2013 CME Group Titleholders explained

2013 CME Group Titleholders
Dates:November 21–24, 2013
Location:Naples, Florida
Course:Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Field:70 players
Cut:none
Purse:$2.0 million
Winners Share:$700,000
Champion: Shanshan Feng
Score:273 (−15)
Previous:2012
Next:2014
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Label:Tiburón GC
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:26.248°N -81.765°W

The 2013 CME Group Titleholders was the third CME Group Titleholders, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played November 21–24 at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

The top three finishers who were LPGA members from each official LPGA tournament, not otherwise qualified, earned a spot in the Titleholders. If tied, the player with the lower final round score qualified.

Shanshan Feng posted rounds of 67 and 66 on the weekend to win with a score of 273 (−15), one stroke ahead of runner-up Gerina Piller. The winner's share was the largest of the year at $700,000, 35% of the $2 million purse.[1]

Qualifiers

DatesTournament1st Qualifier2nd Qualifier3rd Qualifier
Feb 17 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open Jiyai Shin (Win) Yani Tseng (2nd) Moriya Jutanugarn (T4)
Feb 24Honda LPGA Thailand Inbee Park (Win) So Yeon Ryu (T3) Beatriz Recari (T3)
Mar 3 HSBC Women's Champions Stacy Lewis (Win) Na Yeon Choi (2nd) Paula Creamer (3rd)
Mar 17 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Ai Miyazato (2nd) Angela Stanford (3rd) Jessica Korda (T4)
Mar 24 Kia Classic I.K. Kim (2nd) Pornanong Phatlum (T3) Mo Martin (T3)
Apr 7 Kraft Nabisco Championship Caroline Hedwall (T3) Suzann Pettersen (T3) Haeji Kang (T5)
Apr 20 LPGA Lotte Championship Lizette Salas (2nd) Shanshan Feng (T9) Hee-Kyung Seo (T9)
Apr 28 North Texas LPGA Shootout Carlota Ciganda (2nd) Hee-Young Park (T4) Karine Icher (T7)
May 5 Kingsmill Championship Cristie Kerr (Win) Ilhee Lee (T3) Gerina Piller (T9)
May 19 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic Jennifer Johnson (Win) Karrie Webb (T4) Anna Nordqvist (T4)
May 26 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic Irene Cho (2nd) Mika Miyazato (T4) Mindy Kim (T4)
Jun 2 ShopRite LPGA Classic Jenny Shin (4th) Jeong Jang (T5) Chie Arimura (T5)
Jun 9 Wegmans LPGA Championship Catriona Matthew (2nd) Morgan Pressel (T3) Amy Yang (T5)
Jun 23 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Brittany Lang (T13) Juli Inkster (T13) Brooke Pancake (T13)
Jun 30 U.S. Women's Open Jodi Ewart Shadoff (T4) Brittany Lincicome (T9) Lexi Thompson (T13)
Jul 14 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Meena Lee (4th) Austin Ernst (T6) Hanna Kang (13th)
Jul 21Marathon Classic Jacqui Concolino (T5) Se Ri Pak (T12) Chella Choi (T16)
Aug 4 Ricoh Women's British Open Natalie Gulbis (T9) Nicole Castrale (T9) Pernilla Lindberg (T11)
Aug 25 CN Canadian Women's Open Lydia Ko (Win) Stacy Prammanasudh (T5) Caroline Masson (T7)
Sep 1 Safeway Classic Sandra Gal (T6) Sandra Changkija (T9) Dewi Claire Schreefel (T9)
Sep 15 The Evian Championship Rebecca Lee-Bentham (T11) Cindy LaCrosse (T15) Katherine Hull-Kirk (T15)
Oct 6 Reignwood LPGA Classic Christel Boeljon (T7) Sun Young Yoo (T10) Paola Moreno (T21)
Oct 13 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Alison Walshe (T6) Michelle Wie (T12) Jane Park (T26)
Oct 20 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship Eun-Hee Ji (T12) Ayako Uehara (T41) Candie Kung (T44)
Oct 27 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship Azahara Muñoz (2nd) Mina Harigae (T5) M. J. Hur (T8)
Nov 10 Mizuno Classic Teresa Lu (Win) Haru Nomura (T13) Hee-Won Han (T17)
Nov 17 Lorena Ochoa InvitationalNone qualified

Note: The following qualifiers did not play in the event: Christel Boeljon, Nicole Castrale, Mina Harigae, Haeji Kang, Teresa Lu, Haru Nomura, Se Ri Pak, Jiyai Shin, Yani Tseng.[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 66-74-67-66=273 −15 700,000
2 71-67-67-69=274 −14 139,713
3 70-68-67-70=275 −13 101,352
4 64-69-74-69=276 −12 78,404
5 68-72-69-68=277 −11 63,106
align=center rowspan=3T6 69-69-71-69=278 align=center rowspan=3−10 align=center rowspan=344,238
71-73-63-71=278
68-68-73-69=278
align=center rowspan=2T9 71-69-70-69=279 align=center rowspan=2−9 align=center rowspan=232,509
70-71-69-69=279
Source:[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Shanshan Feng enjoys big payday . ESPNW . Voepel . Mechelle . November 24, 2013.
  2. Web site: 2013 CME Group Titleholders – Full Results . LPGA . January 10, 2014 . https://archive.today/20140110223530/http://www.cmegrouptitleholders.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/cme-group-tour-championship/full-results.aspx?year=2013 . January 10, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. News: Final results: CME Group Titleholders . ESPN . November 24, 2013.
  4. News: Leaderboard: CME Group Titleholders . Yahoo! Sports . November 24, 2013.