Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul produced an excellent end to win the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship and declare the most important prize within the historical past of girls’s golf in Florida.
Thitikul made an eagle on the par-five seventeenth after which birdied the final for a seven-under 65 to complete on 22-under 266 at Tiburon Golf Membership, a shot forward of Angel Yin (66), to take house a file $4m (£3.2m).
“Definitely spend it,” Thitikul mentioned. “That’s an honest answer, for sure. Definitely going to spend it for a little while.”
Yin had a two-shot lead strolling to the seventeenth tee, solely to wind up settling for the $1m (£795,000) runner-up prize.
The American, who missed the beginning of the season after breaking her leg over the winter, remained happy together with her efficiency after ending second and greater than doubling her 2024 earnings in 4 days.
“I’m pretty awesome. I’ve learned that I just need to believe in myself and that’s what I did,” Yin mentioned.
Thitikul on her solution to victory on the CME Group Tour Championship
Thitikul and Yin have been tied at 21 beneath on the 18th tee after a back-and-forth day atop the leaderboard – each understanding a mistake down the final would possible include a $3m price.
They each hit the golf green on 18 with Thitikul’s strategy nearly good, stopping about 5 ft from the cup.
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Yin’s response stopped round 15 ft away, giving Thitikul the sting as they walked up the golf green and whereas Yin’s birdie putt simply missed, Thitikul’s was spot on.
Olympic gold medallist Lydia Ko (63) completed third at 17 beneath, her 9 birdies coming in a 13-hole span.
World No 1 Nelly Korda, who received her seventh match of the season final week, completed in a tie for fifth on 15 beneath, whereas England’s Charley Hull completed the match in a disappointing vogue after back-to-back 66s as she carded a closing 72 to complete joint-Sixteenth.
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