Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The CME Group Tour Championship is a women's professional golf tournament, the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It succeeds the LPGA Tour Championship, which was played for two seasons in 2009 and 2010. The tournament debuted as the CME Group Titleholders in November 2011 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, which also hosted the 2010 LPGA Tour Championship. In 2012, the tournament was played at the The TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course in Naples, Florida.The title sponsor is the CME Group, a financial securities corporation based in Chicago. LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan announced on March 7, 2011, that CME had signed a three-year contract to sponsor the tournament. CME had previous experience hosting pro-am events with LPGA players.The 2011 winner earned $500,000, a full one-third of the $1.5 million purse. The first-place money was the second-most in women's golf, exceeded only by the U.S. Women's Open. Most events on the LPGA Tour have a standard schedule for distribution of the purse, with a winner's share of 15%. The 2010 LPGA Tour Championship had the same purse of $1.5 million, with a winner's share of $225,000; it was a 120-player event with cuts after 36 and 54 holes.In 2014, the tournament changed its name to the CME Group Tour Championship as the LPGA Tour introduced a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe", and a $1 million bonus.. }
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- CME_Group_Tour_Championship abstract "The CME Group Tour Championship is a women's professional golf tournament, the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It succeeds the LPGA Tour Championship, which was played for two seasons in 2009 and 2010. The tournament debuted as the CME Group Titleholders in November 2011 at Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, which also hosted the 2010 LPGA Tour Championship. In 2012, the tournament was played at the The TwinEagles Club, Eagle Course in Naples, Florida.The title sponsor is the CME Group, a financial securities corporation based in Chicago. LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan announced on March 7, 2011, that CME had signed a three-year contract to sponsor the tournament. CME had previous experience hosting pro-am events with LPGA players.The 2011 winner earned $500,000, a full one-third of the $1.5 million purse. The first-place money was the second-most in women's golf, exceeded only by the U.S. Women's Open. Most events on the LPGA Tour have a standard schedule for distribution of the purse, with a winner's share of 15%. The 2010 LPGA Tour Championship had the same purse of $1.5 million, with a winner's share of $225,000; it was a 120-player event with cuts after 36 and 54 holes.In 2014, the tournament changed its name to the CME Group Tour Championship as the LPGA Tour introduced a season-long points race, the "Race to the CME Globe", and a $1 million bonus.".