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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The 2014 LPGA Tour season has come and gone, but not before it left behind an incredible number of storylines that should continue to develop heading into the 2015 campaign. Stacy Lewis and Inbee Park continued to dominate the LPGA circuit, while a new face in Lydia Ko turned professional and absolutely took the womens golf world by storm. The trio of Lewis, Park and Ko combined for nine wins, 33 top-5 finishes and 50 top-10 finishes on the season. Still, there was a lot more parity in the five major championships compared to a season ago. While Park took home the first three major titles in 2013, all five were won by different players in 2014. Michelle Wie had a breakthrough season that was headlined by her first career major championship victory when she defeated Lewis by two shots at the U.S. Womens Open. Wie also picked up one other win at the LPGA LOTTE Championship, making it a total of four for her career. While some names remained in the spotlight for another year, numerous names emerged, making the future rather bright for the LPGA Tour. Now lets see who did what in 2014: PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- STACY LEWIS This was far from the easiest choice to make as the seasons Park and Ko put together were just as impressive, but despite not winning a major championship in 2014, Stacy Lewis added to her already loaded resume. Lewis dominated the middle of the LPGA schedule this past year and was a model of consistency throughout the season. While Lewis did not win in her first eight events, she notched seven top-10 finishes, including three runner-ups. In her ninth event, Lewis finally broke through with a win at the North Texas LPGA Shootout. Lewis finished the week with three straight rounds in the 60s, including 7-under 64s in the second and final rounds, to earn a 6-shot win over Meena Lee at 16-under-par 268. Three events later, Lewis grabbed her second win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, which was a 54-hole event. Lewis fired a sub-70 round all three days and again won by six shots at 16-under 197, this time over Christina Kim. Following a tie for sixth and a runner-up finish at the U.S. Womens Open, Lewis got back to her winning ways at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, also a 54-hole event. Lewis carded rounds of 70-66-65 to outlast Ko, Cristie Kerr and Angela Stanford to win by a shot at 12-under 201. Lewis picked up three wins in her first 15 events, but she did not finish atop the leaderboard in any of the final 13. Still, Lewis did grab five top-10 finishes, including two runner-ups, over that final stretch. Lewis played in 28 events in 2014 and did not miss a single cut. She had 11 top-5 finishes and 18 top-10 finishes. Lewis ended as the solo runner-up five times and also tied for second once. At the conclusion of the season following the CME Group Tour Championship, Lewis had officially won the Rolex Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy (lowest scoring average) and the season money title. Lewis won the Vare Trophy for the second straight year with a scoring average of 69.48. Her total of $2,539,039 were the highest earnings on tour as well. Lewis became the first American since Betsy King in 1993 to win Rolex Player of the Year, the Vare Trophy and the official money title in the same season. Park and Ko were also highly considered for the 2014 Player of the Year. TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR -- U.S. WOMENS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Michelle Wie had started to pick up a head of steam at the start of the 2014 season as she secured her third career victory at the LPGA LOTTE Championship, but something was still missing from her resume: A major championship win. A week after Martin Kaymer ran away with the U.S. Open Championship at Pinehurst No. 2, Wie and the worlds best on the womens circuit headed to North Carolina for the U.S. Womens Open Championship. A huge birdie putt on No. 17 followed by a par on 18 helped Wie hold off Lewis by two shots to win her first major title. Wie carded an even-par 70 in Sundays final round and she was the only player to finish under par for the week at 2-under 278. Wie entered the final round tied for the lead with Amy Yang, but both of them tripped to bogeys on the first and Yang made double-bogey on No. 2 to fall back two shots and she never recovered. Wie steadied the ship and made eight straight pars to finish her front nine at 1-over for the day. Six groups ahead of Wie was Lewis, who began with six straight pars before draining a trio of birdies from eight. Lewis then made another gain on No. 13, getting her to even par and one shot