Jeeno Thitikul continued to shut the hole on Nelly Korda on the prime of the world rankings by finishing a powerful four-shot victory on the LPGA Tour’s Mizuho Americas Open.
Thitikul carded a three-under 69 on the ultimate day at Liberty Nationwide to finish the week on 17 underneath, with three birdies in a bogey-free closing spherical pulling her away from closest challenger Celine Boutier.
Andrea Lee shared third spot with Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, whereas Korda – the defending champion – was in rivalry however slipped again into tied-fifth alongside Yealimi Noh and Stephanie Kyriacou after a one-over 73.
Thitikul has posted top-25 finishes in her final 17 worldwide begins
Thitikul’s win is her first of the 12 months on the LPGA Tour and follows success on the Women European Tour earlier this season on the PIF Saudi Women Worldwide, along with her newest victory lifting her prime of the Race to CME Globe standings.
“I do know that loads of putts did not drop on the entrance 9, however I am making an attempt to do my finest,” Thitikul stated. “I used to be simply making an attempt to inform myself, ‘be affected person, it is coming, it is coming.’ That is just about what I instructed myself at this time.”
Korda, on the lookout for her first win of 2025, was inside a shot of Thitikul till she discovered the hazard off the ninth tee on her approach to a bogey. The world No 1 then failed to seek out one other birdie on her again 9, dropping two pictures over her closing 4 holes.
Nelly Korda was chasing her first victory of the 12 months
Boutier threatened the lead till she carded a three-putt bogey from 10 ft on the fifteenth, the place Thitikul produced a superb up and down from the sand to avoid wasting par, dropping the Frenchwoman three off the lead.
Thitikul scrambled a par from eight ft on the sixteenth, the place Boutier missed a birdie effort from an analogous distance, earlier than a 10-foot birdie on the subsequent and par on the final closed out a powerful victory.
Boutier combined three birdies with as many bogeys in her level-par 72, a rating matched by Andrea Lee, whereas Korda – who began the week with three consecutive 68s – ended six strokes off the tempo.
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The LPGA Tour takes per week off earlier than heading to Mexico for the Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, starting on Might 22, earlier than the US Girls’s Open takes place at Erin Hills the next week. Get Sky Sports or stream with NOW.
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