2014 CME Group Tour Championship

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2014 CME Group
Tour Championship
Tournament information
DatesNovember 20–23, 2014
LocationNaples, Florida
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,540 yards (5,980 m)
Field69 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$2.0 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
New Zealand Lydia Ko
278 (−10), playoff
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Tiburón GC is located in the United States
Tiburón GC
Tiburón GC
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Location in the United States

The 2014 CME Group Tour Championship was the fourth 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. Lydia Ko won a three-way sudden-death playoff on the fourth hole over co-runner-up Carlota Ciganda; Julieta Granada had been eliminated on the second extra hole.

The CME Group Tour Championship also marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2014. 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 then 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". Third in the standings entering the tournament, Ko won the "Race to the CME Globe" and received a $1 million bonus. Stacy Lewis, the pre-tournament leader, finished second in the race with Michelle Wie third.

Format[]

Qualification[]

Called the "CME Group Titleholders" for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for 2014.[1][2] 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 (T68), (70), Chella Choi (8), Na Yeon Choi (16), Carlota Ciganda (T64), Paula Creamer (17), Laura Diaz (72), Austin Ernst (37), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (48), Shanshan Feng (6), Sandra Gal (39), Julieta Granada (24), Caroline Hedwall (56), Mi Jung Hur (34), Karine Icher (26), Eun-Hee Ji (35), Tiffany Joh (T61), Jennifer Johnson (49), Moriya Jutanugarn (T61), Danielle Kang (55), Haeji Kang (54), (T64), Cristie Kerr (14), Christina Kim (23), In-Kyung Kim (52), Katherine Kirk (57), Lydia Ko (3), Jessica Korda (15), Candie Kung (71), Brittany Lang (28), Ilhee Lee (29), Meena Lee (27), Mi Hyang Lee (25), Mirim Lee (11), Amelia Lewis (66), Stacy Lewis (1), Brittany Lincicome (18), Pernilla Lindberg (41), Mo Martin (36), Caroline Masson (31), Catriona Matthew (38), Sydnee Michaels (67), Belen Mozo (59), Azahara Muñoz (10), Haru Nomura (42), Anna Nordqvist (7), Lee-Anne Pace (T43), Hee Young Park (40), Inbee Park (2), Suzann Pettersen (12), Pornanong Phatlum (22), Gerina Piller (33), Morgan Pressel (30), Beatriz Recari (50), So Yeon Ryu (5), Lizette Salas (20), Dewi Claire Schreefel (T68), Jenny Shin (21), Sarah Jane Smith (63), Angela Stanford (19), Thidapa Suwannapura (53), Lexi Thompson (13), Yani Tseng (46), Ayako Uehara (58), Mariajo Uribe (T43), Karrie Webb (9), Michelle Wie (4), Sun Young Yoo (51)

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
Baek Kyu-jung (winner of the 2014 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship)

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (24) South America (2) Europe (14) Oceania (4) Asia (24) Africa (1)
 United States (24)  Colombia (1)  England (1)  Australia (3)  China (1)  South Africa (1)
 Paraguay (1)  Scotland (1)  New Zealand (1)  Japan (2)
 France (1)  South Korea (16)
 Germany (2)  Taiwan (2)
 Netherlands (1)  Thailand (3)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (3)

Final leaderboard[]

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
T1 Carlota Ciganda  Spain 70-67-71-70=278 −10 Playoff
Julieta Granada  Paraguay 66-71-70-71=278
Lydia Ko  New Zealand 71-71-68-68=278
4 Morgan Pressel  United States 72-66-70-72=280 −8 92,200
T5 Sandra Gal  Germany 68-71-70-72=281 −7 67,464
Michelle Wie  United States 72-67-72-70=281
T7 Hee Young Park  South Korea 70-73-71-69=283 −5 47,675
So Yeon Ryu  South Korea 70-70-70-73=283
T9 In-Kyung Kim  South Korea 71-72-71-70=284 −4 36,730
Brittany Lang  United States 74-68-70-72=284
Stacy Lewis  United States 69-74-70-71=284

Playoff[]

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Lydia Ko  New Zealand 4-4-4-4 E 500,000
T2 Carlota Ciganda  Spain 4-4-4-5 +1 141,743
Julieta Granada  Paraguay 4-5 +1

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 Country Race Points Reset points Events
1 Stacy Lewis  United States 4,823 5,000 27
2 Inbee Park  South Korea 4,102 4,500 22
3 Lydia Ko  New Zealand 3,393 4,000 25
4 Michelle Wie  United States 2,995 3,600 20
5 Ryu So-yeon  South Korea 2,661 3,200 24
6 Shanshan Feng  China 2,653 2,800 23
7 Anna Nordqvist  Sweden 2,511 2,400 25
8 Chella Choi  South Korea 2,299 2,000 30
9 Karrie Webb  Australia 2,281 1,600 18
10 Azahara Muñoz  Spain 2,244 1,200 26

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 is 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.

In addition to winning the CME Group Tour Championship, Ko also won the "Race to the CME Globe" and received a $1 million bonus. Ko was guaranteed to win the race even before the playoff since the 2,400 points she would have earned for losing in the playoff would have given her a total of 5,900 points, ahead of Stacy Lewis on 5,650. The bonus did not count on the official money list.[1][2][3] Second place earned $150,000 and third place $100,000.[4]

Place Player Country Reset
points		 Championship
points		 Final
points
1 Lydia Ko  New Zealand 4,000 3,500 7,500
2 Stacy Lewis  United States 5,000 650 5,650
3 Michelle Wie  United States 3,600 1,500 5,100
4 Inbee Park  South Korea 4,500 370 4,870
5 Ryu So-yeon  South Korea 3,200 1,000 4,200
6 Shanshan Feng  China 2,800 490 3,290
7 Julieta Granada  Paraguay 540 2,400 2,940
8 Carlota Ciganda  Spain 50 2,400 2,450
9 Chella Choi  South Korea 2,000 410 2,410
10 Anna Nordqvist  Sweden 2,400 0 2,400

References[]

  1. ^ a b "The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural "Race to the CME Globe"". LPGA. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "LPGA Tour goes to points race". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (January 8, 2014). "LPGA adds intrigue with points race". ESPNW. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "CME Group Tour Championship Eligibility". LPGA. Retrieved November 21, 2014.

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