CME Group Tour Championship final leaderboard
-26 J Thitikul (Tha), -22 P Anannarukarn (Tha), -20 N Korda (US), -19 G Lopez (Mex), -17 N Hataoka (Jap)
Selected others: -16 K Sei-young (Kor), -13 L So-mi (Kor), -11 L Woad (Eng), C Hull (Eng)
Jeeno Thitikul, the reigning world number one, defeated fellow Thai Pajaree Anannarukarn by four shots to defend her title at the CME Group Tour Championship.
The 22-year-old shot a four-under-par 68 to finish at 26 under for the season in Florida, earning him the $4 million (£3.1 million) prize as well as the LPGA Player of the Year award and the Vare Trophy for the season low-scoring average.
With her victory at Tiburon Golf Club, Thitikul became the second player to do so twice in a row in the LPGA Tour Championships, joining Ko Jin-young of South Korea, who won in 2020 and 2021.
After recovering from a wrist injury, Thitikul, who played in the season finale, declared, “I love this golf course.”
“I feel really high up after my final tournament of the year.”
I was concerned about whether I would be able to play this week in Dallas last week. However, I believe that was the purpose of my not anticipating too much.
Lottie Woad and Charley Hull, both English, finished 11 under.
Thitikul, the final qualifier in the field of 60 players, made birdies on her first three holes as well as her sixth and seventh, leaving her six shots clear of Thitikul, who had already cut her lead.
The leader made a significant birdie on the back nine to increase her lead by five shots in the $11 million (£8.4 million) event, though.
Then, at par three, Pajaree made bogey, and Thitikul birdied the 13th to finish at 25-under.
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Source: BBC
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