20-year-old Woburn player wins $500,000 prize

Charley Hull finishes 66-66 for first LPGA 

Tour win by two strokes and record total

By AMY ROGERS

LPGA.com staff
NAPLES, Florida – Charley Hull is now a winner on the LPGA Tour.
The 20-year-old 2015 rookie from Woburn, England captured her first title on Tour at the CME Group Tour Championship by holding off playing partner So Yeon Ryu (South Korea) to win by two strokes. 
Hull, pictured with the tournament trophy, courtesy of Getty Images(c),  carded a final round bogey-free 66 to finish the week at 19-under par 269 and set a new Tournament scoring record, previously held by Cristie Kerr at 17-under par in 2015.
Hull held a narrow 54-hole lead, one-stroke ahead of playing partners Brittany Lincicome and Ryu. She appeared nervous at the start, hitting her tee shot  to the right at the first hole followed by a wayward approach at the second. 
But as Hull began to steady herself she pulled ahead by as many as two-strokes. But Ryu kept pace, matching Hull at the par three, 16th hole to head into the final stretch tied at 18-under par. 
At the par 5, 17th hole Ryu’s approach rolled into the greenside bunker and up near the lip while Hull rolled hers up for an easy birdie. 
The two-shot swing left Ryu two-shots back heading to the final hole where she closed out her round of 67 to finish second at 17-under par for her 11th top-10 finish of 2016.
“Sometime you just -- well, good thing is when you decided to do something then when you are completely having a faith about it, then when you did it you cannot really complain about result,” Ryu said about her approach to the 17th hole. “Yeah, maybe 17 was only one my decision wasn't really great. Maybe better to hit 3-wood or draw or something like that. But just sometimes I feel like just God make that happen. You know, God make that happen for make me a better player, make me a better person. So I just really don't want to blame myself. I just take this one as just serendipity, you know.”
Jodi Ewart from Yorkshire finished with a 76 for 285 and T36 position.
Catriona Matthew from North Berwick had a 72 and was T46 with 288.
The final title of the season was just one of many up for grabs at the season’s final event, where the Race to the CME Globe, Rolex Player of the Year, Vare Trophy and money title weren’t determined until Sunday’s final round.
Looking poised to sweep the season ending awards following her second round 62, Lydia Ko walked away empty handed for the first time at the season’s final event where she won the $1 million dollar prize in its first two years. Instead, world No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn will take home the prize as well as Rolex Player of the Year honours and the money title.
In Gee Chun locked up the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award before the season’s end with her major championship victory at the Evian Championship. She also added the Vare Trophy to her growing list of accomplishments, making a birdie at the 72nd hole to edge out Ko for the lowest scoring average of the season. She is the first player since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both awards in the same season.
FINAL TOTALS
par 288 (4x72)

Pos	Name	1	2	3	4	Today	Thru	Total	Strokes
1	Charley Hull	67	70	66	66	-6	F	-19	269
2	So Yeon Ryu	67	68	69	67	-5	F	-17	271
3	Jennifer Song	72	67	66	68	-4	F	-15	273
T4	Mo Martin	68	70	68	68	-4	F	-14	274
T4	Beatriz Recari	68	68	70	68	-4	F	-14	274
T4	Ariya Jutanugarn	72	68	65	69	-3	F	-14	274
7	In Gee Chun	68	69	68	70	-2	F	-13	275
T8	Shanshan Feng	66	73	69	68	-4	F	-12	276
T8	Amy Yang	68	72	66	70	-2	F	-12	276
T10	Lydia Ko	70	62	73	72	E	F	-11	277
T10	Brittany Lincicome	69	69	66	73	+1	F	-11	277
12	Lizette Salas	68	70	67	73	+1	F	-10	278
T13	Karine Icher	72	72	66	69	-3	F	-9	279
T13	Suzann Pettersen	71	67	71	70	-2	F	-9	279
T13	Haru Nomura	69	69	70	71	-1	F	-9	279
T16	Chella Choi	72	72	69	67	-5	F	-8	280
T16	Mi Hyang Lee	70	72	69	69	-3	F	-8	280
T16	Hyo Joo Kim	72	70	69	69	-3	F	-8	280
T16	Minjee Lee	74	68	67	71	-1	F	-8	280
T16	Mariajo Uribe	71	66	71	72	E	F	-8	280
T16	Brittany Lang	74	69	65	72	E	F	-8	280
T22	Ryann O'Toole	68	67	75	71	-1	F	-7	281
T22	Cristie Kerr	71	67	71	72	E	F	-7	281
T24	Carlota Ciganda	75	72	66	69	-3	F	-6	282
T24	Jacqui Concolino	71	73	68	70	-2	F	-6	282
T24	Brooke Henderson	72	72	69	69	-3	F	-6	282
T24	Danielle Kang	71	71	69	71	-1	F	-6	282
T24	Megan Khang	74	68	67	73	+1	F	-6	282
T24	Sei Young Kim	68	68	72	74	+2	F	-6	282
30	Kim Kaufman	72	70	69	72	E	F	-5	283
T31	Alison Lee	73	70	69	72	E	F	-4	284
T31	Hee Young Park	72	71	69	72	E	F	-4	284
T31	Morgan Pressel	75	69	70	70	-2	F	-4	284
T31	Anna Nordqvist	72	70	68	74	+2	F	-4	284
T31	Jessica Korda	71	66	71	76	+4	F	-4	284
T36	Karrie Webb	75	69	70	71	-1	F	-3	285
T36	Austin Ernst	71	73	72	69	-3	F	-3	285
T36	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	73	67	69	76	+4	F	-3	285
T36	Alena Sharp	69	76	72	68	-4	F	-3	285
T40	Lexi Thompson	71	73	71	71	-1	F	-2	286
T40	Sandra Gal	72	73	72	69	-3	F	-2	286
T42	Gerina Piller	73	73	67	74	+2	F	-1	287
T42	Stacy Lewis	71	70	70	76	+4	F	-1	287
T42	Pernilla Lindberg	72	69	74	72	E	F	-1	287
T42	Xi Yu Lin	74	72	70	71	-1	F	-1	287
T46	Catriona Matthew	71	71	74	72	E	F	E	288
T46	Sarah Jane Smith	77	69	71	71	-1	F	E	288
T46	Paula Creamer	71	71	75	71	-1	F	E	288
T46	Sakura Yokomine	72	69	76	71	-1	F	E	288
T46	Azahara Munoz	76	70	74	68	-4	F	E	288
T51	Kris Tamulis	77	69	69	74	+2	F	+1	289
T51	Moriya Jutanugarn	71	68	76	74	+2	F	+1	289
T51	Gaby Lopez	78	69	72	70	-2	F	+1	289
T51	Mirim Lee	73	72	74	70	-2	F	+1	289
T55	Ha Na Jang	68	79	70	73	+1	F	+2	290
T55	Candie Kung	72	75	71	72	E	F	+2	290
57	Angela Stanford	75	70	74	72	E	F	+3	291
58	Marina Alex	72	72	74	74	+2	F	+4	292
T59	Eun-Hee Ji	70	74	77	72	E	F	+5	293
T59	Mika Miyazato	71	74	77	71	-1	F	+5	293
T59	Su-Hyun Oh	76	71	75	71	-1	F	+5	293
62	Paula Reto	69	77	72	76	+4	F	+6	294
63	Christina Kim	72	71	76	76	+4	F	+7	295
64	Ai Miyazato	76	74	74	73	+1	F	+9	297
T65	Caroline Masson	72	77	74	75	+3	F	+10	298
T65	Pornanong Phatlum	75	76	73	74	+2	F	+10	298