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Jeeno Thitikul had already accomplished so much in so little time on the LPGA prior to the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship. By winning the tournament for a second successive time, though, she only added to her many riches. In winning, Thitikul:
▪️ Earned 2025 Rolex Player of the Year and Vare Trophy honors.
▪️ Earned her seventh LPGA Tour career victory and third of the 2025 season.
▪️ Becomes the fastest player to reach $17 million in career winnings. She was also the fastest to reach the $8-, $9-, $10-, $11- and $12-million marks.
▪️ Is now $5,214,293 behind No. 1 Annika Sorenstam on the official career money list.
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The First Call readers had a blank canvas to create their own silly season events. The responses run the gamut.
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Jeff Lawrence completes a Pine Lake renovation; Canadian Jason Miller forges ahead with Timehri Sands in Guyana
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The Butterfield Bermuda Championship has become a staple of the fall schedule, delivering native beauty and a stern golf test.
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▪️ Sami Valimaki holds on for 1st PGA Tour title on final day of close calls for keeping cards
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Jeeno Thitikul wins another $4 million payoff and caps big year at Tour Championship
[Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Golf was Lexi Thompson’s life. She wanted something more
[Josh Schrock | Golf.com | Read]
▪️ Donald Trump teaming up with Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at Joint Base Andrews
[Will Weissert | Associated Press | Read]
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Country Club of Spartanburg celebrates new cupola amenity; Private club wait lists beginning to thin out
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Scot Sherman to restore South Carolina’s historic Camden Country Club; Work begins on a Peter Matkovich makeover of Zimbabwe’s Warren Hills
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