NAPLES, Fla. – The CME Group Tour Championship isn’t a major, but Sunday’s finish might be more pressure-packed for the game’s best players.
No, Tiburon Golf Club, where birdies are plentiful, isn’t set up like a major championship test, but the weight of what’s at stake in the season finale more than rivals what’s at stake in any of the women’s five majors.
For Lydia Ko and Ariya Jutanugarn, there is more than the biggest payday in women’s golf hanging in the balance, with $1 million going to the winner of the CME Globe jackpot and $500,000 to the winner of the Tour Championship.