There are times when it is worth indulging yourself and squeeze hard the wallet, and one of them is the grand finale of the U.S. Women’s Tour, the CME Group Tour Championship, which begins today at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Although the cheapest tickets cost $27 per day purchased and $80 for a full tournament season ticket, those who want to enjoy more amenities and service will have to dig deeper into their pockets. The range in this case goes from $85 for one day in the Corona Premier Oasis Trail to $593 for the entire tournament in the Globe Lounge.
The $85 entrance fee entitles the player to free beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and some type of food in one of the two hospitality areas set up for this purpose (one located between holes 8, 13 and 17 and the other next to the 18th fairway) and where they can also follow the tournament on closed-circuit television. They will also have access to elevated areas of the course with restricted access where they will have a better view of the tournament. The season ticket for the four-day tournament in the Corona Premier Oasis Trail mode costs 250 euros.
In the case of the Globe Lounge, the spectator will watch the tournament from a hospitality suite overlooking the fairway and 18th green and will be able to enjoy breakfast, lunch and snacks, a bar open all day, closed circuit television, private rest facilities and a VIP parking space. The daily pass for this modality costs $165, and the four-day access pass costs the aforementioned $593.
The The CME Group Tour Championship will award its winner the largest prize in the history of women’s golf, $1.5 million, thanks to the $1 million bonus of the Race to CME Globe and the half million of the tournament itself. The Tour Championship, which has doubled its prize money this year to five million dollars, brings together the 60 best players of the LPGA Tour season, the American Lexi Thompson defends the title at stake, and Azahara Muñoz and Carlota Ciganda will be the only two Spaniards in the last tournament of the LPGA Tour season. The Korean Jin Young Ko, although dragging some physical discomfort due to a recent ankle injury, starts as favorite. Not in vain, this year she has four victories, including two majors, two second places and a third.
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