World No 1 Jeeno Thitikul justified her prime billing in emphatic vogue after edging Japan’s Chizzy Iwai by one stroke to say her house LPGA Thailand event for the primary time.
The Thai star stored her composure beneath sweltering situations and intense stress to card a closing four-under-par 68, ending on 24 beneath.
The victory marked her eighth LPGA Tour title and her first triumph on house soil.
England’s Lottie Woad completed tied-Fifteenth on 15 beneath.
“I would rate it A triple-plus,” mentioned the 23-year-old Thitikul. “I know it’s not as big as the majors, but winning in my home country means so much to me – sometimes even more than a major.”
Thitikul turned the third Thai winner of the event, following Ariya Jutanugarn in 2021 and Patty Tavatanakit in 2024.
The win was made much more particular together with her mom watching in individual after the Thai had made eight earlier makes an attempt on the occasion.
“My mom came up to me after I finished 18 and she cried a lot,” Thitikul mentioned. “I told her, ‘I finally won in front of you’. She was emotional, and that made me emotional too.”
World No 19 Iwai mounted a robust problem, drawing stage briefly after rolling in her second eagle of the day on the par-five tenth.
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Nevertheless, the Japanese added no additional birdies and signed for a 66 to complete runner-up on 23-under-par 265. Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim, the world No 9, posted a 68 to take third at 22 beneath, whereas compatriot Lee Somi, the opening-round chief, completed fourth on 21 beneath.
Former world No 1 Lydia Ko carded a 68 to tie for fifth alongside Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who produced the bottom spherical of the day with a scintillating 63 as each ended the week on 20 beneath.
Defending champion Angel Yin shot 70 and was in a tie for forty eighth at five-under 283.
The event about 125km (75 miles) east of Bangkok was the primary of three occasions in Asia in consecutive weeks, to be adopted by these in Singapore and China within the early Asian swing on the LPGA Tour.
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