CME Group Tour Championship

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CME Group Tour Championship
Tournament information
LocationNaples, Florida
Established2011
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club,
The Gold Course
Par72[1]
Length6,556 yards (5,995 m)
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Prize fund$11 million
Month playedNovember
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Amy Yang (2023)
To par−27 as above
Current champion
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul
Tiburón GC is located in the United States
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
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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 60 players.

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]

They announced on November 17, 2021, that the 2022 Championship purse will again increase, to a record $7 million, with $2 million to the winner, the largest ever for an LPGA tournament. The minimum pay for any of the 60 entrants will be $40,000.[8] On November 15, 2023, they announced the purse will increase in 2024 to a new record of $11 million, with $4 million for the winner, and second-place will increase to $1 million. In addition, every competitor who qualifies for the 60-golfer field will be awarded at least $55,000[9]

Tournament names

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  • 2011–2013: CME Group Titleholders
  • 2014–present: CME Group Tour Championship

Winners

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Year Date Champion Score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Course Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2024 Nov 24 Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 71-67-63-65=266 −22 1 stroke United States Angel Yin Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 11,000,000[8] 4,000,000
2023 Nov 19 South Korea Amy Yang 68-63-64-66=261 −27 3 strokes Japan Nasa Hataoka
United States Alison Lee		 Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 7,000,000[8] 2,000,000
2022 Nov 20 New Zealand Lydia Ko (2) 65-66-70-70=271 −17 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 7,000,000[8] 2,000,000[8]
2021 Nov 21 South Korea Ko Jin-young (2) 69-67-66-63=265 –23 1 stroke Japan Nasa Hataoka Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 5,000,000 1,500,000
2020 Dec 20 South Korea Ko Jin-young 68-67-69-66=270 −18 5 strokes Australia Hannah Green
South Korea Kim Sei-young		 Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 3,000,000 1,100,000[10]
2019 Nov 24 South Korea Kim Sei-young 65-67-68-70=270 −18 1 stroke England Charley Hull Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 5,000,000 1,500,000
2018 Nov 18 United States Lexi Thompson 65-67-68-70=270 −18 4 strokes United States Nelly Korda Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,500,000 500,000
2017 Nov 19 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 68-71-67-67=273 −15 1 stroke United States Jessica Korda
United States Lexi Thompson		 Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,500,000 500,000
2016 Nov 20 England Charley Hull 67-70-66-66=269 −19 2 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,000,000 500,000
2015 Nov 22 United States Cristie Kerr 68-69-66-68=271 −17 1 stroke South Korea Jang Ha-na
United States Gerina Piller		 Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,000,000 500,000
2014 Nov 23 New Zealand Lydia Ko 71-71-68-68=278 −10 Playoff Spain Carlota Ciganda
Paraguay Julieta Granada		 Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,000,000 500,000
2013 Nov 24 China Shanshan Feng 66-74-67-66=273 −15 1 stroke United States Gerina Piller Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course 2,000,000 700,000
2012 Nov 18 South Korea Choi Na-yeon 67-68-69-70=274 −14 2 strokes South Korea Ryu So-yeon TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course 1,500,000 500,000
2011 Nov 20 South Korea Park Hee-young 71-69-69-70=279 −9 2 strokes United States Paula Creamer
Germany Sandra Gal		 Grand Cypress G.C. (N/S) 1,500,000 500,000

Race to the CME Globe winners

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Year Winner Points Runner-up Points
2024 United States Nelly Korda 4,368.319 South Korea Ryu Hae-ran 2,888.392
2023 United States Lilia Vu 3,161.968 France Céline Boutier 3,123.983
2022[11] New Zealand Lydia Ko (3) 3,571.693 Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 2,760.127
2021 South Korea Ko Jin-young (2) 3,520.15 United States Nelly Korda 3,420.6
2020 South Korea Inbee Park 2,035 United States Danielle Kang 1,961
2019 South Korea Ko Jin-young 4,148 Canada Brooke Henderson 2,907
2018 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn (2) 6,760 Canada Brooke Henderson 5,200
2017 United States Lexi Thompson 7,450 South Korea Park Sung-hyun 6,250
2016 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 6,800 New Zealand Lydia Ko 5,050
2015 New Zealand Lydia Ko (2) 6,000 South Korea Inbee Park 5,700
2014 New Zealand Lydia Ko 7,500 United States Stacy Lewis 5,650

Tournament record

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Year Player Score Round
2016 Lydia Ko 62 (−10) 2nd[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "CME Group Titleholders Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "CME Group to sponsor LPGA Season-Ending Titleholders tournament". LPGA. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "2010 LPGA Tour Championship - results". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (November 24, 2013). "Shanshan Feng enjoys big payday". ESPNW. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Sirak, Ron (November 11, 2019). "Stage Is Set For Season-Ending CME Group Tour Championship". LPGA.
  8. ^ a b c d e "CME Group again bumps up purse, first-place prize for LPGA finale". Golf Channel. November 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "CME GROUP AND LPGA ANNOUNCE TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WITH INCREASED PURSE". LPGA. November 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2020 CME Group Tour Championship". Golf Digest. December 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Race To CME Globe Season". LPGA. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "Leona, Lydia Tied Atop CME Group Tour Championship Leaderboard After Saturday". LPGA. November 19, 2022.
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