Thitikul scoops record $4m first prize in Florida as Maguire closes with 68

Leona Maguire closed out a disappointing week at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship with a best round 68 to finish 18 shots adrift of winner Jeeno Thitikul.

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The Cavan woman saw any chance of challenging for the lucrative event go up in smoke on Friday with a 76, but finished out her week with a 68 to finish on four-under par and a share for 42nd place.

One-under for her round at the turn, the 29-year-old added four birdies before dropping a shot at the last at Tiburon Golf Club.

Maguire finished runner-up at the tournament in 2022 when the winning purse was a then-record $2m.

At the business end of the leaderboard, Thitikul produced a brilliant finish to take home the $4million first prize, the largest in the history of women's golf.

Thitikul made an eagle on the par-five 17th and then birdied the last to finish 22-under par, a shot ahead of American Angel Yin.

Thitikul had already banked $1m this week for winning the season-long Aon Risk-Reward Challenge on the LPGA Tour.

World number one Nelly Korda, who won her seventh tournament of the season last week, finished in a tie for fifth on 15-under.

Additional reporting: PA