Mexican star Ochoa won her third tournament in a row
FINAL LEADERBOARD:US unless stated-21 L Ochoa (Mex)-11 P Creamer, J Inkster -7 A Stanford-4 J M Kim (Kor)-3 J Jang (Kor), S Steinhauer, D Delasin
Lorena Ochoa sealed the LPGA Player of the Year prize by winning the Tournament of Champions by 10 shots.
The Mexican, who turns 25 on Wednesday, fired a final-round 65 for a tournament record 21-under total of 267.
It was Ochoa's sixth victory in a superb season that has ended world number one Annika Sorenstam's five-year hold on the tour's best player award.
American duo Paula Creamer and Juli Inkster shared second place, with compatriot Angela Stanford fourth.
Ochoa began the round with a five-stroke lead and pulled away with two streaks of three birdies in a row. She carded eight in total and her only bogey came at the 8th.
It's been a great season and this caps it all off
Lorena OchoaShe arrived in Alabama locked in a three-way battle for player of the year honours with Sorenstam and Australian Karrie Webb, both of whom skipped this event to focus on next week's season-ending Tour Championship.
The $200,000 first prize lifted Ochoa's earnings to over $2.5m.
It is the first time in 10 years that the player of the year accolade has gone to a player other than Sorenstam or Webb.
"It is fantastic to win today and make sure of the player of the year award," said Ochoa, who has now won nine times in four seasons on tour.
"That was the goal at the start of the week. It's been a great season and this caps it all off."
England's Karen Stupples, who needed to finish second to gain a place in next week's Tour Championship in Florida, closed with a disappointing 76 and was joint 11th on one under.
The 33-year-old, who was the only British player in the field, is expecting her first baby in the spring and will now take a break until the summer.