The 2018 CME Group Tour Championship was the eighth

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, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based

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. It was played at the Gold Course of

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. The CME Group Tour Championship also marked the end of the season-long "Race to the CME Globe" in

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. Each player's season-long "Race to the CME Globe" points were "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the points list. "Championship points" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner of the "Race to the CME Globe". The event was televised by

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Thursday through Saturday on a 2-hour delay, and

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won the tournament by four strokes over

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, while

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won the Race to the CME Globe and took the $1,000,000 bonus.

Format

Qualification

Called the "CME Group Titleholders" for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for

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. Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. For 2014 the field was 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 were eligible to earn points. The top 72 players on the "Race to the CME Globe" points list gained entry into the CME Group Titleholders Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 72.

Field

1. Top 72 LPGA members and those tied for 72nd on the "Race to the CME Globe" Points Standings

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Race to the CME Globe

Reset points

Each player's "Race to the CME Globe" points were "reset" before the tournament based on their position in the "Race to the CME Globe" points list. The leader was given 5,000 points, the player in second place 4,500 down to 10 points for the player in 72nd place.

Final points

"Championship points" were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their "reset points" to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship receiver 3,500 points, the second place player 2,450, down to 150 points for the player finishing in 40th place. The effect of the points system is that the top five players in the reset points list prior to the Championship would be guaranteed to win the "Race to the CME Globe" by winning the Championship. The top 12 in the reset points list would have a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.

Bonus

The winner of the "Race to the CME Globe" receives a $1 million bonus that does not count toward official money list, while second place and third place receive $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, November 18, 2018''

References

External links

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Coverage on LPGA Tour's official site
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