Take a week off and be prepared to make up for lost time the following tournament.
With Lydia Ko taking this week off at the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, the No. 1-ranked player in the Race to the CME Globe could fall from the top spot. Second-ranked Inbee Park, third-place Stacy Lewis and fourth-place Sei Young Park could leapfrog the 18-year-old New Zealander with wins this week in New Jersey. All three are entered in the 54-hole event.
With 500 points awarded for first place and 300 for second, wins by any could gain first place in the season-long race. Ko leads Park by 224, Lewis by 478 and Kim by 489. Ko, Park and Kim are the only multiple winners this season on the LPGA. Major championships, of which three are played in the next eight tournaments, award 25 percent more points, topped by 625 going to the winner.
Twelve tournaments have been completed in the second season of the Race to the CME Globe. The top three seeds entering November’s CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Fla., can win it all. The top nine have a chance to capture the season-long title with a victory and help from those ahead of them.
The Race to the CME Globe is a season-long points competition in which LPGA Members accumulate points in every Official LPGA Tournament. At the end of the season, the winning player will be named the “Race to the CME Globe Champion.” The competition began at the Coates Golf Championship, continues through the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex in Mexico and concludes with a points reset for the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida the week before Thanksgiving.
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