2012 CME Group Titleholders

2012 CME Group Titleholders

Tournament information
Dates	November 15–18, 2012
Location	Naples, Florida
Course(s)	TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,699 yards (6,126 m)
Field	73 players
Cut	none
Prize fund	$1.5 million
Winner's share	$500,000
Champion
Na Yeon Choi
274 (−14)
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The 2012 CME Group Titleholders was the second 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 15–18, 2012 at the TwinEagles 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.^[1]

South Korean Na Yeon Choi won by two strokes over So Yeon Ryu.

Qualifiers[]

The following table shows the three qualifiers for the Titleholders from each tournament.

Dates	Tournament	1st Qualifier	2nd Qualifier	3rd Qualifier
Feb 12	ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open	Jessica Korda (Win)	Stacy Lewis (T2)	Brittany Lincicome (T2)
Feb 19	Honda LPGA Thailand	Yani Tseng (Win)	Ai Miyazato (2nd)	Jiyai Shin (3rd)
Feb 26	HSBC Women's Champions	Angela Stanford (Win)	Na Yeon Choi (T2)	Shanshan Feng (T2)
Mar 18	RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup	So Yeon Ryu (4th)	Hee Young Park (5th)	Caroline Hedwall (T6)
Mar 25	Kia Classic	Sun-Young Yoo (2nd)	Se Ri Pak (T7)	Jodi Ewart (T7)
Apr 1	Kraft Nabisco Championship	I.K. Kim (2nd)	Amy Yang (T4)	Hee Kyung Seo (T4)
Apr 21	LPGA Lotte Championship	Meena Lee (T2)	Azahara Muñoz (T2)	Cristie Kerr (T4)
Apr 29	Mobile Bay LPGA Classic	Lexi Thompson (2nd)	Karine Icher (3rd)	Karrie Webb (T4)
May 20	Sybase Match Play Championship	Candie Kung (2nd)	Morgan Pressel (3rd)	Vicky Hurst (4th)
Jun 3	ShopRite LPGA Classic	Katherine Hull (2nd)	Mika Miyazato (T3)	Hee-Won Han (T5)
Jun 10	Wegmans LPGA Championship	Suzann Pettersen (T2)	Eun-Hee Ji (T2)	Gerina Piller (T6)
Jun 24	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Brittany Lang (Win)	Chella Choi (T2)	Inbee Park (T2)
Jul 1	Walmart NW Arkansas Championship	(T4)	Anna Nordqvist (T8)	Jenny Shin (T10)
Jul 8	U.S. Women's Open	Sandra Gal (3rd)	Ilhee Lee (T4)	Giulia Sergas (T4)
Jul 29	Evian Masters	Natalie Gulbis (T4)	Beatriz Recari (T9)	Paula Creamer (T9)
Aug 12	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	(T5)	(T11)	Lindsey Wright (T15)
Aug 19	Safeway Classic	Haeji Kang (T4)	Sydnee Michaels (7th)	Michelle Wie (8th)
Aug 26	CN Canadian Women's Open	Lydia Ko (a) (Win)	(T9)	Catriona Matthew (T11)
Sep 9	Kingsmill Championship	Danielle Kang (T3)	Maria Hjorth (T9)	Dewi Claire Schreefel (13th)
Sep 16	Ricoh Women's British Open	Julieta Granada (7th)	(T8)	Cindy LaCrosse (T13)
Sep 23	Navistar LPGA Classic	M.J. Hur (T3)	(T6)	Pernilla Lindberg (T11)
Oct 14	Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia	Lizette Salas (T9)	Momoko Ueda (T14)	Mina Harigae (T30)
Oct 21	LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship	Karin Sjodin (T13)	Jennifer Johnson (T39)	Nicole Castrale (T45)
Oct 28	Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship	Belen Mozo (T11)	Mariajo Uribe (T20)	Mo Martin (T23)
Nov 4	Mizuno Classic	Pornanong Phatlum (T27)	Jennifer Song (T53)	(T32)
Nov 11	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	Lorena Ochoa (T18)	Kristy McPherson (T26)	(36th)

Note: The following qualifiers did not play in the event: , Lydia Ko, Lorena Ochoa, Se Ri Pak, Momoko Ueda.^[2]

Final leaderboard[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea	67-68-69-70=274	–14	500,000
2	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	66-72-68-70=276	–12	106,379
3	Brittany Lincicome	United States	68-69-70-70=277	–11	77,171
4	Karrie Webb	Australia	69-69-71-69=278	–10	59,698
5	Ai Miyazato	Japan	70-64-71-74=279	–9	48,050
6	Karine Icher	France	67-70-70-73=280	–8	39,313
T7	Shanshan Feng	China	70-69-69-73=281	–7	27,811
	Cristie Kerr	United States	67-74-71-69 =281
	Azahara Muñoz	Spain	72-72-67-70 =281
	Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	69-70-69-73 =281

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