The LPGA Tour’s 2024 season wraps up this week with the 11th edition of the CME Group Tour Championship at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.
The event will be headlined by 2024 Rolex Player of the Year winner Nelly Korda, who also won the season-long Race to CME Globe (4,235.819 points) following victory at last week’s The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican.
The field will include the top 60 LPGA players in the points standings, including Lydia Ko, Lexi Thompson, Charley Hull, Brooke Henderson and Jin Young Ko, among others.
The Skinny
Event: CME Group Tour Championship
Title Sponsor: CME Group
LPGA Tour Debut: 2014
Dates:Â Nov. 21-24, 2024
Where: Naples, Florida
Course: Tiburón Golf Club (Gold)
Distance: Par 72, 6556 yards
Purse: $11,000,000
Winning Share: $4,000,000
Watch: Golf Channel
Defending Champion:Â Amy Yang
How to Follow the CME Group Tour Championship
Television: Thu-Fri: 3-5 p.m. (GOLF Channel); Sun: 1-4 p.m. ET (NBC & Peacock)
NBC Stream: Thu-Fri: 2-3 p.m. (NBCSports.com + NBC Sports App); Sat: 2-5 p.m. (NBCSports.com + NBC Sports App)
ESPN Stream: Thu-Sat: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (ESPN+); Sun: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (ESPN+)
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CME Group Tour Championship History
The CME Group Tour Championship debuted in November 2011, following two seasons of a season-ender titled the LPGA Tour Championship (2009-2010). The first iteration was the CME Group Titleholders (2011-2013).
The first tournament was played in November 2011 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando (FL), which had hosted the 2010 LPGA Tour Championship. In 2012, the tournament moved to the Eagle Course of the TwinEagles Club, in Naples (FL). Since 2013, it has been contested in Naples at the Gold Course of the Tiburón Golf Club.
In 2014 the LPGA Tour introduced a season-long points race, the Race to the CME Globe, and a $1 million bonus.
The inaugural winner of the current format was New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, who posted a 10-under par, then edging Carlota Ciganda and Julieta Granada in a playoff. Ko also won the season-long points title.
The next two contests (2015 and 2016) were won by Cristie Kerr (-17) and Charley Hull (-19), respectively.
Ko (2014, 2022) and Jin Young Ko (2021-22) are the only two-time winners, with JY Ko the only back-to-back champion.
The title sponsor is the CME Group, a financial securities corporation based in Chicago.
History: Recent Winners
2023: Amy Yang (-27)
2022: Lydia Ko (-17)
2021: Jin Young Ko (-23)
2020: Jin Young Ko (-18)
2019: Sei Young Kim (-18)
2018: Lexi Thompson (-18)
2017: Ariya Jutanugarn (-15)
2016: Charley Hull (−19)
2015: Cristie Kerr (−17)
2014: Lydia Ko (−10)
History: Records
Low Round: 62 (-10) – Lydia Ko (Rd 2, 2016)
Low Score: 261 (-27) – Amy Yang (2023)
Win Margin: 5 – Jin Young Ko (2020)
CME Group Tour Championship Field
World No. 1 Nelly Korda headlines a field that will feature all of the world’s top-10 ranked players, including two-time winners Lydia Ko and Jin Young Ko a.
All five of the major winners from 2024 will be teeing it up this week, including Nelly Korda (Chevron), Lydia Ko (British Open), Yuka Saso (U.S. Open), Akaya Furue (French Open) and Amy Yang (LPGA), the defending champion.
Players from the U.S. and European Solheim Cup teams will be well represented including Korda, Lauren Coughlin, Lilia Vu, Ally Ewing, Rose Zhang, Megan Khang, Jennifer Kupcho, Sarah Schmelzel, Andrea Lee, Allisen Corpuz and Lexi Thompson of Team USA. For the European squad, it’s Celine Boutier, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, Charley Hull, Esther Henseleit, Albane Valenzuela, Madelene Sagstrom, Leona Maguire, Carlota Ciganda.
Four rookies are among the top 60 this year, including Nataliya Guseva, Gabriela Ruffels, as well as Jin Hee Im and Mao Saigo who are in the running for the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honor.
Past champions in the field include Lydia Ko (2014, 2022), Jin Young Ko (2020-21), Amy Yang (2023), Sei Young Kim (2019), Lexi Thompson (2018) and Charley Hull (2016).
Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Nelly Korda (4-1)
2. Jeeno Thitikul (9-1)
3. Ruoning Yin (12-1)
4. Charley Hull (14-1)
5. Haeran Ryu (16-1)
5. Lydia Ko (16-1)
Full Field & Odds
CME Group Championship | Tiburón GC | Naples, FL | Nov. 21-24, 2024
Credits: LPGA Tour Communications, Getty Images
