| Atthaya Thitikul อาฒยา ฐิติกุล | |||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Thitikul in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jeen / Jeeno | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 February 2003 Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ratchaburi, Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2020) LPGA Tour (joined 2022) | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||||
| LPGA Tour | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies European Tour | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||||||||||||||
| Chevron Championship | T4: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | 4th: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T6: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Women's British Open | T7: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| Evian Championship | 5th: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||||
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Atthaya Thitikul (Thai: อาฒยา ฐิติกุล, RTGS: Atthaya Thitikun, pronounced [ʔàːt.tʰā.jāː tʰì(ʔ).tì(ʔ).kūn]; born 20 February 2003), also Jeeno Thitikul, is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Until 2023, she was the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf tournament at aged 14 years, 4 months and 19 days after winning the Ladies European Thailand Championship as an amateur on 9 July 2017.[1] She was the number one ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for a total of 12 weeks, rising to the top on two occasions, the first time on 26 June 2019.
On 27 March 2022, Thitikul won for the first time on the LPGA Tour at the JTBC Classic.[2] While still age 19 in September 2022, Thitikul had two wins on the professional LPGA Tour and four wins on the Ladies European Tour.
On 31 October 2022, Thitikul became the number 1 ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings,[3] and was considered to be the fastest rising star in golf.[4][5] On 10 November, she was named the 2022 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year.[6]
In 2023, Thitikul won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour. She won the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship with a prize of $4 million.[7]
- ^ "Atthaya Thitikul, 14, becomes youngest ever winner of professional event". BBC Sport. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Atthaya Thitikul wins first on LPGA, denies Nanna Koerstz Madsen second straight". Golf Channel. AP. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 October 2022.
- ^ Melton, Zephyr (1 April 2022). "From 308th to 5th in the world in a year?! Meet golf's fastest rising star". Golf. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Thai teen Thitikul becomes 2nd youngest No. 1 women's golfer". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Atthaya Thitikul Wins 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie Of The Year Award". LPGA. 10 November 2022.
- ^ Kellum, Sarah (24 November 2024). "Jeeno Thitikul Wins CME Group Tour Championship and $4 Million First-Place Prize". LPGA. Retrieved 24 November 2024.