2011 CME Group Titleholders

2011 CME Group Titleholders
Tournament information
Dates November 17–20, 2011
Location Orlando, Florida
Course(s) Grand Cypress Golf Club,
North and South Courses
Tour(s) LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 6,518 yards (5,960 m)
Field 59 players
Cut none
Prize fund $1.5 million
Winner's share $500,000
Champion
South Korea Hee Young Park
279 (−9)
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The 2011 CME Group Titleholders was the first 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 17–20, 2011 at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, 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 Hee Young Park won by two strokes over Sandra Gal of Germany and Paula Creamer of the United States.

Qualifiers

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

Dates Tournament 1st Qualifier 2nd Qualifier 3rd Qualifier
Feb 20 Honda LPGA Thailand Taiwan Yani Tseng (Win) United States Michelle Wie (2nd) Australia Karrie Webb (T3)
Feb 27 HSBC Women's ChampionsSouth Korea Sun Young Yoo (4th) United States Morgan Pressel (5th) South Korea Na Yeon Choi (6th)
Mar 20 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup United States Paula Creamer (T2) United States Brittany Lincicome (T2) United States Cristie Kerr (4th)
Mar 27 Kia Classic Germany Sandra Gal (Win)South Korea Jiyai Shin (2nd) South Korea In-Kyung Kim (T3)
Apr 3 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipUnited States Stacy Lewis (Win) United States Katie Futcher (T3) United States Angela Stanford (T3)
May 1Avnet LPGA Classic Sweden Maria Hjorth (Win) South Korea Song-Hee Kim (2nd) Norway Suzann Pettersen (T3)
May 22Sybase Match Play Championship Japan Ai Miyazato (T5) Sweden Sophie Gustafson (T5) Paraguay Julieta Granada (T9)
Jun 5ShopRite LPGA Classic Scotland Catriona Matthew (4th) Sweden Anna Nordqvist (T5) United States Brittany Lang (T8)
Jun 12LPGA State Farm ClassicSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (T5) United States Mindy Kim (T5) United States Wendy Ward (7th)
Jun 26Wegmans LPGA Championship South Korea Meena Lee (T6) Japan Mika Miyazato (T8) Spain Azahara Muñoz (T8)
Jul 10 U.S. Women's OpenSouth Korea So Yeon Ryu (Win) South Korea Hee Kyung Seo (2nd) South Korea Inbee Park (T6)
Jul 24Evian MastersSweden Caroline Hedwall (T12) South Korea Amy Yang (T14) United States Paige Mackenzie (T21)
Jul 31Ricoh Women's British Open Netherlands Dewi Claire Schreefel (T11) United States Candie Kung (T14) England Karen Stupples (T22)
Aug 21Safeway Classic South Korea Hee Young Park (3rd) United States Vicky Hurst (T5) United States Ryann O'Toole (T5)
Aug 28CN Canadian Women's Open South Korea Hee-Won Han (T6) South Korea Jenny Shin (T6) United States Jennifer Johnson (T12)
Sep 11 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Taiwan Amy Hung (T5) Spain Belén Mozo (T5) South Korea Mi Hyun Kim (T10)
Sep 18Navistar LPGA Classic United States Lexi Thompson (Win) United States Tiffany Joh (2nd) Italy Giulia Sergas (T11)
Oct 9LPGA Hana Bank Championship South Korea Jimin Kang (T3) South Korea Chella Choi (T7) China Shanshan Feng (T13)
Oct 16Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Netherlands Christel Boeljon (T9) United States Amanda Blumenherst (T9) United States Mina Harigae (T23)
Oct 23Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship United States Pat Hurst (T16) United States Alison Walshe (T16) South Korea Grace Park (T24)
Nov 6Mizuno Classic Japan Momoko Ueda (Win) Thailand Pornanong Phatlum (T14) United States Christina Kim (T18)
Nov 13 Lorena Ochoa Invitational United States Juli Inkster (T4) United States Natalie Gulbis (T16) Spain Beatriz Recari (33rd)

Note: The following qualifiers did not play in the event: Shanshan Feng, Juli Inkster, Grace Park, Inbee Park, So Yeon Ryu, Jiyai Shin, Momoko Ueda.[2]

Final leaderboard

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Hee Young Park  South Korea 71-69-69-70=279 –9 500,000
T2 Paula Creamer  United States 69-71-71-70=281 –7 95,516
Sandra Gal  Germany 69-69-71-72=281
T4 Na Yeon Choi  South Korea 66-71-75-70=282 –6 56,070
Suzann Pettersen  Norway 73-69-68-72=282
T6 Cristie Kerr  United States 68-76-71-71=286 –2 35,057
Yani Tseng  Taiwan 70-76-66-74=286
Michelle Wie  United States 71-73-72-70=286
9 Maria Hjorth  Sweden 68-78-73-68=287 –1 26,975
T10 I.K. Kim  South Korea 72-71-71-74=288 E 23,640
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 72-74-72-70=288

References

  1. ↑ "The Race for Titleholders". LPGA. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2011 CME Group Titleholders – Full Results
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