CME Group Tour Championship

Course: Tiburon GC (Gold) in Naples, Florida. Yardage: 6,556. Par: 72.

TV (ET): Thursday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf); Saturday, 2-5 p.m. (Peacock) and 4-7 p.m. (Golf, delay); Sunday, 1-4 p.m. (NBC) Notes: The $7 million purse includes $2 million to the winner, the richest prize in the history of women’s golf. … The winner’s share is more than the entire purse at 15 tournaments on the LPGA tour schedule. … Lydia Ko leads the Race to CME Globe, but that means nothing at the CME Group Tour Championship. All 60 players in the field have an equal shot at the $2 million prize. … Linn Grant, Inbee Park and Jessica Korda are eligible but not playing. Ariya Jutanugarn, who finished 63rd in points, got the final spot in the field. … Nelly Korda returned to No. 1 in the world with her win Sunday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. … Lydia Ko has a one-point lead over Minjee Lee for LPGA player of the year. Atthaya Thitikul and Brooke Henderson would have to win to have any chance of winning the award. … Ko has all but wrapped up the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average. Thitikul would have to finish 35 strokes ahead of Ko. … Jin Young Ko has won the CME Group Tour Championship the last three times. She is struggling to recover from a left wrist injury.