CME Group Tour Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Naples, Florida |
Established | 2011 |
Course(s) | Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course |
Par | 72[1] |
Length | 6,556 yards (5,995 m) |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Prize fund | $5 million |
Month played | November |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 269 Charley Hull (2016) |
To par | −19 as above |
Current champion | |
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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 60 players. The event is currently televised by Golf Channel and NBC.
In 2014 the LPGA Tour introduced a season-long points race, the Race to the CME Globe, and a $1 million bonus.[2][3] 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 global derivatives marketplace 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.[4]
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] Since 2013, it has been played in Naples 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.[5] The purse was raised to $2 million in 2013, with a 35% winner's share of $700,000, the highest of the year.[6] 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.[2] In 2019, the purse increased to $5 million with $1.5 million going to the winner, the largest winner's share in women's golf.[7]
Tournament names
- 2011–2013: CME Group Titleholders
- 2014–present: CME Group Tour Championship
Winners
Year | Dates | Champion | Country | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Course | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
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2020 | Nov 19–22 | ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 5,000,000 | 1,500,000 | |||||
2019 | Nov 21–24 | Kim Sei-young | ![]() |
65-67-68-70=270 | −18 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 5,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
2018 | Nov 15–18 | Lexi Thompson | ![]() |
65-67-68-70=270 | −18 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,500,000 | 500,000 |
2017 | Nov 16–19 | Ariya Jutanugarn | ![]() |
68-71-67-67=273 | −15 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,500,000 | 500,000 |
2016 | Nov 17–20 | Charley Hull | ![]() |
67-70-66-66=269 | −19 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
2015 | Nov 19–22 | Cristie Kerr | ![]() |
68-69-66-68=271 | −17 | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
2014 | Nov 20–23 | Lydia Ko | ![]() |
71-71-68-68=278 | −10 | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
2013 | Nov 21–24 | Shanshan Feng | ![]() |
66-74-67-66=273 | −15 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Tiburón Golf Club, The Gold Course | 2,000,000 | 700,000 |
2012 | Nov 15–18 | Choi Na-yeon | ![]() |
67-68-69-70=274 | −14 | 2 strokes | ![]() |
TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course | 1,500,000 | 500,000 |
2011 | Nov 17–20 | Park Hee-young | ![]() |
71-69-69-70=279 | −9 | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Grand Cypress G.C. (N/S) | 1,500,000 | 500,000 |
Race to the CME Globe winners
Year | Player | Country | Points | Runner-up | Points |
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2018 | Ariya Jutanugarn (2) | ![]() |
6,760 | ![]() |
5,200 |
2017 | Lexi Thompson | ![]() |
7,450 | ![]() |
6,250 |
2016 | Ariya Jutanugarn | ![]() |
6,800 | ![]() |
5,050 |
2015 | Lydia Ko (2) | ![]() |
6,000 | ![]() |
5,700 |
2014 | Lydia Ko | ![]() |
7,500 | ![]() |
5,650 |
References
- ^ a b "CME Group Titleholders Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ "CME Group to sponsor LPGA Season-Ending Titleholders tournament". LPGA. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ "2010 LPGA Tour Championship - results". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (November 24, 2013). "Shanshan Feng enjoys big payday". ESPNW. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ Sirak, Ron (November 11, 2019). "Stage Is Set For Season-Ending CME Group Tour Championship". LPGA.
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on LPGA Tour's official site
- Tiburón Golf Club − official site
- TwinEagles Club − (2012 host)
- Grand Cypress Golf Club − (2011 host)