm ClassicSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (T5)United States Mindy Kim (T5)United States Wendy Ward (7th)
Jun 26Wegmans LPGA ChampionshipSouth Korea Meena Lee (T6)Japan Mika Miyazato (T8)Spain Azahara Muñoz (T8)
Jul 10U.S. Women's OpenSouth Korea So Yeon Ryu (Win)South Korea Hee Kyung Seo (2nd)South Korea Inbee Park (T6)
Jul 24Evian MastersSweden Caroline Hedwall (T12)South Korea Amy Yang (T14)United States Paige Mackenzie (T21)
Jul 31Ricoh Women's British OpenNetherlands Dewi Claire Schreefel (T11)United States Candie Kung (T14)England Karen Stupples (T22)
Aug 21Safeway ClassicSouth Korea Hee Young Park (3rd)United States Vicky Hurst (T5)United States Ryann O'Toole (T5)
Aug 28CN Canadian Women's OpenSouth Korea Hee-Won Han (T6)South Korea Jenny Shin (T6)United States Jennifer Johnson (T12)
Sep 11Walmart NW Arkansas ChampionshipTaiwan Amy Hung (T5)Spain Belén Mozo (T5)South Korea Mi Hyun Kim (T10)
Sep 18Navistar LPGA ClassicUnited States Lexi Thompson (Win)United States Tiffany Joh (2nd)Italy Giulia Sergas (T11)
Oct 9LPGA Hana Bank ChampionshipSouth Korea Jimin Kang (T3)South Korea Chella Choi (T7)China Shanshan Feng (T13)
Oct 16Sime Darby LPGA MalaysiaNetherlands Christel Boeljon (T9)United States Amanda Blumenherst (T9)United States Mina Harigae (T23)
Oct 23Sunrise LPGA Taiwan ChampionshipUnited States Pat Hurst (T16)United States Alison Walshe (T16)South Korea Grace Park (T24)
Nov 6Mizuno ClassicJapan Momoko Ueda (Win)Thailand Pornanong Phatlum (T14)United States Christina Kim (T18)
Nov 13Lorena Ochoa InvitationalUnited States Juli Inkster (T4)United States Natalie Gulbis (T16)Spain Beatriz Recari (33rd)

Note: The following qualifiers did not play in the event: Shanshan Feng, Juli Inkster, Grace Park, Inbee Park, So Yeon Ryu, Jiyai Shin, Momoko Ueda.[2]

Final leaderboard

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hee Young Park South Korea71-69-69-70=279–9500,000
T2Paula Creamer United States69-71-71-70=281–795,516
Sandra Gal Germany69-69-71-72=281
T4Na Yeon Choi South Korea66-71-75-70=282–656,070
Suzann Pettersen Norway73-69-68-72=282
T6Cristie Kerr United States68-76-71-71=286–235,057
Yani Tseng Taiwan70-76-66-74=286
Michelle Wie United States71-73-72-70=286
9Maria Hjorth Sweden68-78-73-68=287–126,975
T10I.K. Kim South Korea72-71-71-74=288E23,640
Se Ri Pak South Korea72-74-72-70=288

References

  1. ↑ "The Race for Titleholders". LPGA. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 CME Group Titleholders – Full Results". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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