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
28.406°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
Hee Young Park
279 (−9)
Location map
Grand Cypress GC
Location in the United States
Grand Cypress GC
Location in 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.

DatesTournament1st Qualifier2nd Qualifier3rd Qualifier
Feb 20Honda LPGA Thailand Yani Tseng (Win) Michelle Wie (2nd) Karrie Webb (T3)
Feb 27HSBC Women's Champions Sun Young Yoo (4th) Morgan Pressel (5th) Na Yeon Choi (6th)
Mar 20RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup Paula Creamer (T2) Brittany Lincicome (T2) Cristie Kerr (4th)
Mar 27Kia Classic Sandra Gal (Win) Jiyai Shin (2nd) In-Kyung Kim (T3)
Apr 3Kraft Nabisco Championship Stacy Lewis (Win) Katie Futcher (T3) Angela Stanford (T3)
May 1Avnet LPGA Classic Maria Hjorth (Win) Song-Hee Kim (2nd) Suzann Pettersen (T3)
May 22Sybase Match Play Championship Ai Miyazato (T5) Sophie Gustafson (T5) Julieta Granada (T9)
Jun 5ShopRite LPGA Classic Catriona Matthew (4th) Anna Nordqvist (T5) Brittany Lang (T8)
Jun 12LPGA State Farm Classic Se Ri Pak (T5) Mindy Kim (T5) Wendy Ward (7th)
Jun 26Wegmans LPGA Championship Meena Lee (T6) Mika Miyazato (T8) Azahara Muñoz (T8)
Jul 10U.S. Women's Open So Yeon Ryu (Win) Hee Kyung Seo (2nd) Inbee Park (T6)
Jul 24Evian Masters Caroline Hedwall (T12) Amy Yang (T14) Paige Mackenzie (T21)
Jul 31Ricoh Women's British Open Dewi Claire Schreefel (T11) Candie Kung (T14) Karen Stupples (T22)
Aug 21Safeway Classic Hee Young Park (3rd) Vicky Hurst (T5) Ryann O'Toole (T5)
Aug 28CN Canadian Women's Open Hee-Won Han (T6) Jenny Shin (T6) Jennifer Johnson (T12)
Sep 11Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Amy Hung (T5) Belén Mozo (T5) Mi Hyun Kim (T10)
Sep 18Navistar LPGA Classic Lexi Thompson (Win) Tiffany Joh (2nd) Giulia Sergas (T11)
Oct 9LPGA Hana Bank Championship Jimin Kang (T3) Chella Choi (T7) Shanshan Feng (T13)
Oct 16Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Christel Boeljon (T9) Amanda Blumenherst (T9) Mina Harigae (T23)
Oct 23Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship Pat Hurst (T16) Alison Walshe (T16) Grace Park (T24)
Nov 6Mizuno Classic Momoko Ueda (Win) Pornanong Phatlum (T14) Christina Kim (T18)
Nov 13Lorena 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
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Hee Young Park71-69-69-70=279−9500,000
T2 Paula Creamer69-71-71-70=281−795,516
Sandra Gal69-69-71-72=281
T4 Na Yeon Choi66-71-75-70=282−656,070
Suzann Pettersen73-69-68-72=282
T6 Cristie Kerr68-76-71-71=286−235,057
Yani Tseng70-76-66-74=286
Michelle Wie71-73-72-70=286
9 Maria Hjorth68-78-73-68=287−126,975
T10 I.K. Kim72-71-71-74=288E23,640
Se Ri Pak72-74-72-70=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". Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
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