Monday 21 November 2016 17:11, UK
Charley Hull has set her sights on making her major breakthrough next year after finishing 2016 in style with her maiden LPGA Tour victory.
Hull fired a flawless final-round 66 to capture the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship by two strokes on Sunday, a win which lifted her to fourth in the final Race to CME Globe standings.
The 20-year-old enjoyed a consistent year on the LPGA Tour, with five top-10 finishes and only three missed cuts in her 22 starts, and her win in Florida earned her $500,000 - the biggest payday of her career by a distance.
Hull was just a shot behind world No 1 Lydia Ko at the ANA Inspiration, the opening major of the season on the women's circuit, while she also enjoyed top-20 finishes at the Women's PGA Championship and the British Open.
But she now feels more confident of challenging for a first grand slam title next year following her impressive performance at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, where a more-relaxed approach to the game paid handsome rewards.
"It's been a long time coming," Hull told Sky Sports News HQ. "I've been knocking on the door this year and came second at the ANA Inspiration, but I've had a good last couple of weeks, and to win one of the big ones at the end of the year was a lot of fun.
"I kind of switched off and wasn't really thinking about it too much to be honest. I was thinking about random stuff at home and I felt really relaxed all the time."
Asked if it was the best round of her career, Hull replied: "I would say that would probably be two and a half years ago when I won my first Ladies European Tour event at the Lalla Meryem Cup. I shot nine under on the last day and then best Gwladys Nocera in a play-off.
"On Sunday, I really didn't know what I had scored when I holed out at the last. I thought I had shot three under, and then I found out I was six under.
"This is a big win to end the year with, it's nice to have that under my belt and I feel really confident for the majors next year. I always seem to play pretty decent in the majors, and it's usually just one bad round I have over the four days.
"Hopefully I've ironed that out, and I've had some really good scores over the last couple of weeks, so I'm really looking forward to next year now."
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