CME Group Tour Championship

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.

"Titleholders" redirects here. For other uses, see Title (disambiguation).

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$5 million
Month playedNovember
(December in 2020)
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 Charley Hull (2016)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Kim Sei-young
2020 CME Group Tour Championship
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States

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
YearDatesChampionCountryScoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upCoursePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
2020Dec 17–20Ko Jin-young South Korea68-67-69-66=270−185 strokes Hannah Green
Kim Sei-young		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course3,000,0001,100,000[8]
2019Nov 21–24Kim Sei-young South Korea65-67-68-70=270−181 stroke Charley HullTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course5,000,0001,500,000
2018Nov 15–18Lexi Thompson United States65-67-68-70=270−184 strokes Nelly KordaTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,500,000500,000
2017Nov 16–19Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand68-71-67-67=273−151 stroke Jessica Korda
Lexi Thompson		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,500,000500,000
2016Nov 17–20Charley Hull England67-70-66-66=269−192 strokes Ryu So-yeonTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2015Nov 19–22Cristie Kerr United States68-69-66-68=271−171 stroke Jang Ha-na
Gerina Piller		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2014Nov 20–23Lydia Ko New Zealand71-71-68-68=278−10Playoff Carlota Ciganda
Julieta Granada		Tiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000500,000
2013Nov 21–24Shanshan Feng China66-74-67-66=273−151 stroke Gerina PillerTiburón Golf Club, Gold Course2,000,000700,000
2012Nov 15–18Choi Na-yeon South Korea67-68-69-70=274−142 strokes Ryu So-yeonTwinEagles Club, Eagle Course1,500,000500,000
2011Nov 17–20Park Hee-young South Korea71-69-69-70=279−92 strokes Paula Creamer
Sandra Gal		Grand Cypress G.C. (N/S)1,500,000500,000

Race to the CME Globe winners
YearPlayerCountryPointsRunner-upPoints
2020Inbee Park South Korea2,035 Danielle Kang1,961
2019Ko Jin-young South Korea4,148 Brooke Henderson2,907
2018Ariya Jutanugarn (2) Thailand6,760 Brooke Henderson5,200
2017Lexi Thompson United States7,450 Park Sung-hyun6,250
2016Ariya Jutanugarn Thailand6,800 Lydia Ko5,050
2015Lydia Ko (2) New Zealand6,000 Inbee Park5,700
2014Lydia Ko New Zealand7,500 Stacy Lewis5,650

References
  1. "CME Group Titleholders Course Info". LPGA. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  2. "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. "Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2020 CME Group Tour Championship". Golf Digest. December 20, 2020.

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