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11-05-2025
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Jeeno keeps cool to win LPGA's Americas Open
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul collected her fifth LPGA Tour title with victory at the Americas Open at Liberty National on Sunday. The world number two shot a solid three-under-par 69 to win by four strokes from France's Celine Boutier, who shot an even-par 72 in her final round. Jeeno finished 17-under for the week after staying out of trouble and making birdies on the first, ninth and 17th. The 22-year-old Thai star had finished off last season with victory in the Tour Championship in November and won on the Ladies European Tour in Saudi Arabia in February. The win in Jersey City was her 11th professional victory on all tours, but having started her round with just a one-stroke advantage over Boutier, said she had no clue of the leaderboard situation as she approached the final hole. "I had no idea. Maybe on the last putt because I didn't even look at the leaderboard at all, to be honest. I just asked my caddie if I need to make a par or not. He said, 'It's OK, I think you're safe'. I was just like, OK, so actually I can breathe now," she said. Jeeno said that tricky pin positions combined with the weather had made it a battle to make par. "Bogey-free on the final round, final group, as well, because the pin positions were so tough today, as well. We got a lot of wind, and then a lot of nerves and excitement for sure. "I just really told myself to be patient out there. I know I was just trying to keep my ball where I have a chance to make it, but if I not make it, I'm fine because I know not every putt or not every hole that we're going to make it for sure. But I think my big key today is making par," added the Thai, who finished a disappointing tied for 24th at last week's first major of the year, the Chevron Championship. Boutier cancelled out her three birdies with three bogeys but was pleased to be in contention as she looks forward to the next major, the US Women's Open in Wisconsin in June. "A very solid week overall. Definitely a little bit disappointed with my finish today, but feel pretty happy with where my game is at," she said. "Just need to tweak a few things before my next tournament, which is the US Open, so it's very encouraging to have a good result here at such a good tournament." Spain's Carlota Ciganda and the USA's Andrea Lee finished tied for third place. Defending champion and world number one Nelly Korda had started the day in contention, just two shots behind Jeeno. But while the Thai progressed, Korda had four bogeys in a one-over 73. sev/bb
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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Jeeno keeps cool to win LPGA's Americas Open
Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul collected her fifth LPGA Tour title with victory at the LPGA Tour's Americas Open at Liberty National on Sunday. The world number two shot a solid three-under-par 69 to win by four strokes from France's Celine Boutier who shot an even-par 72 in her final round. Advertisement Thitikul finished 17-under for the week after staying out of trouble and making birdies on the first, ninth and 17th. The 22-year-old Thai star had finished off last season with victory in the Tour Championship in November but she won on the Ladies European Tour in Saudi Arabia in February. The win in Jersey City was her 11th professional victory on all tours but having started her round with just a one-stroke advantage over Boutier, said she had no clue of the leaderboard situation as she approached the final hole. "I had no idea. Maybe on the last putt because I didn't even look at the leaderboard at all, to be honest. I just asked my caddie if I need to make a par or not. He said, 'It's okay; I think you're safe'. I was just like, okay, so actually I can breathe now," she said. Advertisement "I was really patient. I know that a lot of putts didn't drop on the front nine, but was trying to do my best, and I knew that I'm doing a good job. I was just trying to tell myself 'Be patient, it's coming, it's coming'. That's pretty much what I told myself today." Jeeno finished a disappointing tied for 24th at last week's first major of the year, the Chevron Championship. Boutier cancelled out her three birdies with three bogeys but was pleased to be in contention as she looks forward to the next major, the US Women's Open in Wisconsin in June. "A very solid week overall. Definitely a little bit disappointed with my finish today, but feel pretty happy with where my game is at. Just need to tweak a few things before my next tournament, which is the US Open, so it's very encouraging to have a good result here at such a good tournament," she said. Advertisement Spain's Carlota Ciganda and the USA's Andrea Lee finished tied for third place. Defending champion and world number one Nelly Korda had started the day in contention, just two shots behind Thitikul. But while the Thai progressed, Korda shot four bogeys to make a one-over 73. sev/jc
Washington Post
11-05-2025
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- Washington Post
Jeeno Thitikul plays bogey-free and no one can catch her in the Mizuho Americas Open
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand turned back a pair of challenges Sunday and played bogey-free over the final 27 holes at Liberty National, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory over Celine Boutier in the Mizuho Americas Open. Thitikul, who captured the Race to CME Globe and its $4 million prize to end last season, won for the first time this year and the fifth time in her LPGA Tour career.
