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NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 21, 2024 – ESPN+ continues to stream live featured group coverage of the LPGA Tour’s season finale, the CME Group Tour Championship, where the top 60 athletes in the Race to the CME Globe are competing for a $4 million winner’s prize, one of the largest in women’s sports. Featured Groups coverage resumes tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 22, at approximately 8 a.m. ET, from Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. ESPN+ will present two Featured Groups from both the morning and afternoon waves each day.

In-depth commentary and analysis from renowned hosts and analysts continues during ESPN+ coverage at the CME Group Tour Championship. Will Haskett headlines the coverage alongside analyst Amanda Blumenhurst with on-course reports and live player interviews by Chantel McCabe and LPGA Tour major champion Sophia Popov.

FEATURED GROUPS | Friday, November 22

Coverage begins at approximately 8 a.m. ET

Morning Wave

Moriya Jutanugarn/Charley Hull | 8:25 a.m. ET

Moriya Jutanugarn - No. 116 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 44 in the Race to the CME Globe, three-time LPGA Tour winner, four-time Team Thailand member in the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023), 2013 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
Charley Hull – No. 11 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 31 in the Race to the CME Globe, two-time LPGA Tour winner, seven-time European Solheim Cup Team member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), two-time Olympian (2016, 2024)

Nelly Korda/Lexi Thompson | 8:35 a.m. ET

Nelly Korda - No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 1 in the Race to the CME Globe, 15-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion (2021 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2024 Chevron Championship), four-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team member (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), two-time Olympian (2020, 2024), 2024 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award and 2024 Rolex Player of the Year
Lexi Thompson – No. 51 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 50 in the Race to the CME Globe, 11-time LPGA Tour winner, major champion (2014 Chevron Championship), seven-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team member (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), two-time Olympian (2016, 2020), announced her retirement from playing full-time on the LPGA Tour

Afternoon Wave

Minjee Lee/Grace Kim | 11:35 a.m. ET

Minjee Lee – No. 17 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 54 in the Race to the CME Globe, 10-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion (2021 Amundi Evian Championship, 2022 U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally), four-time Team Australia member at the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown (2014, 2016, 2018, 2023), three-time Olympian (2016, 2020, 2024)
Grace Kim – No. 80 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 46 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner (2023 LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei)

Linnea Strom/Mi Hyang Lee | 11: 45 a.m. ET

Linnea Strom – No. 119 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 55 in the Race to the CME Globe, LPGA Tour winner (2024 ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer)
Mi Hyang Lee – No. 79 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 56 in the Race to the CME Globe, two-time LPGA Tour winner (2014 Mizuno Classic, 2017 ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open)

LPGA Tour on ESPN+

The CME Group Tour Championship on ESPN+ is part of a two-year deal announced in November 2023 in which ESPN+ is presenting live featured group coverage of eight LPGA Tour tournaments through the 2025 season. Following The Chevron Championship, the Cognizant Founders Cup and the FM Championship, CME Group Tour Championship is the last of four LPGA Tour events on ESPN+ this season.

This latest deal continues a longstanding relationship between the LPGA Tour and ESPN.

In 2022, ESPN+ streamed the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G.
ESPN televised a schedule of regular LPGA Tour events from 1979-2009, and ABC covered the CME Group Tour Championship from 2015-2018.
ESPN aired the first two rounds of the AIG Women’s Open from 1982-2002 and all four rounds from 2010-2015, as well as the first two rounds of the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally from 1982-2014
The first golf ever televised on ESPN was the LPGA Sahara Open on Sept. 8, 1979, ESPN’s second day on air.

2024 CME Group Tour Championship: Friday ESPN+ Featured Groups

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