Ron Sirak

1. Ariya Jutanugarn sweeps all major LPGA awards.

2. Korean turns out in force for UL International Crown and the home team wins.

3. Lexi Thompson takes a month off to reassess her life then ends season by winning CME Group Tour Championship.

Adam Stanley

1. Brooke Henderson wins the CP Women’s Open. Not only was it a historic victory, first woman to win on home soil in 40+ years, but after losing both her grandfathers this summer, it was an emotional one, too.

2. Lexi Thompson wins CME Group Tour Championship. After taking time off this year to be with her family and to reset mentally and physically, it was tremendous to see Thompson notch her first victory of the year at the last event of 2018

3. Ariya Jutanugarn’s Dominance. What more can you say? Jutanugarn was the best player of the year from start-to-finish and was just so steady all year long. Will be tough to beat in 2019

Nelly Korda poses with her trophy and with volunteers on the 18th green after winning the Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship at Ta Shee Golf & Country Club on October 28, 2018 in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei

Amy Rogers

1. Ariya Jutanugarn Sweeps Season Ending Awards. In an incredible season when there were 26 different winners on Tour, Ariya was able to standout from the pack and make history with her incredible performance in 2018.

2. Sister Acts. Until 2018, there was only one set of sisters, Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam, who had won on the LPGA Tour. This year, not one but two pairs of sisters joined the Sorenstams with Nelly Korda joining her sister, Jessica, as winners on Tour, as well as Moriya Jutanugarn joining her sister, Ariya.

3. Michelle Wie Returns to Winner’s Circle. Plagued by injury and illness throughout her decade on the LPGA Tour, Wie returned to the winner’s circle in 2018. Her win at the HSBC Women’s World Championship was her first win on Tour since the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open.

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