2015 CME Group
Tour Championship
Tournament information
DatesNovember 19–22, 2015
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)
Field71 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
United States Cristie Kerr
271 (−17)
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

The 2015 CME Group Tour Championship was the fifth 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 also marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2015. 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 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 by ABC live on Sunday.

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. Tournaments without a cut awarded points to the top 40 finishers, except for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, where only the top 20 are awarded points.

Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gain entry into the CME Group Tour 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

Baek Kyu-jung (60), Chella Choi (20), Na Yeon Choi (15), Carlota Ciganda (37), Paula Creamer (52), Austin Ernst (27), Shanshan Feng (9), Sandra Gal (33), Julieta Granada (46), Jaye Marie Green (53), Wei-Ling Hsu (50), Charley Hull (58), Karine Icher (39), Jang Ha-na (11), Ji Eun-hee (38), Ariya Jutanugarn (36), Moriya Jutanugarn (64), Danielle Kang (54), Kim Kaufman (41), Cristie Kerr (12), Christina Kim (57), Kim Hyo-joo (10), In-Kyung Kim (66), Kim Sei-young (4), Lydia Ko (1), Jessica Korda (23), Candie Kung (25), Brittany Lang (29), Alison Lee (31), Ilhee Lee (22), Lee Mi-hyang (24), Min Lee (72), Minjee Lee (13), Mirim Lee (18), Stacy Lewis (3), Xi Yu Lin (42), Brittany Lincicome (16), Pernilla Lindberg (45), Mo Martin (47), Caroline Masson (49), Catriona Matthew (61), Sydnee Michaels (65), Ai Miyazato (70), Mika Miyazato (27), Azahara Muñoz (34), Haru Nomura (55), Anna Nordqvist (8), Ryann O'Toole (69), Park Hee-young (48), Inbee Park (2), Jane Park (63), Suzann Pettersen (14), Pornanong Phatlum (32), Gerina Piller (26), Morgan Pressel (17), Beatriz Recari (71), Ryu So-yeon (6), Lizette Salas (35), Alena Sharp (62), Jenny Shin (21), Jennifer Song (68), Angela Stanford (30), Kris Tamulis (44), Lexi Thompson (5), Yani Tseng (19), Mariajo Uribe (51), Karrie Webb (56), Michelle Wie (67), Amy Yang (7), Yoo Sun-young (43)

Lee-Anne Pace (59) and Sakura Yokomine (40) did not play

2. LPGA Members, not otherwise qualified, who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season

Brooke Henderson

3. Non-members who won at least one official LPGA tournament during the season

Ahn Sun-ju, Chun In-gee – both eligible but did not enter.

Race to the CME Globe

Reset points

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

PointsPlayerRace PointsReset pointsEvents
1New Zealand Lydia Ko4,9135,00023
2South Korea Inbee Park4,4444,50024
3United States Stacy Lewis3,5104,00025
4South Korea Kim Sei-young3,3573,60026
5United States Lexi Thompson2,8273,20023
6South Korea Ryu So-yeon2,4412,80024
7South Korea Amy Yang2,3352,40022
8Sweden Anna Nordqvist2,0732,00024
9China Shanshan Feng1,9941,60020
10South Korea Kim Hyo-joo1,9741,20023

Final points

"Championship points" are awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which are added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship receives 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 is that the top three players in the reset points list prior to the Championship will be guaranteed to win the "Race to the CME Globe" by winning the Championship. The top nine in the reset points list will have a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.

PlacePlayerReset
points
Championship
points
Final
points
1New Zealand Lydia Ko5,0001,0006,000
2South Korea Inbee Park4,5001,2005,700
3United States Lexi Thompson3,2001,8005,000
4United States Stacy Lewis4,0004704,470
5United States Cristie Kerr9203,5004,420
6South Korea Kim Sei-young3,6003703,970
7South Korea Amy Yang2,4001,0003,400
8South Korea Jang Ha-na9602,4003,360
9United States Gerina Piller5002,4002,900
10South Korea Ryu So-yeon2,80002,800

Final leaderboard

Sunday, November 22, 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Cristie Kerr68-69-66-68=271−17500,000
T2South Korea Jang Ha-na69-65-69-69=272−16139,869
United States Gerina Piller68-70-67-67=272
4United States Lexi Thompson70-69-67-68=274−1490,982
5France Karine Icher71-67-68-69=275−1373,230
6South Korea Inbee Park71-69-67-69=276−1259,915
T7New Zealand Lydia Ko69-67-69-72=277−1142,385
South Korea Minjee Lee75-66-67-69=277
United States Sydnee Michaels72-71-69-65=277
South Korea Amy Yang72-69-67-69=277

References

  1. "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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