10 players outside the cutline for CME Group Tour Championship

With eight events left in the 2023 LPGA season, it’s crunch time for players needing to make a move. The top 60 players on the Race to CME Globe points list gain entry into the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, where anyone in the field can win the top prize in women’s golf of $2 million. The last player in this year’s field is guaranteed to make at least $40,000.

Last week’s winner, Ally Ewing, jumped from 71st to 30th with her victory in Cincinnati. Maria Fassi, who finished a career-best solo third, jumped from 96th to 67th, just outside the mark. The story around Fassi suddenly shifted from possible Q-Series to possible Tour Championship.

The top 100 on the CME points list keep their LPGA cards for 2023. Here are 10 who are currently outside the top 60.

61. Matilda Castren

Matilda Castren of Finland hits her tee shot on the 11th hole during the second round of the CP Women’s Open at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on August 26, 2022 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Last year was the first time Matilda Castren qualified for the CME, but we’ve come to expect so much of her in so little time. The first player from Finland to win on the LPGA in 2021, Castren’s best finish of this season came at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, where she finished second with teammate Kelly Tan. She has only one other top 10 finish on the season.

62. Ariya Jutanugarn

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand celebrates on the eighteenth green during the Third Round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa Golf Club on March 05, 2022 in Singapore. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

After battling injuries this season, Ariya Jutanugarn has been on a tear of late, carding 11 consecutive rounds in the 60s prior to Sunday’s final-round 74 in Cincinnati. Four straight top 30 finishes has moved Jutanugarn up the points list. She won the CME in 2017.

66. Jenny Shin

Jenny Shin of South Korea hits a drive from the 8th tee during the Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play Hosted by Shadow Creek at Shadow Creek Golf Course on May 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

South Korea’s Jenny Shin has competed in every CME Group Tour Championship since 2011. She’s not too far off the mark this year, however, currently six spots outside the cutline. Shin had a string of three top 10s in the…