Lexi Thompson was the best this week, and Ariya Jutanugarn was the best all season. Neither left any doubt about that Sunday.
Thompson shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 18-under 270 and win the LPGA's season-ending CME Group Tour Championship by four strokes.
Jutanugarn took the other two big prizes up for grabs, clinching the yearlong Race to the CME Globe prize - and the $1 million bonus that comes with that - as well as the Vare Trophy for winning the season's scoring title.
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Charles Howell III made a 15-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff with Patrick Rodgers in the RSM Classic to end an 11-year victory drought.
The 39-year-old Howell dropped to his knees and buried his head in his hands, then tearfully embraced his wife and two children. He earned $1,152,000 and a return trip to his hometown of Augusta, Ga., in April to play in the Masters for the first time since 2012.
Howell's last win came at Riviera.