O'Toole All but Locks Up $1 Million Aon Prize as Baby News Caps Dream Season

Ryann O'Toole is waiting on a life-changing payday after a season that has left her all but certain to win the $1 million Aon Risk Reward Challenge on the LPGA Tour. The 39-year-old veteran, who is expecting a baby, has built an almost unassailable lead in the season-long competition, with only wildly improbable scenarios left for her rivals. World No. 2 Thitikul would need two double eagles to catch her, while the other contenders face even longer odds. After 16 years on tour without a big break, O'Toole admitted she has already texted her accountant about the tax implications of the windfall and is weighing how to invest it, with part of it set aside for her caddie. Her return to competitive golf remains open-ended: she does not yet know how she will feel travelling with a newborn, but she has kept the door open to competing again. For now, though, the $1 million prize looks like a fitting reward for one of the tour's most durable and popular professionals.