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Lydia Ko made birdies on the 16th and 17th holes to clinch a two-shot victory over Leona Maguire at the CME Group Tour Championship. Ko finished the tournament at 17-under, and the win earned her a $2 million cheque, the largest prize in women’s sports.
Ko finishes the 2022 with three wins for the season, and 19 wins for her career. This is also Ko’s second CME Group title, the first coming in 2014. She also captures the Rolex Player of the Year award, and the Vare Trophy (for lowest scoring average).
Lydia Ko -15
Leona Maguire -14Four holes to play.
Who will take home $2 million?
Watch now on NBC! pic.twitter.com/g6EmALPubP
— LPGA (@LPGA) November 20, 2022
Finishing the season on 🔝
Lydia Ko wins her 19th LPGA Tour title at the CME Group Tour Championship! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/a7bJS1kNJU
— LPGA (@LPGA) November 20, 2022
$2 million‼️
The largest prize in women's golf belongs to Lydia Ko! 👏 pic.twitter.com/tZMEvkveoA
— LPGA (@LPGA) November 20, 2022
An unmatched prize 🏆
Thank you to Terry Duffy and @CMEGroup for another great @CMEGroupLPGA! pic.twitter.com/jLruEsPcip
— LPGA (@LPGA) November 20, 2022
.@ROLEX Player of the Year Lydia Ko speaks live to the media after winning $2 million at the @CMEGroupLPGA! https://t.co/oPoYSvsHrz
— LPGA (@LPGA) November 20, 2022
Lydia Ko at the CME in 2014 and 2022.
"I'm excited that my photo from winning here in 2014 with the glasses can get updated," she said. pic.twitter.com/R3Hed3kter
— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) November 20, 2022
In the LPGA Golf Pool, Gary Young had the most points for the week with 41.
Points for CME Group Tour Championship
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 15 |
| 2 | Leona Maguire | 10 |
| 3 | Anna Nordqvist | 9 |
| 4 | Georgia Hall | 8 |
| 4 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 8 |
| 6 | Pajareee Anannarukarn | 6 |
| 7 | Lizette Salas | 5 |
| 7 | Hyo Joo Kim | 5 |
| 7 | Brooke M. Henderson | 5 |
| 7 | Gemma Dryburgh* | 5 |
| 10 | Celine Boutier | 2 |
| 10 | Atthaya Thitikul | 2 |
| 10 | Nelly Korda | 2 |
*indicates not part of the LPGA Golf Pool
The CME Group Tour Championship is the finish of the LPGA season, and that means it is also the finish of the LPGA Golf Pool. Congratulations to Andrew Corner who took the lead early on and then just kept expanding it, winning by 92 points over Kevin Chin.
There will be prizes for the top-5, plus one other prize to a randomly selected entrant. There will be another post annoucing the winners.
Thanks to everyone who took part. I hope everyone followed the LPGA just a little more closely.
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