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Golfreiser
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Pettersen kan le hele veien til banken hvis hun får full klaff på LPGA Touren i
årets sesong
08.01 LPGA:
Får sitt eget Race og en million dollar i bonus...
Nå har Tutta
sjansen til å tjene virkelig gode penger også på golfbanen.
Hun har allerede sikret seg en lang, lukrativ kontrakt med Nike som trolig er
verdt flere titalls millioner dollar.
Nå er det satt opp 500.000 dollar til vinneren av finalen i slutten av sesongen.
Ikke bare det. Den som samler i hop flest poeng gjennom sesongen får en bonus på
en million dollar.
Dette er omtrent det samme som de har gjort på PGA Touren og Europa Touren de
siste årene.
Her er meldingen fra LPGA:
The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural “Race to the CME
Globe”
$1 Million First-Place Prize Up for Grabs in New Season-Long Points Race
Race to have Charity Tie-In with “Wounded Warrior Project® Weekends”
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, January 8, 2014 – The holiday season may be over but the
LPGA has one more surprise gift for its players, fans and sponsors. Today the
LPGA and CME Group announced that they have joined together to create the
all-new Race to the CME Globe, a season-long points competition that will debut
during the 2014 LPGA Tour season.
TWEET IT! The Race is on! @lpga launches Race to the CME Globe, season-long
points race competition #RacetoCMEGlobe
The inaugural Race to the CME Globe will kick off the week of January 20 at the
season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. Players will accumulate points at
each official LPGA event from the Bahamas through the Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Presented by Banamex.
The Race to the CME Globe will then come to an exciting conclusion on Sunday at
the newly renamed CME Group Tour Championship.
Two big purses and two big winner’s payouts will be on the line during the final
day of the CME Group Tour Championship. The winner of the CME Group Tour
Championship will take home a $500,000 first-place prize, while the player who
has accumulated the most points in the season-long points competition will be
announced as the Race to the CME Globe champion with a $1 million unofficial
money payout – the largest in all of women’s golf.
“CME Group has made quite an impact on the LPGA Tour during our three years
together,” said LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan. “The addition of this concept
fundamentally connects every event on our Tour and promises big things in 2014
and beyond. The stakes have risen dramatically and the excitement level goes up
for our players and each of our tournaments.”
“As we enter our fourth year together, CME Group is proud to partner with the
LPGA, a world-class brand that brings together the best female golfers on the
planet," said Terry Duffy, Executive Chairman and President of CME Group. "The
LPGA is the most diverse tour in the world and that is a great fit for us.
Sponsoring the new CME Group Tour Championship provides our company with a
powerful branding opportunity in a way that appeals to our global customer base.
In addition, the all new Race to the CME Globe will generate added momentum in
2014, giving the athletes an even bigger goal to play for throughout the year
and most importantly allowing us to make a meaningful contribution to the very
worthy Wounded Warrior Project®.”
All tournaments will have the same point values in the Race to the CME Globe
except for the five major championships, which will carry 25 percent more value.
The winner of all official LPGA events leading up to the CME Group Tour
Championship will earn 500 points and the winner of each major championship will
earn 625 points. Only LPGA Tour members are eligible to earn points in the Race.
For all LPGA events with a cut, points will be awarded to LPGA members who make
the cut. For all events without a cut (except for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational
Presented by Banamex), points will be awarded to members who finish among the
top 40 and ties. And for the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex,
points will be awarded to members who finish in the top 20 and ties.
The field at the $2 million CME Group Tour Championship will consist of the
following: the top 72 players on the Race to the CME Globe Points Standings at
the conclusion of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex, any LPGA
member – not otherwise qualified – with at least one official LPGA win during
the season and any non-member with at least one official LPGA win during the
year.
Points will then be reset for the CME Group Tour Championship to ensure that the
points race will be won at the season-ending tournament. Reset Points will give
top yearly performers an advantage but not guarantee victory.
The points that a player earns at the CME Group Tour Championship will be added
to her Reset Points, and the player with the highest points total will be named
the winner of the Race to the CME Globe.
“I was so honored to win the LPGA money title in 2013 and now I have something
even bigger to play for as I look to make it two in a row,” said Inbee Park, who
is ranked No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. “Nothing is guaranteed
with this new system so this new Race is going to make everyone on our Tour work
a little bit harder because the payoff is so big.”
Fans will also have one more exciting race to follow throughout the 2014 season
with “Wounded Warrior Project® Weekends,” a season-long charity program that
will be tied into the Race to the CME Globe. Each Saturday and Sunday at LPGA
tournaments, CME Group will donate $1,000 to Wounded Warrior Project® for each
eagle that is recorded. This amount will increase to $5,000 for each eagle
during the weekend of the CME Group Tour Championship and a formal check will be
presented to the Wounded Warrior Project® during the trophy ceremony at the CME
Group Tour Championship.
“CME Group has a great deal of respect for the Wounded Warrior Project® and
everyone who has served our country through the military,” said Duffy. “We’re
honored and proud to deliver this additional bonus to the Wounded Warrior
Project®, which allows CME Group to give back to the soldiers who give us our
freedom. The Wounded Warrior Project® Weekends will also give the players, fans
and each tournament something to make the weekend more special.”
“I love the idea of the Wounded Warrior Project® Weekends and the idea of giving
back to our military,” said Lexi Thompson. “I am a huge supporter of Wounded
Warrior Project® and I am truly excited that the LPGA and CME have found such a
unique way to support these brave men and women who risk their lives so that we
can pursue our dreams. I am honored that we can go out each weekend and try to
perform at the highest level so that it can benefit them as well.”
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