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CME Group Tour Championship
Women's professional golf tournament
Women's professional golf tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | CME Group Tour Championship |
| image | CME Group Tour Championship logo.png |
| location | Naples, Florida |
| establishment | 2011 |
| course | Tiburón Golf Club, |
| The Gold Course | |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 6556 yd |
| tour | LPGA Tour |
| format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| purse | $11 million |
| month_played | November |
| aggregate | 261 Amy Yang (2023) |
| to-par | −27 as above |
| current_champion | THA Jeeno Thitikul |
| current |
The Gold Course | to-par = −27 as above |USA 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. 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.
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. 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. The purse was raised to $2 million in 2013, with a 35% winner's share of $700,000, the highest of the year. 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.
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. 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
Tournament names
- 2011–2013: CME Group Titleholders
- 2014–present: CME Group Tour Championship
Winners
Race to the CME Globe winners
| Year | Winner | Points | Runner-up | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | USA Nelly Korda | 4,368.319 | KOR Ryu Hae-ran | 2,888.392 |
| 2023 | USA Lilia Vu | 3,161.968 | FRA Céline Boutier | 3,123.983 |
| 2022 | NZL Lydia Ko (3) | 3,571.693 | THA Atthaya Thitikul | 2,760.127 |
| 2021 | KOR Ko Jin-young (2) | 3,520.15 | USA Nelly Korda | 3,420.6 |
| 2020 | KOR Inbee Park | 2,035 | USA Danielle Kang | 1,961 |
| 2019 | KOR Ko Jin-young | 4,148 | CAN Brooke Henderson | 2,907 |
| 2018 | THA Ariya Jutanugarn (2) | 6,760 | CAN Brooke Henderson | 5,200 |
| 2017 | USA Lexi Thompson | 7,450 | KOR Park Sung-hyun | 6,250 |
| 2016 | THA Ariya Jutanugarn | 6,800 | NZL Lydia Ko | 5,050 |
| 2015 | NZL Lydia Ko (2) | 6,000 | KOR Inbee Park | 5,700 |
| 2014 | NZL Lydia Ko | 7,500 | USA Stacy Lewis | 5,650 |
Tournament record
References
References
- (January 8, 2014). "LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA.
- (January 8, 2014). "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN.
- (March 7, 2011). "CME Group to sponsor LPGA Season-Ending Titleholders tournament". LPGA.
- "CME Group Titleholders Course Info". LPGA.
- "2010 LPGA Tour Championship - results". Yahoo Sports.
- Voepel, Mechelle. (November 24, 2013). "Shanshan Feng enjoys big payday". ESPNW.
- Sirak, Ron. (November 11, 2019). "Stage Is Set For Season-Ending CME Group Tour Championship". LPGA.
- (November 17, 2021). "CME Group again bumps up purse, first-place prize for LPGA finale". Golf Channel.
- (November 15, 2023). "CME GROUP AND LPGA ANNOUNCE TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WITH INCREASED PURSE". LPGA.
- (December 20, 2020). "Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2020 CME Group Tour Championship".
- "Race To CME Globe Season". LPGA.
- (November 19, 2022). "Leona, Lydia Tied Atop CME Group Tour Championship Leaderboard After Saturday". LPGA.
- (November 22, 2025). "Gaby Lopez Launches Up Leaderboard After Tying Tournament Record With Saturday 62". LPGA.
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