Jeeno Thitikul, a champion at the Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City, won by four shots to claim her second job LPGA title on Sunday. She also won her first championship by the same name in Jersey City.
After rounds of 64, 73, and 65, Thitikul took the lead from France’s Celine Boutier with one shot going into the final evening. Nelly Korda, the reigning champion of the world, and Andrea Lee, the daughter of Andrea Lee, were a shot more up.
In a follow of their incredible war at the 2023 Maybank Championship, when the latter won a nine-hole playoffs, Thitikul and Boutier were paired up in the final round. The Thai person opened with a bogey and held his own for the remainder of the round, carding a bogey-free 69 for a total of 17-under-par 271.
After a last large 72 that included a pricey three-putt bogie from 10 feet at the par-four 15th hole, Boutier took only runner-up honors on 13-under-par. Thitikul made a magnificent line save from a fairway bunker, extending her lead by three shots, despite her unpleasant stance.
The Thai person drained an 18-foot putt to pull a further afield to make her third and final putt of the day at the 17th hole.
Two late birdies paid off Korda’s title defense, and at the final 73, she tied for tied for fifth place on 11-under-par with compatriot Yealimi Noh ( 72 ) and Australian Stephanie Kyriacou ( 67 ).
Nevertheless, Lee and Carlota Ciganda, who is a member of Spain, tied for third area with a 72.
In her final 15 established starts on the LPGA Tour, Thitikul finished in the top 10 in August, including a second place finish in the Maybank Championship.
My father only said,” Wining on the LPGA Tour again is good enough,” when I was a child wanting to play on the LPGA Tour. I had no idea that I would make it this far, for certain. I’m making an effort to complete my piece. I’m simply making an effort to get better each day,” Thitikul said.
” I am aware that today’s before nine saw a lot of putts not fall. I was merely attempting to say to myself,” Be person, it’s coming, it’s coming.” That’s essentially what I told myself today,” the 22-year-old said.
Former LPGA champion Michelle Wie West hosted the event, which pits professionals and members of the American Junior Golf Association ( AJGA ).
Aphrodite Deng, a native of New Jersey, won the young name with a modified Stableford total of 140 points while playing with Korda and Lee.
The LPGA Tour heads west for the first Mexico Riviera MayaOpen in Playa del Carmen, Puerto Rico, after a one-week split. LPGA