![]() That put American Alana Uriell and Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland into the field.Īmerican Andrea Lee won the qualifier on Monday with a 5-under 67, and Frida Kinhult of Sweden won a playoff for the second qualifying spot at 4 under with Daniela Darquea of Ecuador. No players who already were not in the Drive On Championship field finished in the top 10 of the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio on Sunday, so Jennifer Chang of Cary, North Carolina, and Agathe Laisne of France made the 120-player field.ĭanielle Kang, who finished second on Sunday, was one of two to withdraw. “Hopefully this is just the beginning of our storytelling in this format.” Field update “This documentary helps show the accessibility and personality of our players, along with the drama and intrigue of the CME Group Tour Championship,” said Brian Carroll, senior vice president of global media distribution for the LPGA. Interviews with LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan and CME Group Chairman/CEO Terry Duffy.Early-morning golf-course scouting with LPGA Tour Rules Official Annie Giangrosso and caddie Will Davidson, who looped for past CME winner Lexi Thompson.Workout sessions and pickleball matches with Gaby Lopez and Amy Olson, who also shared a house for the week and made a relaxing meal of Mexican food from Lopez’s recipe book.2021 Chevron Championship winner Patty Tavatanakit’s preparations for the red carpet for the Rolex Awards, where she received the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award and the Rolex ANNIKA Major Award.An in-depth look into the season-long competitive battle between Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda, who fought all week for the titles of Rolex Player of the Year and Race to the CME Globe Champion.The documentary shares exclusive moments with players, caddies, sponsors and staff, both on and off the course. Others aired on Monday and Tuesday, also at 8 p.m., and are still available. The series will air on YouTube and , with three 15-minute episodes, the last on Wednesday at 8 p.m. On Monday, the LPGA announced the premiere of “LPGA All Access: CME Group Tour Championship,” a behind-the-scenes documentary detailing the excitement, competition and glamour of the Tour’s 2021 crowning event, which was played at Tiburón Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in November. View Gallery: The 2021 LPGA Tour Rolex Awards in photos CME Group Tour Championship highlighted "With the Olympics on, there's a ton of people, in theory, using Peacock this week. "We want to see what that audience ends up looking like," he said. You can't just turn on Golf Channel."Ĭarroll said with the Winter Olympics in China starting and some of that coverage streaming on Peacock, that's another opportunity to see what the viewership will be. They know the players really well so I think it'll come off really well. Golf Channel personnel behind the scenes. "The afternoon coverage, the intention is for it to look very much like a normal week," Carroll said. Chantel McCabe will host the streaming on, and the hosts of the Peacock coverage are Grant Boone and Paige Mackenzie, and Jerry Foltz, Amy Rogers and Tripp Isenhour will be on-site for both. The talent being used will be familiar to golf viewers. "We're doing the production ourselves this week, so just thought let's try to have fun with it." "The different production allows us to experiment a little bit," Carroll said. "We're trying a different production model, scaled down."Įverything is produced in a studio in Palm Beach. ![]() "The reality is we funded this tournament ourselves," Carroll said. With the tournament coming together late, and with no fans and not a great deal of room on the property for a typical TV compound and all that goes with it, the LPGA is looking at this as a chance to try something with its tournament coverage. More: Southwest Florida golf: Top field on tap for LPGA Drive On Championship in Fort Myers next week More: LPGA Tour event on the verge of coming to Crown Colony in Fort Myers in February More: LPGA Tour officially coming back to Fort Myers in February ![]() Peacock can be watched on smart TVs like other streaming apps such as Netflix or Amazon or Apple+, and also on laptops or smartphones. ![]() There is free content on Peacock, but the tournament is part of a subscription component that is $4.99 a month. The fuller tournament coverage is streaming on Peacock on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. ![]()
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