Jin Young Ko held off Japan's Nasa Hataoka to clinch the CME Group Tour Championship, the $1.5 million pay cheque, and the player of the year title. Four players came into the fourth round tied at the top of the leaderboard but it developed into a two-horse race.
The race to the 2021 finish line has begun, and 18 holes remain until a Race to the CME Globe is crowned. World number one, Nelly Korda is joined by defending champion Jin Young Ko along with 2021 LPGA Tour winners Nasa Hataoka and Celine Boutier in a tie for first after the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship on fourteen-under-par.
After day one at the CME Group Tour Championship, Lexi Thompson made a statement early in her home state, shooting a 65 which included eight birdies to lead the 72-player field on seven-under at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
COBRA PUMA GOLF Athlete Lexi Thompson ended the 2018 season on a high note, atop the leaderboard of the CME Group Tour Championship, capturing her 10th career victory. With this win, Thompson is projected to move to number two in the world.
In 2019, Sei Young Kim led the CME Group Tour Championship after 54 holes and went on to win her ninth career victory and the largest winner’s prize in women’s golf history. One year later, Kim is in the same position heading into the final day in Naples, Florida, as she leads by one stroke at thirteen-under after a third-round 67.
On the eve of the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open, Jin Young Ko wasn’t even in the CME Group Tour Championship field. Following a blistering six-under 66 the number one player in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings captured a five-stroke victory and earned the title of Race to the CME Globe champion. With the victory comes a $1.1 million cheque, the largest single prize in women’s golf...
taking the halfway lead for the first time since the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship, World number one Jin Young Ko leads the CME Group Tour Championship at nine-under-par after a second-round 67 at Tiburon Golf Club.
It’s Manic Monday, so here is a very quick round up of all the results and stories from the weekend on the, PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA and Women’s European Tour.
This weekend the biggest winner’s cheque on Tour were nabbed by Jon Rahm on the European Tour and Kim Sei-young on the LPGA Tour. Check out how both closed out their respective events and raked in a rather obscene amount of cash.
After a second-straight 65 at the CME Group Tour Championship, Celine Boutier took a four-stroke lead in Naples at fourteen-under. Her 130 becomes a career and tournament-best 36-hole score, as she holds the second-round lead for only the second time in her career. It’s the fourth time in 24 starts this season that Boutier has opened up with two straight rounds in the 60s.
World numbers one and two, Lydia Ko and Nelly Korda will head the line-up along with defending champion Jin Young Ko at the 2023 HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore, March 2-5.
Danny Willett has won his first title since the 2016 Masters at the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, and there was much celebration down at GolfPunk Towers.
