CME Group Tour Championship

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CME Group Tour Championship

Tournament information
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	$11 million
Month played	November
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Amy Yang (2023)
To par	−27 as above
Current champion
Atthaya Thitikul

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

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

Winners

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

Race to the CME Globe winners

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

Tournament record

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

See also

• ADT Championship

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. "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.

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)

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