2011 CME Group Titleholders

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.

2011 CME Group Titleholders
Tournament information
DatesNovember 17–20, 2011
LocationOrlando, Florida
28°24′22″N 81°31′37″W / 28.406°N 81.527°W / 28.406; -81.527
Course(s)Grand Cypress Golf Club,
North and South Courses
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,518 yards (5,960 m)
Field59 players
Cutnone
Prize fund$1.5 million
Winner's share$500,000
Champion
South Korea Hee Young Park
279 (−9)
Location map
Grand Cypress GC is located in the United States
Grand Cypress GC
Grand Cypress GC
Location in the United States
Grand Cypress GC is located in Florida
Grand Cypress GC
Grand Cypress GC
Location in Florida
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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 edit

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

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

References edit

  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". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.