Yang captures first American LPGA title, earns $2 million
Amy Yang picked a lucrative time for her first LPGA title on American soil.
Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2 million prize, matching the largest in women’s golf.
The victory was her fifth on the LPGA Tour, the previous four coming in Asia.
Yang holed out for eagle on the 13th fairway to overcome an early three-shot deficit, and then she let Nasa Hataoka make the mistakes in crucial moments down the stretch. All 60 who qualified for the season finale only had to win to become the Race to CME Globe champion.
Yang finished in style, making a 10-foot birdie putt. The 34-year- old from South Korea dropped her putter and cupped both hands over her face as a half-dozen players charged onto the green and soaked her with so much bubbly she wrapped a towel on her shoulders as she went to sign her card.
Hataoka closed with a 69 and Alison Lee had a 66 to tie for second. Lee was never closer than two shots along the back nine at Tiburon Golf Club. Lee, still winless on the LPGA Tour, closed out her season with three runner-up finishes on the LPGA and a victory in Saudi Arabia on the Ladies European Tour.
Yang trailed by thee shots through six holes of the final round when she charged back
into the mix with three birdies over a four-hole stretch.
Aberg caps off amazing 6 months with PGA win
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. >> Ludvig Aberg added to his astonishing second half of the year when he closed with a second straight 9-under 61 on Sunday to win the RSM Classic, his first PGA Tour title to go along with a European tour victory and a winning debut in the Ryder Cup.
And to think the 24-year- old Swede was still at Texas Tech six months ago.
Not only did he win the final event of the PGA Tour season, he did it in record fashion. His final birdie allowed him to tie the 72hole scoring record on the PGA
Tour, matching the 253 of Justin Thomas at the 2017 Sony Open. His 61- 61 finish set the tour record for lowest closing 36 holes.
Hojgaard wins World Tour Championship DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES>>
Nicolai Hojgaard claimed the biggest title of his career Sunday after running off five straight birdies down the stretch for an 8-under 64 to win the seasonending World Tour Championship by two strokes.
The 22-year- old Dane delivered a clinic in iron play to set up close-range birdies start on the 13th holes. He finished at 21-under 261 to hold off Tommy Fleetwood, Viktor Hovland and Matt Wallace.