2021 CME Group Tour Championship explained

2021 CME Group
Tour Championship
Dates:November 18–21, 2021
Location:Naples, Florida
Course:Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Tour:LPGA Tour
Par:72
Field:60 players
Cut:none
Purse:$5 million
Winners Share:$1,500,000
Champion: Ko Jin-young
Previous:2020
Next:2022
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Label:Tiburón GC
Map Relief:yes
Coordinates:26.248°N -81.765°W

The 2021 CME Group Tour Championship was the 11th CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The CME Group Tour Championship marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2021. The event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a delay, and NBC Sunday live.

Format

Qualification

Since 2014, the field has determined by a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe". All players making the cut in a tournament earned points, with 500 points going to the winner. The five major championships had a higher points distribution, with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers. Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. From 2014 to 2018, the top 72 players on the points list and any tournament winners, whether or not a member, earned entry into the championship. The points were reset for the championship and the points leader after the championship won a $1 million bonus. Only the top-12 players entering the tournament has a mathematical chance of winning the bonus.

Since 2019, the top 60 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gained entry into the championship. Tournament winners are no longer given automatic entry into the championship. The bonus is now rolled into the purse so that the winner of the tournament wins $1.5 million. All 60 players compete for the top prize.[1] [2]

Field

Top 60 LPGA members and those tied for 60th on the "Race to the CME Globe" Points Standings

Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Céline Boutier, Matilda Castren, Chella Choi, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Jenny Coleman, Austin Ernst, Ally Ewing, Hannah Green, Georgia Hall, Mina Harigae, Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, Esther Henseleit, Hsu Wei-ling, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Megan Khang, Kim A-lim, Kim Hyo-joo, Kim Sei-young, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee, Stacy Lewis, Lin Xiyu, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Leona Maguire, Caroline Masson, Wichanee Meechai, Yealimi Noh, Anna Nordqvist, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Sophia Popov, Ryu So-yeon, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas, Yuka Saso, Jenny Shin, Lauren Stephenson, Jasmine Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Patty Tavatanakit, Lexi Thompson, Amy Yang, Angel Yin

Final leaderboard

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Ko Jin-young 69-67-66-63=265 −23 1,500,000[3]
2 69-69-64-64=266 −22 480,000
align=center rowspan=2T3 65-65-72-68=270 align=center rowspan=2−18 align=center rowspan=2268,657
65-69-69-67=270
align=center rowspan=3T5 67-69-69-66=271 align=center rowspan=3−17 align=center rowspan=3145,041
66-69-67-69=271
66-68-71-66=271
8 67-69-68-68=272 align=center-16 98,453
align=center rowspan=3T9 69-69-70-65=273 align=center rowspan=3−15 align=center rowspan=378,807
69-68-72-64=273
66-68-69-70=273

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Race to the CME Globe – Eligibility and Points Structure . LPGA . November 19, 2019.
  2. News: CME Group Tour Championship: What to watch in the LPGA season finale . ESPN . Charlotte . Gibson . November 19, 2019.
  3. Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2021 CME Group Tour Championship . Golf Digest . November 21, 2021.