"I gave it all I had," said Creamer, who fell ill Wednesday night and could barely eat since the tournament began, plus had to down some medicine on the 13th hole just to finish Sunday's round. "I tried as hard as I possibly could. I wasn't going to quit."

Creamer made two birdies in a three-hole span on the back side, but took a three-putt bogey at the par-5 15th, essentially ending her chances at her fifth win of the year and taking the money crown.

"Really?" she yelled at herself in disbelief after the 15th, when she spent a few extra seconds on the green and slapped her left leg in disgust.

So clearly, Creamer had some fight -- just not enough.

For many, the ADT week was filled with drama, starting with Annika Sorenstam's final tournament on the LPGA Tour -- a farewell that ended Friday when she didn't make the weekend field -- and continuing with Creamer's illness.

She considered withdrawing Friday morning, almost unable to get out of bed, and wound up getting three CT scans and fluids through an intravenous tube in a South Florida hospital on Saturday night.

"They got to know me really well," said Creamer, who insisted that doctors released her by 7:15 a.m. Sunday so she could make her tee time, even though she was only able to eat toast, some bagel and about three bites of banana in the previous 48 hours.