NAPLES, Fla. Lydia Ko carved a hybrid 3-iron to 15 feet and ended the most intensely scrutinized year of her young career with a birdie Sunday at the CME Group Tour Championship.Nice to finish the season on a high note, Ko said after posting a 3-under-par 69, good for a tie for 16th. Obviously, not a top-10 finish, but I played really solid. I feel like I finished the season off pretty strong.Ko posted two second-place finishes, a third-place finish and a tie for fifth in her last eight starts.Ever since Indy [in early September], I played really good and put myself in good positions, Ko said. I felt like the confidence factor was definitely higher than during the middle of the year. I had some opportunities, looks for wins.Sunday marked the end of Kos first winless season since she began playing LPGA events at 15 years old.Let the record show, she left with a smile, eager to travel to South Korea to spend the next month with family after playing a charity event in Bradenton, Fla., on Monday.
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Much was made of Ko beginning the year with sweeping changes, with new equipment (PXG), a new coach (Gary Gilchrist) and a new caddie (Peter Godfrey).In the final summary, it wasnt a Ko-like year, not by the crazy high standards she has set.She saw her run of 85 consecutive weeks at No. 1 end in June. She arrived in Naples holding on to the No. 8 ranking. She ends the year 13th on the LPGA money list with $1,177,450 in earnings. Its the first time she hasnt finished among the top three in money in her four full years on tour. She did log 11 top-10 finishes overall, three second-place finishes.How did she evaluate her season?I feel like it was a better year than everyone else thinks, like Lydia is in a slump, Ko said. I feel like I played solid.It's a season that, obviously, I learned a lot from ... the mental aspect of saying, Hey, get over the bads and kind of move on.Ko said she learned a lot watching Stacy Lewis deal with her run of second-place finishes after winning so much.Winning a championship is a huge deal, but, sometimes, it's overrated when you haven't won, Ko said. Like, you're still playing well, but just haven't won. I kind of feel like it's been that kind of year.I think everybody has little ups and downs.
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