back of Wie. A poor tee shot led to a bogey on No. 14 for Lewis and Wie got to 3-under with a 9-foot eagle putt on the par-5 10th, putting her up by four shots. Another bogey on 16 had Lewis reeling, but back-to-back birdies on 17 and 18 put the pressure on Wie as Lewis was back to even par. Still up by three after five straight pars from 11, Wie did not make things easy on herself as she made a mess of No. 16 and had to settle for a double- bogey. Just like that Wie only had a 1-shot lead yet again. After her approach on 17 found the green about 18 feet from the hole, Wie made the putt of the tournament. When her ball found the center of the cup, Wie gave a huge fist pump as her lead was back up to two with one hole to play. Wie calmly two-putted for her par at the last to claim her first major championship. Not only was this Wies first major title, but it was also her first career win on mainland United States as her other three victories came in Canada, Mexico and her native Hawaii. ROOKIE OF YEAR -- LYDIA KO There is no surprise here as Lydia Ko put together one of the greatest rookie seasons in history after turning pro at the beginning of the 2014 campaign. Ko, who secured two victories as an amateur in 2013, received permission to turn pro in 2014 and she did not disappoint. In her first eight events of the season, Ko came close to earning her first professional victory multiple times with three top-10 finishes including a tie for second at the JTBC Founders Cup. Ko finally broke through with her first professional win and third overall with a 1-shot victory over Lewis at the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. It only got better from there for Ko as she went on to win by one shot over So Yeon Ryu at the Marathon Classic seven events later. Ko also finished the 2014 season on fire as she ended in the top 10 in each of her final four events including a win at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, where she outlasted Carlota Ciganda and Julieta Granada in a playoff. The 17-year-old also won the season-long Race to the CME Globe and the $1 million prize with her fifth career victory on the LPGA Tour. Her incredible season is why Ko easily won LPGA Rookie of the Year honors. On the year, Ko earned three wins, two runner-ups and three third-place finishes. Overall, Ko ended inside the top five 10 times and inside the top 10 15 times. Ko did not miss a single cut in 26 total events this year. Perhaps the only thing missing from Kos resume right now is a major championship, but she will have plenty more chances in the future as she figures to be one of the games true rising stars. GOOD YEAR - Inbee Park was able to overtake Lewis as the world No. 1 late in the season. After winning the first three major championships in 2013, Park secured her second LPGA Championship and fifth major title when she defeated Brittany Lincicome in a playoff in August. Park had three wins on the year, two runner- ups, four third-place finishes and 17 top 10s. In 23 events, Park missed just one cut all year. - Michelle Wie had a breakthrough year in 2014 as she walked away with two more wins including a major championship. Wie was one of eight players on tour to win multiple times on the year. She also had one runner-up, three third- place finishes and 13 top 10s. - So Yeon Ryu made all but two cuts on the season and she had 15 top-10 finishes in 25 events. Ryu picked up her third career victory at the Canadian Pacific Womens Open and she finished inside the top five 10 times. - Shanshan Feng followed in Kos footsteps as she did not miss a cut all season in 24 events. Feng also came away with a victory at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, her fourth career win. Feng had two runner-ups as well and she ended inside the top 10 12 times. - Anna Nordqvist, Karrie Webb, Jessica Korda and Mirim Lee were the other four players to finish with multiple wins on the season. Each of them had two victories in 2014. BAD YEAR - Laura Diaz has won 20 times on the LPGA Tour and she also has 41 career international victories. However, despite a tie for ninth at the Womens British Open in 2014, Diaz did not have another top 10 finish and she ended 75th on the money list. -Ai Miyazato has won nine times on the LPGA Tour, but she did not record a single top-10 finish and she missed seven cuts this past season. Miyazato finished 86th on the money list. - In 18 events this year, Cydney Clanton made just five cuts during the 2014 season. Eric Sogard Rays Jersey . Make that, almost always subjective. Saturday at Carrow Road, the spirit of fair play trumped the rulebook, costing Norwich City three points. 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The World Series champions finalized a $32 million, two-year agreement Thursday with the slugging former catcher who turned into a surprisingly good defender. