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<p>NAPLES, Fla. &#8212; Sei Young Kim made the putt of her life, a 25-foot birdie on the final hole of the CME Group Tour Championship to win $1.5 million, the richest prize in the history of women&#8217;s golf.</p><p>Kim closed with a 2-under 70 to beat an unlikely foe Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club.</p><p>Charley Hull of England birdied her last three holes for a 66, the last one a 12-footer that gave her a tie for the lead. Kim, who looked shaky in missing three straight birdie chances from 12 feet, tugged her 6-iron to the top of a crown at the bag of the green. The winning putt &#8212; the money putt &#8212; was hit with perfect pace and broke sharply to the right and into the cup as Kim pumped her fists in disbelief.</p><p>She finished a wire-to-wire victory for her third LPGA Tour title of the year and 10th of her career.</p><p>This was memorable for the finish and the reward.</p><p>Instead of a $500,000 first-place check and a $1 million bonus to a season points race, CME Globe wanted to award $1.5 million in official money to any of the 60 players who qualified for the season finale. That&#8217;s $500,000 more than the previous record prize, $1 million at the U.S. Women&#8217;s Open.</p><p><strong>Europe Tour</strong></p><p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates &#8212; Jon Rahm is $5 million richer after capturing the Race to Dubai title on the European Tour by winning the season-ending World Tour Championship with a birdie on the final hole.</p><p>Rahm, who goes to No. 3 in the world with the victory, got up-and-down from a greenside bunker at the 18th hole to win the tournament by a stroke from Tommy Fleetwood, who also would have become European No. 1 with a win on the Earth Course.</p><p>Rahm, who started the final round tied for the lead with Mike Lorenzo-Vera, led by six shots after birdies on five of the opening seven holes.</p><p>However, Fleetwood &#8212; playing one group ahead &#8212; birdied five of his last seven holes, with his tap-in birdie at No. 18 giving him a 7-under 65 and tying for the lead as the Spaniard was putting on the 17th green.</p><p>Rahm&#8217;s birdie putt came up just short, so he needed a birdie on the par-5 closing hole for the win. His drive was perfect, his approach found the bunker, but he chipped out to 4 feet and rolled in the putt for a 68 as Fleetwood watched in the scorer&#8217;s tent.</p><p>Rahm, who finished 19 under par overall, earned $3 million for winning the event, and a bonus of $2 million for winning the Race to Dubai.</p><p>Rahm is only the second Spaniard to finish a season as European Tour&#8217;s No. 1 player, after the late Seve Ballesteros.</p><p><strong>PGA Tour</strong></p><p>ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. &#8212; Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title.</p><p>Playing two groups ahead of Simpson on Sea Island&#8217;s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three of the last four holes in regulation for a 5-under 65. He two-putted the par-5 15th for a birdie, made a 6-footer on the par-3 17th and a 25-footer on the par-4 18th.</p><p>Simpson birdied 15 and 16 and closed with two pars, making a 5-footer on 18 for a 67 to match Duncan at 19-under 263. They played the 18th twice in the playoff, matching pars on the first extra hole.</p><p>The 30-year-old Duncan regained his PGA Tour card with a 12th-place finish in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals after finishing 163rd in the FedEx Cup standings. He shot a 61 on Friday.</p><p>Sebastian Munoz was a stroke back after a 68.</p><p>Brendon Todd, seeking his third straight PGA Tour victory, was fourth at 16 under after a 72. He took a two-stroke lead into the final round.</p><p>The victory sends Duncan to the Masters for the first time, along with the PGA Championship. Until this year, he had played in only two majors.</p><p>Other tours</p><p>Shugo Imahira took a big step toward winning the Order of Merit on the Japan Golf Tour when he won the rain-shortened Dunlop Phoenix. Imahira had a two-shot lead when the final round was canceled by storms. It was his second win this year, both shortened by weather. His other victory was 36 holes because of a typhoon. &#8230; Women&#8217;s British Open champion Hinako Shibuno closed with a 6-under 66 for a one-shot victory over Ai Suzuki in the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open, denying Suzuki a fourth straight victory on the Japan LPGA. &#8230; Pavit Tangkamolprasert of Thailand closed with a 6-under 65 and won the Sabah Masters in a four-man playoff for his second career title on the Asian Tour.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">LPGA players Amy Yang and Jin Young Ko rush to Sei Young Kim in celebration of her winning the 2019 CME Group Tour Championship at the Tibur&#243;n Golf Club in Naples, Fla., on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_AP19328800145150.jpg</photo0><caption0>LPGA players Amy Yang and Jin Young Ko rush to Sei Young Kim in celebration of her winning the 2019 CME Group Tour Championship at the Tibur&#243;n Golf Club in Naples, Fla., on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0>AP photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
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Sei Young Kim makes birdie to win $1.5M in LPGA finale