2020 CME Group Tour Championship

The 2020 CME Group Tour Championship is the tenth CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It is played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The CME Group Tour Championship marks the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in 2020. The event is televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 3-hour delay, and NBC Sunday live.

2020 CME Group
Tour Championship
Tournament information
DatesDecember 17–20, 2020
LocationNaples, Florida
Course(s)Tiburón Golf Club,
Gold Course
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,556 yards (5,995 m)
Field60 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$5 million
Winner's share$1,500,000
Tiburón GC
Location in the United States

Format

Qualification

Since 2014, the field has 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. Only LPGA members are eligible to earn points. From 2014 to 2018, the top 72 players on the points list and any tournament winners, whether or not a member, earned entry into the championship. The points were reset for the championship and the points leader after the championship won a $1 million bonus. Only the top-12 players entering the tournament has a mathematical chance of winning the bonus.

Since 2019, the top 60 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gained entry into the championship. Tournament winners are no longer given automatic entry into the championship. The bonus is now rolled into the purse so that the winner of the tournament wins $1.5 million. All 60 players compete for the top prize.[1][2]

Field

Top 60 LPGA members and those tied for 60th on the "Race to the CME Globe" Points Standings

References
  1. "Race to the CME Globe – Eligibility and Points Structure". LPGA. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. Gibson, Charlotte (November 19, 2019). "CME Group Tour Championship: What to watch in the LPGA season finale". ESPN.

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