CME Group Tour Championship

CME Group Tour Championship
Tournament information
Location Naples, Florida
Established 2011
Course(s) Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Par 72[1]
Length 6,540 yards (5,980 m)[2]
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Format Stroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund $2.5 million
Month played November
Tournament record score
Aggregate 269 Charley Hull (2016)
To par −19 as above
Current champion
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
2017 CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States

The CME Group Tour Championship is a women's professional golf tournament, the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour. It succeeded the LPGA Tour Championship, which was played for two seasons in 2009 and 2010. From 2011 to 2013 the tournament was called the CME Group Titleholders. The tournament has a limited field of about 70 players. The event is currently televised by Golf Channel and ABC.

In 2014 the LPGA Tour introduced a season-long points race, the Race to the CME Globe, and a $1 million bonus.[3][4] The CME Group Tour Championship marked the end of this season-long "Race". Each player's season-long "Race to the CME Globe" points were "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the points list. "Championship points" were then awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner of the "Race to the CME Globe".

The title sponsor is the CME Group, a financial securities corporation based in Chicago. LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan announced on March 7, 2011, that CME had signed a three-year contract to sponsor the tournament. CME had previous experience hosting pro-am events with LPGA players.[5]

The first tournament was played in November 2011 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, which had hosted the 2010 LPGA Tour Championship. In 2012, the tournament moved to the Eagle Course of the TwinEagles Club, in Naples, Florida.[1] For 2013 and 2014 it was again played in Naples but at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club.

The 2011 winner earned $500,000, a full one-third of the $1.5 million purse. The first-place money was the second highest in women's golf, exceeded only by the U.S. Women's Open. Most events on the LPGA Tour have a standard schedule for distribution of the purse, with a winner's share of 15%. The 2010 LPGA Tour Championship had the same purse of $1.5 million, with a winner's share of $225,000 but it was a 120-player event rather than the limited field of the 2011 event.[6] The purse was raised to $2 million in 2013, with a 35% winner's share of $700,000, the highest of the year.[7] For 2014 the purse was maintained at $2 million but, with the introduction of the "Race to the CME Globe", the winner's share was reduced to one-quarter at $500,000, second only to the U.S. Women's Open.[3]

Tournament names

  • 2011–13: CME Group Titleholders
  • 2014–present: CME Group Tour Championship

Winners

YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upCoursePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2017Nov 16–19Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand68-71-67-67=273−151 strokeUnited States Jessica Korda
United States Lexi Thompson		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,500,000500,000
2016Nov 17–20Charley Hull England67-70-66-66=269−192 strokesSouth Korea Ryu So-yeonTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2015Nov 19–22Cristie Kerr United States68-69-66-68=271−171 strokeSouth Korea Jang Ha-na
United States Gerina Piller		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2014Nov 20–23Lydia Ko New Zealand71-71-68-68=278−10PlayoffSpain Carlota Ciganda
Paraguay Julieta Granada		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2013Nov 21–24Shanshan Feng China66-74-67-66=273−151 strokeUnited States Gerina PillerTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000700,000
2012Nov 15–18Na Yeon Choi South Korea67-68-69-70=274−142 strokesSouth Korea So Yeon RyuTwinEagles Club, Eagle Course1,500,000500,000
2011Nov 17–20Hee Young Park South Korea71-69-69-70=279−92 strokesGermany Sandra Gal
United States Paula Creamer		Grand Cypress G.C. (N/S)1,500,000500,000

Race to the CME Globe winners

YearPlayerCountryPointsRunner-upPoints
2017Lexi Thompson United States7,450South Korea Park Sung-hyun6,250
2016Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand6,800New Zealand Lydia Ko5,050
2015Lydia Ko (2) New Zealand6,000South Korea Inbee Park5,700
2014Lydia Ko New Zealand7,500United States Stacy Lewis5,650

References

  1. 1 2 "CME Group Titleholders Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Final results: CME Group Titleholders". ESPN. November 23, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "CME Group to sponsor LPGA Season-Ending Titleholders tournament". LPGA. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ "2010 LPGA Tour Championship - results". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  7. ↑ Voepel, Mechelle (November 24, 2013). "Shanshan Feng enjoys big payday". ESPNW. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

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