Associated Press
11-05-2025
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Jeeno Thitikul plays bogey-free and no one can catch her in the Mizuho Americas Open
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand turned back a pair of challenges Sunday and played bogey-free over the final 27 holes at Liberty National, closing with a 3-under 69 for a four-shot victory over Celine Boutier in the Mizuho Americas Open. Thitikul, who captured the Race to CME Globe and its $4 million prize to end last season, won for the first time this year and the fifth time in her LPGA Tour career. Nelly Korda is still trying to win for the first time this year. She was within one shot of Thitikul until driving into the hazard on the par-4 ninth hole and taking bogey. It was a downward spiral from there, as Korda played the back nine with two bogeys and no birdies and was never a factor the rest of the way. The final challenge came from Boutier, who was posed to catch the Thai player on the 15th hole when she hit her approach to 10 feet. Thitikul faced a tough par save from a bunker left of the green, with her foot up against the slope and having to clear another bunker to a back pin. Thitikul pulled off the shot perfectly to 3 feet to save par. Boutier not only missed her birdie chance, she missed the 30-inch comeback putt and made bogey. Instead of a two-shot swing and a tie for the lead, Boutier fell three back with three holes to play. On the 16th, Boutier missed an 8-foot birdie putt and Thitikul made her par putt from 7 feet to stay three shots behind. Thitikul all but ended the tournament with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, and she capped off a clean par with a par save on the 18th. 'I know that a lot of putts didn't drop on the front nine, but I'm trying to do my best,' Thitikul said. 'I was just trying to tell myself, 'Be patient, it's coming, it's coming.' That's pretty much what I told myself today.' Thitikul finished at 17-under 271 and won $450,000, pushing her over $1 million for the year and reclaiming the lead in the Race to CME Globe. Boutier shot 72 to finish second, followed by Carlota Ciganda (70) and Andrea Lee (72). Thitikul didn't make many putts on the front nine, but just like the back nine on Saturday, she stayed in front by not making any bogeys. She made birdie on the opening hole, and her best work was a 6-iron to a back pin, using the slope to feed the ball down to 5 feet. It was one of only two birdies for the round. That's where Korda fell back. The No. 1 player in women's golf made three birdies on the front nine, the last one on the par-5 eighth hole, to get within one shot. That was the last birdie for Korda the rest of the round. She closed with a 73 to tie for fifth. The tournament, hosted by Michelle Wie West, pairs American Junior Golf Association players with the LPGA pros. Aphrodite Deng, who lives about 20 minutes away, won the AJGA division that used the modified Stableford scoring. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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Jeeno Thitikul leads Mizuho Americas with Nelly Korda four back
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand feels so much better when she sees putts going in, and Thursday was an happy occasion at the Mizuho Americas Open. She took only 26 putts, eight of them for birdie, in a clean start of 8-under 64 to lead by two shots. Thitikul was bogey-free at Liberty National and had the advantage of playing in the morning with virtually no wind on the course across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Advertisement She finished strong, dropping a short iron into 5 feet on the 17th and judging the distance perfectly on the closing hole with a shot that stayed below the hole and left her only about 3 feet for birdie. Celine Boutier of France ran off five straight birdies in the middle of her round to account for not taking advantage of the par 5s. She was at 66 with Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea and Lindy Duncan, who lost in a five-way playoff at the Chevron Championship two weeks ago. 'I think my putter working well, better than Chevron week,' said Thitikul, the No. 2 player in the women's world ranking. She opened with rounds of 71-75 at the Chevron Championship, the first major of the LPGA season. Thitikul took off last week and devoted a lot of time to her putting, almost to a fault. She found her emotions going all over the place depending on the result. Advertisement 'First couple days I've been back home and I putt a lot, a ton,' she said. 'I feel good when I see it drop but I feel bad when I see it miss. ... And I was like, 'No, you can't be like this.' It's in or it's not. It has to be the same feelings and emotion." 'I just going to putt less and think less. That's pretty much I want to do,' she said. 'Because mental-wise, pretty important to see all putts in. I don't want to be so tight and tense.' Besides, she felt the greens were tough for everyone at the major. 'We're here, hit it good, and also making the putts,' Thitikul said after her 11th round of 64 or lower over the last four seasons. Advertisement Defending champion Nelly Korda had six birdies — three of them on the par 5s — to account for a few bogeys on her front nine and finished in the group at 68. Korda, the No. 1 player in women's golf by a big margin, has yet to win this year. She won the Mizuho Americas Open a year ago for her sixth victory of the season. Her game hasn't been as sharp this year, and Korda is more interested in looking ahead. 'Just got to focus on what my game plan was last year — that was one shot at a time, not to get ahead of myself,' Korda said. 'I know at the beginning of the year I had a lot to defend, but I think that instead of putting pressure on myself I should be happy that I was in that moment, that I did achieve all that great success. So just go out here and do what I love.' The group at 67 included Haeran Ryu of South Korea, coming off a victory last week at the Black Desert Championship in Utah that elevated her to No. 5 in the world. Her round included a bogey on her final hole.
