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.
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.
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.
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 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 10 U.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 11 Walmart 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 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.
Final leaderboard Place Player Score To par Money ($)1 Hee Young Park 71-69-69-70=279 −9 500,000T2 Paula Creamer 69-71-71-70=281 −7 95,516 Sandra Gal 69-69-71-72=281T4 Na Yeon Choi 66-71-75-70=282 −6 56,070 Suzann Pettersen 73-69-68-72=282T6 Cristie Kerr 68-76-71-71=286 −2 35,057 Yani Tseng 70-76-66-74=286 Michelle Wie 71-73-72-70=2869 Maria Hjorth 68-78-73-68=287 −1 26,975T10 I.K. Kim 72-71-71-74=288 E 23,640 Se Ri Pak 72-74-72-70=288
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