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- From the moment Phil Mickelson set foot at TPC Scottsdale early Thursday morning, it was clear that the back pain that sidelined him last weekend was gone. It also was quickly evident that his game was a little off. "My back is fine. My game was a little rusty," Mickelson said after opening his Phoenix Open title defence with an even-par 71. After effortlessly hitting his opening drive 300 yards down the middle on the par-4 10th, Mickelson dumped a 90-yard wedge shot into the left greenside bunker. He blasted 10 feet past the hole and sighed in relief when his par putt slid in. A few minutes later on the par-3 12th, Mickelson found the water hazard along the right side of the green. His chip from the fringe stopped about 15 feet short and he two-putted for a double bogey. He three-putted twice, once for par and another for bogey. "I threw away a lot of shots," Mickelson said. "I made some careless swings. Hitting it in the water on 12 was just pathetic." He was seven strokes behind leaders Bubba Watson and Y.E. Yang. "I got off to a poor start, played a couple over, and finished poorly," Mickelson said. "In the middle of the round, though, I hit a lot of good shots and had a good little run, but it just wasnt quite sharp. I wasnt quite focused on every shot the way I need to be and let way too many shots slide." Mickelson first felt soreness in his back two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, and pulled out of his hometown event in San Diego after making the 36-hole cut at Torrey Pines. He flew to Georgia to see back specialist Tom Boers and was told his facet joints locked up. "Its fine. Honestly, its no big deal," Mickelson said. "It was a five-minute fix. I just have to be careful for a week or two as it heals up. Its fine. Mobility is back. Its just not a big deal. ... It happens every now and then. Last time was about four years ago." After the double bogey on 12, he rebounded with 20-foot birdie putts on the next two holes, but three-putted for par on the par-5 15th after hitting a hybrid pin-high from 245 yards. "Fifteen really stung," Mickelson said. "It was only a 12- or 15-footer, and I am thinking eagle. I roll it 6 feet by and I miss it coming back. That was costly. Mickelson got to 3 under with birdies on Nos. 17, 1 and 4, then bogeyed three of his last five holes. He three-putteed the par-4 fifth -- missing from 5 1/2 and 3 1/2 feet -- and failed to get-up-down for par after finding greenside bunkers on Nos.dddddddddddd 7 and 9. "Playing the last five holes at 3 over ... that was really bad," Mickelson said. He hit five of 14 fairways, 11 greens in regulation and had 30 putts. "I wasnt as sharp as I need to be, for sure," Mickelson said. In his victory last year, he opened with a 60 -- lipping out a birdie putt on the final hole -- and matched the tournament record at 28-under 256. The 43-year-old former Arizona State star is making his 25th appearance in the event that he also won in 1996 and 2005. "Its fun to be back here," Mickelson said. "I love playing here." Watson and Yang shot 64. Watson birdied four of the final six holes. The 2012 Masters champion had eight birdies and a bogey in the afternoon session. "This golf course, if your ball-striking is good, you can shoot some good numbers here," Watson said after hitting 17 greens in regulation. "Hit a lot of greens, didnt make too many mistakes, didnt miss too many fairways. Just played solid." Yang birdied the final two holes. The 2009 PGA winner also had eight birdies and a bogey, playing the back nine in 6-under 30 in his morning round. "I think you have to be aggressive," the South Korean player said through a translator. "At the same time, you cant be too aggressive. ... You have to really balance it out, but you still have to be a little bit more aggressive than other tournaments." Scottsdale residents Pat Perez, Kevin Stadler and Matt Jones were a stroke back at 65 along with Harris English, William McGirt, Greg Chalmers and Chris Kirk. English birdied Nos. 12-15 to top the leaderboard at 8 under, but bogeyed the par-3 16th -- the rowdy stadium hole -- and the par-4 18th. He hit an 8-iron over the green on the 178-yard 16th. "I guess I was a little juiced up on that tee," English said. "I left myself with an impossible up-and-down." Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., fired a 4-under 67. David Hearn of Brantford, Ont., is another shot back at 68. Amateur Ki Taek Lee of Vancouver shot a 2-over 74. Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., carded a 75, and Calgarys Stephen Ames had a 76.. The crowd was estimated at 88,113, a record for the first round. ' ' '