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Lydia Ko completed her round Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship, and wondered if she was going to be in a playoff for the tournament title at Tiburon Golf Club at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort.<\/strong> But someone had to tell her she won the $1 million Race to the CME Globe first.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody told me and said, \u2018Oh, you got the million.\u2019 I was like, \u2018Oh, really?\u2019 It wasn\u2019t something I was thinking about all day,\u201d the 17-year-old said. \u201cWhen I was out there I just set my goal, and that\u2019s what I tried to reach for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ko came into the tournament as one of three players controlling their own destiny for the season-long CME Globe along with Stacy Lewis, who was No. 1 entering, and No. 2 Inbee Park. Lewis had a slight lead on Ko going into Sunday\u2019s final round, and Park dropped back. Michelle Wie and So Yeon Ryu also were in contention.<\/p>\n

Ko was the only one who was up high on the leaderboard going to the back nine.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Ko was playing her first professional event at this tournament in Naples. Now she\u2019s Rookie of the Year, has won three times, and won women\u2019s golf\u2019s biggest payday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think just playing consistent (was the key),\u201d Ko said. \u201cTop 10s are really tough. You have to be in good form to be in that position, too. So I just said, \u2018OK, go out there and have fun, have a couple top 10s, and just really learn more about the tour and what it\u2019s like to play on the tour full time.<\/p>\n

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