Cristie Kerr was the player of the week, Lydia Ko was the player of the year and Inbee Park will be among the best players of all-time.
Just as the LPGA intended, the Tour's season finale was brimming with drama until the very end on Sunday in Naples, Florida.
Cristie Kerr won the LPGA Championship by one shot, taking command with a 12-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th to finish with a 68 and move to 17-under overall.
It was the American's 18th career victory, but her $US500,000 ($A691,000) first prize almost seemed ancillary given the stakes that Ko and Park were playing for this week.
Ko won the $US1 million ($A1.38 million) bonus for winning the "Race to CME Globe," just as the New Zealand teenager did last year - this time adding player-of-the-year honours to her resume as well.
And Park clinched a trip to the LPGA Hall of Fame by winning the 2015 scoring title, the only step that remains between her and induction is completing her 10th season on tour next year, a prerequisite for eligibility.
"It's been a long season," Ko said. "Up and down. Mostly ups."
Kerr was one shot better than Gerina Piller of the US and Ha Na Jang of South Korea.
Lexi Thompson of the US was fourth at 14-under.
France's Karine Icher was fifth at 13-under, Park was alone in sixth, good enough to beat Ko by three shots over the course of the entire season for the Vare Trophy and the 27th point she needed for her trip to the LPGA Hall of Fame.
Ko (72) tied for seventh at 11-under, level with Australian youngster Minjee Lee (69) who completed a solid season.
"I said the Hall of Fame will be my last goal, but it really came early and I achieved pretty much everything I set so far in my career," Park said. "There is plenty other goals to set."
Park was second in the Globe chase, pocketing a $US150,000 ($A207,000) bonus. Thompson was third, taking home $US100,000 ($A138,000) in bonus money - though spent much of the afternoon in position to sweep both the $US500,000 first prize and the $1 million bonus.
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