NAPLES, Fla. — A year ago at this time, Kris Tamulis went home.
This year, she's home again.
And she's much happier now.
She was a first-time winner on the LPGA Tour this season — it took her 11 years and 186 starts to get that elusive first victory — and now she gets to end the season in Naples, the southwest Florida town where she grew up, went to high school and embarked on her golfing way.
Tamulis tees off Thursday morning in the CME Group Tour Championship for the first time, playing next to Sweden's Pernilla Lindberg — who has an infectious positive attitude that Tamulis raves about — and Paraguay's Julieta Granada.