2016 CME Group Tour Championship

2016 CME Group
Tour Championship
Tournament information
Dates	November 17–20, 2016
Location	Naples, Florida; 26°14′53″N 81°45′54″W / 26.248°N 81.765°W
Course(s)	Tiburón Golf Club,; Gold Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,540 yards (5,980 m)
Field	68 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$2.0 million
Winner's share	$500,000
Champion
	Charley Hull
	269 (−19)
Location map
	Tiburón GC Location in the United States 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	Ariya Jutanugarn	4,491	5,000	27
2	Lydia Ko	4,365	4,500	23
3	Brooke Henderson	3,237	4,000	30
4	Jang Ha-na	2,879	3,600	20
5	Kim Sei-young	2,753	3,200	24
6	Shanshan Feng	2,551	2,800	20
7	Minjee Lee	2,526	2,400	26
8	Chun In-gee	2,494	2,000	18
9	Haru Nomura	2,491	1,600	26
10	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	Ariya Jutanugarn	5,000	1,800	6,800
2	Lydia Ko	4,500	550	5,050
3	Brooke Henderson	4,000	370	4,370
4	Charley Hull	420	3,500	3,920
5	Jang Ha-na	3,600	0	3,600
6	Kim Sei-young	3,200	370	3,570
7	Shanshan Feng	2,800	750	3,550
8	Ryu So-yeon	840	2,400	3,240
9	Chun In-gee	2,000	1,000	3,000
10	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	Charley Hull	67-70-66-66=269	−19	500,000
2	Ryu So-yeon	67-68-69-67=271	−17	164,299
3	Jennifer Song	72-67-66-68=273	−15	119,187
T4	Ariya Jutanugarn	72-68-65-69=274	−14	75,710
	Mo Martin	68-70-68-68=274
	Beatriz Recari	68-68-70-68=274
7	Chun In-gee	68-69-68-70=275	−13	50,823
T8	Shanshan Feng	66-73-69-68=276	−12	42,278
T8	Amy Yang	68-72-66-70=276	−12	42,278
T10	Lydia Ko	70-62-73-72=277	−11	35,081
T10	Brittany Lincicome	69-69-66-73=277	−11	35,081

References

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

External links

[rcison-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.

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