After 30 exciting weeks of competition, the 2021 LPGA Tour season heads to Naples, Florida, and Tiburon Golf Club for the final event of the season, the CME Group Tour Championship. $5 million, Rolex Player of the Year honors and the Race to the CME Globe all on the line in this star-studded event. Go behind the scenes with top players like Jin Young Ko, Nelly Korda, Patty Tavatanakit, Gaby Lopez and Amy Olson as they vie for the $1.5 million top prize.
With first round tee times approaching, Gaby Lopez channels her energy inward, while Amy Olson takes it to the courts. Player preparation is in high-gear as they put it all on the line for the grand prize of 1.5 million dollars. And as competition gets started, big names emerge on the leaderboard, and a heavy favorite pushes through pain to climb her way up.
Gaby Lopez and Celine Boutier square off in the third round with Nelly Korda hot on their tails. Jin Young Ko makes a big third round push for back-to-back CME Group Tour Championships and the race for Rolex Player of the Year comes down to the wire as she leaves the field in the dust. The exciting conclusion of the 2021 CME Group Tour Championship. Find out the emotional connection that carried Jin Young through this event.
The LPGA today announced the premiere of “LPGA All Access: CME Group Tour Championship,” a behind-the-scenes documentary detailing the excitement, competition and glamour of the Tour’s 2021 crowning event. The series will air on YouTube and LPGA.com, with three 15-minute episodes debuting at 8 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, Feb. 1 and Feb. 2.
Filmed on location in Naples, Fla., at the 2021 CME Group Tour Championship, “LPGA All Access” will share exclusive moments with players, caddies, sponsors and staff, both on and off the course. Featured moments include:
- An in-depth look into the season-long competitive battle between Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda, who fought all week for the titles of Rolex Player of the Year and Race to the CME Globe Champion
- 2021 Chevron Championship winner Patty Tavatanakit’s preparations for the red carpet for the Rolex Awards, where she received the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award and the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award
- Workout sessions and pickleball matches with Gaby Lopez and Amy Olson, who also shared a house for the week and made a relaxing meal of Mexican food from Lopez’s recipe book
- Early-morning golf-course scouting with LPGA Tour Rules Official Annie Giangrosso and caddie Will Davidson, who looped for past CME winner Lexi Thompson
- Interviews with LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and CME Group Chairman/CEO Terry Duffy
“This documentary helps show the accessibility and personality of our players, along with the drama and intrigue of the CME Group Tour Championship,” said Brian Carroll, senior vice president of global media distribution for the LPGA. “Hopefully this is just the beginning of our storytelling in this format.”
The documentary was produced in partnership with toldright and Executive Producer Adam Hertzog.
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