More than 30 hours of live coverage over four days begins Thursday, Nov. 21, at approximately 8 a.m. ET
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NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 19, 2024 – ESPN+ will 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 will compete for $4 million, one of the largest prizes in women’s sports. Featured Groups coverage starts Thursday, Nov. 21, at approximately 8 a.m. ET, from Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla.

Athletes finishing in the top 60 in the Race to the CME Globe following the conclusion of The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican are exempt into this week’s field
Players will compete for a chance to be the 2024 Race to the CME Globe champion and the largest prize in women’s golf, $4 million
The exclusive field is playing for the largest LPGA Tour purse of $11 million
Streaming more than 30 hours of coverage across all four days of the tournament, ESPN+ will present two Featured Groups from both the morning and afternoon waves each day

Fans can expect in-depth commentary and analysis from renowned hosts and analysts during ESPN+ coverage at the CME Group Tour Championship. Will Haskett will headline 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 | Thursday, November 21

Coverage begins at approximately 8 a.m. ET

Morning Wave

Bailey Tardy/Madelene Sagstrom | 8:25 a.m. ET

Pajaree Annarukarn/Lexi Thompson | 8:35 a.m. ET

Pajaree Annarukarn – No. 61 in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 49 in Race to the CME Globe, two-time LPGA Tour winner
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

Ally Ewing/Brooke Henderson | 11:35 a.m. ET

Ally Ewing – No. 18 in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 13 in Race to the CME Globe, three-time LPGA Tour winner, four-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team member (2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), announced her retirement earlier this year, 2024 Founders Award recipient
Brooke Henderson – No. 24 in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 14 in Race to the CME Globe, 13-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion (2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 2022 Amundi Evian Championship), three-time Olympian (2016, 2020, 2024)

Lilia Vu/Jin Young Ko | 11:45 a.m. ET

Lilia Vu – No. 2 in Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 11 in Race to the CME Globe, five-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion (2023 Chevron Championship, 2023 AIG Women’s Open), two-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team member (2023, 2024), 2024 Olympian
Jin Young Ko – No. 9 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, No. 12 in the Race to the CME Globe, 15-LPGA Tour winner, two-time major champion (2019 Chevron Championship, Amundi Evian Championship), Olympian (2020, 2024)

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.

Featured Groups Starting on ESPN+, Live Coverage of LPGA Tour Season Finale, The CME Group Tour Championship

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