Amy Yang wins first title in four years

CME Group Tour Championship R4

Amy Yang shot a final round 6-under 66 to earn her fifth LPGA Tour victory, and her first in four years at the CME Group Tour Championship. The Tour veteran, who became a rookie in 2008, not only won her first LPGA Tour event in the United States but she also broke the tournament’s 72-hole scoring record by four shots. The 34-year-old marks the oldest winner on the LPGA Tour in the 2023 season, just two months older than Ashleigh Buhai when she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer earlier this year.

The South Korean started the day in a share of the lead alongside Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and made a slow start with a bogey at the par-4 3rd hole and two birdies at the 7th and 8th to make the turn in 35.

She closed with a 66 to reach 27-under after three more birdies and an eagle at the par-4 13th.

“Not until I made the birdie put on the 17th. You know, she [Hataoka] is such a great player and showed a lot of like good performance out there and I was feeling really nervous. You know, really like I had no idea where this was going. All I could do was just stick to my game and trust it,” said Yang.

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Alison Lee of the United States and Hataoka finished in a tie for second at 24-under. Holding a share of the lead through the first three rounds, Hataoka carded a final-round 69 that included four birdies and one bogey on the par-3 16th hole that ultimately took her out of a share of the lead. She recorded her second consecutive finish in the top-10 for the 2023 season, and her 42nd top-10 finish across her Tour career.

Lee had a bogey-free round of 66 on her final day to wrap up another solid week. Her second place in Naples, Fla., is her third runner-up finish in a row, and fifth top-10 finish of the year.

“To play the last three weeks just continuously putting the pressure on everyone on the leaderboard and putting myself in contention has just been really cool for me and been a really awesome experience,” said Lee who is now in her ninth year on the LPGA Tour. “If my game is in form right now, of course I’m going to keep trying to do the best I can to accomplish those goals no mater how old I am.”

Lilia Vu finished in solo fourth after a fourth-round score of 65. Her score included one bogey to send her up the leaderboard three spots. With her finish at the CME Group Tour Championship, Vu outlasted Céline Boutier for the 2023 Rolex Player of the Year title after winning four times this season, including two major championship titles at The Chevron Championship and the AIG Women’s Open.

Thailand’s Athaya Thitikul finished fifth with a 66 to earn her 13th top-10 finish of the year, and her 29th top-10 finish in her short LPGA Tour career. Thitikul then clinched the 2023 Vare Trophy, with a scoring average of 69.533 over the 2023 season.

Pos.PlayerTo ParScoresTotal
1Amy Yang-2768 - 63 - 64 - 66261
T2Alison Lee-2466 - 64 - 68 - 66264
T2Nasa Hataoka-2463 - 67 - 65 - 69264
4Lilia Vu-2170 - 66 - 66 - 65267
5Atthaya Thitikul-2067 - 66 - 69 - 66268
T6Ruoning Yin-1963 - 68 - 69 - 69269
T6Xiyu Lin-1967 - 66 - 66 - 70269
T8Nelly Korda-1868 - 68 - 66 - 68270
T8Minjee Lee-1864 - 67 - 69 - 70270
T10Yu Liu-1766 - 71 - 68 - 66271
T10Carlota Ciganda-1771 - 70 - 63 - 67271
12Brooke M. Henderson-1569 - 67 - 66 - 71273
T13Rose Zhang-1471 - 66 - 70 - 67274
T13Yuna Nishimura-1470 - 67 - 70 - 67274
T13Hyo Joo Kim-1469 - 67 - 70 - 68274
T16Celine Boutier-1369 - 70 - 70 - 66275
T16Madelene Sagstrom-1368 - 69 - 71 - 67275
T16Jasmine Suwannapura-1370 - 67 - 70 - 68275
T16Charley Hull-1368 - 69 - 70 - 68275
T16A Lim Kim-1369 - 70 - 67 - 69275
T16Georgia Hall-1366 - 71 - 69 - 69275
T16Ayaka Furue-1369 - 65 - 70 - 71275
T23Sei Young Kim-1271 - 70 - 68 - 67276
T23Hye-Jin Choi-1266 - 71 - 70 - 69276
T23Hannah Green-1270 - 69 - 67 - 70276
T23Yuka Saso-1268 - 69 - 69 - 70276
T27Ariya Jutanugarn-1170 - 70 - 68 - 69277
T27Cheyenne Knight-1169 - 69 - 69 - 70277
T27Patty Tavatanakit-1166 - 69 - 70 - 72277
T30Linn Grant-1069 - 71 - 72 - 66278
T30Ally Ewing-1071 - 68 - 69 - 70278
T30Linnea Strom-1068 - 70 - 70 - 70278
T30Jennifer Kupcho-1067 - 70 - 71 - 70278
T30Gaby Lopez-1071 - 65 - 72 - 70278
T30Gemma Dryburgh-1075 - 65 - 64 - 74278
T36Megan Khang-971 - 70 - 72 - 66279
T36Hae Ran Ryu-969 - 71 - 71 - 68279
T36Alexa Pano-970 - 71 - 69 - 69279
T36Leona Maguire-968 - 71 - 71 - 69279
T40Chanettee Wannasaen-872 - 72 - 69 - 67280
T40Allisen Corpuz-869 - 69 - 74 - 68280
T40Esther Henseleit-868 - 73 - 70 - 69280
T43Peiyun Chien-772 - 71 - 68 - 70281
T43Jenny Shin-772 - 68 - 71 - 70281
T45Maja Stark-673 - 68 - 73 - 68282
T45Danielle Kang-675 - 69 - 67 - 71282
T47Angel Yin-571 - 70 - 68 - 74283
T47Bianca Pagdanganan-573 - 66 - 70 - 74283
T47Grace Kim-569 - 68 - 70 - 76283
T50Aditi Ashok-470 - 71 - 72 - 71284
T50Sarah Kemp-471 - 71 - 70 - 72284
T50Pajaree Anannarukarn-470 - 68 - 73 - 73284
T50Ashleigh Buhai-468 - 70 - 73 - 73284
T50Anna Nordqvist-465 - 71 - 69 - 79284
55Perrine DelacourPar72 - 72 - 72 - 72288
56Elizabeth Szokol+170 - 67 - 81 - 71289
T57Andrea Lee+272 - 74 - 71 - 73290
T57Stephanie Kyriacou+273 - 71 - 70 - 76290
W/DJin Young Ko71 - 71
W/DJodi Ewart Shadoff74
Updated: November 20, 2023
CME Group Tour Championship 2023
Date: 16th November - 19th November, 2023
Location: Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
Purse: $7,000,000