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    Lydia Ko: Teenager scoops $1M LPGA Tour jackpot

    By Matias Grez, CNN

    Updated 1656 GMT (0056 HKT) November 23, 2015

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    Lydia Ko poses with a box of $1 million in cash -- her prize for winning the Race to the CME Globe. The teenager also scooped the LPGA Player of the Year award to cap off an outstanding weekend.
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    Lydia Ko poses with a box of $1 million in cash -- her prize for winning the Race to the CME Globe. The teenager also scooped the LPGA Player of the Year award to cap off an outstanding weekend.
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    Golf's golden girl climbed to a world ranking of No. 1 when she was only 17 -- four years younger than Tiger Woods when he claimed the top spot for the first time.
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    Golf's golden girl climbed to a world ranking of No. 1 when she was only 17 -- four years younger than Tiger Woods when he claimed the top spot for the first time.
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    Ko is flanked by an honor guard of Royal Canadian Mounties after her record-breaking win at the 2012 Canadian Open. At just 15 years and four months, the New Zealander became the youngest winner of an LPGA Tour event.
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    LPGA record breaker – Ko is flanked by an honor guard of Royal Canadian Mounties after her record-breaking win at the 2012 Canadian Open. At just 15 years and four months, the New Zealander became the youngest winner of an LPGA Tour event.
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    Even before she had become a teenager, South Korea-born Ko was a force in amateur tournaments in New Zealand -- here taking part in an event in 2009.
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    Early success – Even before she had become a teenager, South Korea-born Ko was a force in amateur tournaments in New Zealand -- here taking part in an event in 2009.
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    Ko and 2013 British Open champion Stacey Lewis on the famous Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews with their trophies. Ko was leading amateur and is tipped to win the professional title in future years.
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    Major ambition – Ko and 2013 British Open champion Stacey Lewis on the famous Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews with their trophies. Ko was leading amateur and is tipped to win the professional title in future years.
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    Ko returned to Canada in 2013 to repeat her previous year's groundbreaking success in the LPGA event.
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    Canada double – Ko returned to Canada in 2013 to repeat her previous year's groundbreaking success in the LPGA event.
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    Clinching her seventh LPGA Tour victory just two days after her 18th birthday in April 2015, Ko defended her Swinging Skirts title in California by winning a playoff.
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    LPGA Tour hat-trick – Clinching her seventh LPGA Tour victory just two days after her 18th birthday in April 2015, Ko defended her Swinging Skirts title in California by winning a playoff.
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