CHRISTIE KERR LPGA CHAMPION

IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE…with CRISTIE KERR

2015 CME Group Tour Championship

Tiburon Golf Club

Naples, Florida

November 22, 2015

Born: Miami, Fla.

Lives: Miami, Fla., Scottsdale, Ariz., New York City

Birthdate: October 12, 1977 – currently 38 years and 10 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: T6th at the 1996 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional: 1996

VICTORIES

• LPGA: 18th career victory

• Previous Wins: 2002 Long Drug Challenge, 2004 Takefuji Classic, 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic, 2004 State Farm Classic, 2005 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, 2005 Wendy’s Championship for Children, 2006 Franklin American Mortage Championship, 2006 CN Canadian Women’s Open, 2006 John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, 2007 U.S. Women’s Open, 2008 Safeway Classic, 2009 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, 2010 LPGA State Farm Classic, 2010 LPGA
Championship, 2012 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2013 Kingsmill
Championship, 2015 Kia Classic

RACE TO CME GLOBE

• Earns 3,500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and finished 5th in the standings with 4,420 points

MONEY

• CAREER: With the $500,000 first-place check, Cristie crosses the $17 million mark in career earnings and remains 3rd on the LPGA Career Money List with $17,285,587

• SEASON: Cristie finished the season with $1,294,301 in earnings and finished 7th on the 2015 LPGA Official Money List. She crossed the $1 million mark in season earnings for the first time since 2011

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

• Tied for 36th at this event last year

• Cristie becomes the first American winner in the event’s two-year history

2015 IN A NUTSHELL

• With her win today: 25 events played, 22 cuts made, $1,294,301, 2 victories, 6 additional top-10s

OF NOTE

• Marks the 4th season in her 18-year career to register at least two victories

• Her win marks the seventh win by an American player this season

• Made 18 starts between her last win at the Kia Classic and this week’s victory