A $4 million first-place prize goes a good distance towards profitable a cash title.
Jeeno Thitikul delivered a knock-out punch Sunday on the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship, going eagle-birdie on Nos. 17 and 18 to win the LPGA’s season finale by a shot.
Within the course of, she banked a cool $4 million, the most important prize on the circuit.
Going into the week, whoever gained the CME was possible going to be the season-long cash champ, primarily based on that massive payday.
Thitikul’s win left the LPGA’s seven-time winner in 2024 in second place in cash, however Nelly Korda nonetheless banked greater than $4 million this season.
Of observe: everybody who completed within the prime 10 surpassed the $2 million mark.
Right here’s a better have a look at the highest 10 in 2024. You possibly can see the complete LPGA checklist right here.
Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand reacts on the fifteenth gap through the remaining spherical of the CME Group Tour Championship 2024 at Tiburon Golf Membership. (Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures)
Nelly Korda of the USA performs her shot from the seventh tee through the remaining spherical of The ANNIKA pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican 2024 at Pelican Golf Membership on November 17, 2024 in Belleair, Florida. (Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Pictures)
Lydia Ko of New Zealand smiles as she walks off the 18th inexperienced through the third spherical of the Hilton Grand Holidays Match of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Nation Membership on January 20, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. (Picture by Julio Aguilar/Getty Pictures)
Yuka Saso watches her tee shot from gap 1 through the remaining spherical of the 2024 U.S. Ladies’s Open. (John Jones-Imagn Pictures)
Haeran Ryu poses with the trophy after profitable the 2024 FM Championship at TPC Boston. (Raj Mehta/Getty Pictures)
Ayaka Furue of Japan poses with the trophy after wining the Amundi Evian Championship on the 18th gap through the remaining spherical of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Membership on July 14, 2024, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
China’s Yin Ruoning celebrates with the trophy after profitable the LPGA Maybank Championship golf event on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Nation Membership in Kuala Lumpur on October 27, 2024. (Picture by Mohd RASFAN / AFP) (Picture by MOHD RASFAN/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Lilia Vu of the USA appears to be like on from the third gap throughout a apply spherical previous to the CME Group Tour Championship 2024 at Tiburon Golf Membership on November 20, 2024, in Naples, Florida. (Picture by Michael Reaves/Getty Pictures)
Hannah Inexperienced of Australia poses with the champion’s trophy after her victory on the finish of the 2024 BMW Women Championship golf event at Seowon Valley Nation Membership. (Jung Yeon-Je/ AFP through Getty Pictures)
Lauren Coughlin is all smiles after profitable the 2024 CPKC Ladies’s Open. (Sergei Belski-Imagn Pictures)