Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Ko closes out amazing rookie year with big payday

Lydia Ko of New Zealand poses with the Race to the CME Globe on the left, and CME Group Tour Championship trophy, right, while sitting on the one million prize money from the Globe trophy win, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014 at the Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla. Today marked the final round of the LPGA's CME Group Tour Championship. Lydia Ko of New Zealand defeated Carlota Ciganda of Spain in a four-hole playoff. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Corey Perrine)
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — The biggest challenge facing Lydia Ko is how she can top a rookie season like this one.The 17-year-old from New Zealand sat next to a pair of crystal trophies Sunday evening. At her feet was a glass box that was stuffed with cash to symbolize the $1 million bonus she picked up on an historic end to the LPGA Tour season.
She was an instant millionaire when she closed with a 4-under 68 to get into a three-way playoff in the CME Group Tour Championship. She already had finished high enough to clinch the inaugural "Race to CME Globe" and its $1 million bonus.
Then, she collected another trophy by winning the Tour Championship with a par on the fourth extra hole to pick up an extra $500,000. Only the tournament earnings count toward the money list, and it made Ko the first rookie to surpass $2 million in a year.
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