2016 CME Group Tour Championship

2016 CME Group
Tour Championship
Tournament information
DatesNovember 17–20, 2016
LocationNaples, Florida
26°14′53″N 81°45′54″W / 26.248°N 81.765°W / 26.248; -81.765
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,540 yards (5,980 m)
Field68 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
England Charley Hull
269 (−19)
Location map
Tiburón GC is located in the United States
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States
Tiburón GC is located in Florida
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
Location in Florida
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The 2016 CME Group Tour Championship was the sixth 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 2016. Each player's season-long "Race to the CME Globe" points was reset before the tournament based on their position in the points list. "Championship points" were 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 event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 2-hour delay, and ABC Sunday live.

Format

Qualification

Called the "CME Group Titleholders" for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for 2014.[1] Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. For 2014 the field was 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 (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational).

Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gained entry into the CME Group Titleholders Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72.

Field

1. Top 72 LPGA members and those tied for 72nd on the "Race to the CME Globe" points standings
Marina Alex (58), Chella Choi (31), Chun In-gee (8), Carlota Ciganda (11), Jacqui Concolino (68), Paula Creamer (64), Austin Ernst (38), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (26), Shanshan Feng (6), Sandra Gal (59), Brooke Henderson (3), Charley Hull (30), M. J. Hur (21), Karine Icher (20), Jang Ha-na (4), Ji Eun-hee (35), Ariya Jutanugarn (1), Moriya Jutanugarn (42), Danielle Kang (33), Kim Kaufman (44), Cristie Kerr (43), Megan Khang (63), Christina Kim (48), Kim Hyo-joo (19), Kim Sei-young (5), Lydia Ko (2), Jessica Korda (27), Candie Kung (24), Brittany Lang (18), Alison Lee (49), Lee Mi-hyang (37), Minjee Lee (7), Mirim Lee (16), Stacy Lewis (13), Lin Xiyu (56), Brittany Lincicome (50), Pernilla Lindberg (60), Gaby López (53), Mo Martin (28), Caroline Masson (29), Catriona Matthew (45), Ai Miyazato (70), Mika Miyazato (61), Azahara Muñoz (40), Haru Nomura (9), Anna Nordqvist (10), Su-Hyun Oh (51), Ryann O'Toole (52), Park Hee-young (39), Suzann Pettersen (23), Pornanong Phatlum (25), Gerina Piller (17), Morgan Pressel (46), Beatriz Recari (57), Paula Reto (67), Ryu So-yeon (14), Lizette Salas (62), Alena Sharp (47), Jenny Shin (22), Sarah Jane Smith (41), Jennifer Song (66), Angela Stanford (34), Kris Tamulis (71), Lexi Thompson (15), Mariajo Uribe (69), Karrie Webb (55), Amy Yang (12), Sakura Yokomine (65)

Did not play: Choi Na-yeon (54), In-Kyung Kim (32), Lee-Anne Pace (36), Inbee Park (72)

2. LPGA Members, not otherwise qualified, who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season
None

3. Non-members who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season
None

Race to the CME Globe

Reset points

Each player's "Race to the CME Globe" points were "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the "Race to the CME Globe" points list. The leader was given 5,000 points, the player in second place 4,500 down to 10 points for the player in 72nd place.

Points Player Race Points Reset points Events
1 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 4,491 5,000 27
2 New Zealand Lydia Ko 4,365 4,500 23
3 Canada Brooke Henderson 3,237 4,000 30
4 South Korea Jang Ha-na 2,879 3,600 20
5 South Korea Kim Sei-young 2,753 3,200 24
6 China Shanshan Feng 2,551 2,800 20
7 South Korea Minjee Lee 2,526 2,400 26
8 South Korea Chun In-gee 2,494 2,000 18
9 Japan Haru Nomura 2,491 1,600 26
10 Sweden Anna Nordqvist 2,440 1,200 24

Final points

"Championship points" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship received 3,500 points, the second place player 2,400 down to 210 points for the player finishing in 40th place. The effect of the points system was that the top three players in the reset points list prior to the Championship were guaranteed to win the "Race to the CME Globe" by winning the Championship. The top nine in the reset points list had a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.

Place Player Reset
points
Championship
points
Final
points
1 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 5,000 1,800 6,800
2 New Zealand Lydia Ko 4,500 550 5,050
3 Canada Brooke Henderson 4,000 370 4,370
4 England Charley Hull 420 3,500 3,920
5 South Korea Jang Ha-na 3,600 0 3,600
6 South Korea Kim Sei-young 3,200 370 3,570
7 China Shanshan Feng 2,800 750 3,550
8 South Korea Ryu So-yeon 840 2,400 3,240
9 South Korea Chun In-gee 2,000 1,000 3,000
10 Australia Minjee Lee 2,400 450 2,850

Bonus

The winner of the "Race to the CME Globe" in 2016, Ariya Jutanugarn, received a $1 million bonus that did not count toward official money list, while Lydia Ko in second place and Brooke Henderson in third place received $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 England Charley Hull 67-70-66-66=269 −19 500,000
2 South Korea Ryu So-yeon 67-68-69-67=271 −17 164,299
3 United States Jennifer Song 72-67-66-68=273 −15 119,187
T4 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 72-68-65-69=274 −14 75,710
United States Mo Martin 68-70-68-68=274
Spain Beatriz Recari 68-68-70-68=274
7 South Korea Chun In-gee 68-69-68-70=275 −13 50,823
T8 China Shanshan Feng 66-73-69-68=276 −12 42,278
South Korea Amy Yang 68-72-66-70=276
T10 New Zealand Lydia Ko 70-62-73-72=277 −11 35,081
United States Brittany Lincicome 69-69-66-73=277

References

  1. ^ "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "2016 Race to the CME Globe final standings and bonus money: Who won the $1 million?". Golf News Net. November 21, 2016.