CME Group Tour Championship: Ko Jin-young shoots 66 to win tour final

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Ko Jin-young (right) was the only player to win four rounds made -18 Ko Jin-young (Kor); -13 Kim Sei-young (Kor), Green (Aus); -12 Harigae (US); -11 Lydia Ko, Thompson (US); -10 Hall (Eng), Henderson (Can), Ernst (USA) Full Classification

Number One in the World Ko Jin -jong shot a six-under-par 66 final round to win the LPGA season finale CME Group Tour Championship in Florida with five shots.

South Korean Ko, who was behind her fellow countryman Kim Sei-young by a shot after Saturday's round, pulled away from the pack with five birdies over the last nine holes ahead 18 below.

Kim and Hannah Green from Australia, who also shot 67 shots, finished second.

Georgia Hall was level par for the last lap ending 10 under.

Fellow Charley Hull made a double bogey on the last hole for a 74 to finish on a total of seven under.

This was Ko's seventh LPGA Tour victory, earning her $ 1.1 million (£ 819,000).

The 25-year-old was last year's LPGA Player of the Year after winning the ANA Inspiration majors and the Evian Championship.