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eNCA
09-05-2025
- Sport
- eNCA
Jeeno shines on greens to grab LPGA lead at Liberty National
NEW JERSEY - World number two Jeeno Thitikul rode a red-hot putter to an eight-under par 64 that gave her a two-shot lead in the first round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Championship at Liberty National in New Jersey. The Thai star said she'd used a week off after a disappointing tie for 24th in the year's first major, the Chevron Championship, to sort out her putting. It paid off with her lowest round to open a tournament since the 2022 BMW Ladies Championship. "I think my putter was working well, better than Chevron week," she said. "I've been sucking with the putter on the Chevron week, but it's not just me -- the greens were so tough that week. "Here, hit it good and also making the putts. Also, got a lucky draw in the morning because it's not really windy in the morning." Jeeno hit 11 of 14 fairways in regulation and 15 of 18 greens and needed just 26 putts after managing to adjust her mindset on the greens. After the Chevron, she said, she went home and hit "a ton" of putts. "I feel so good when I see it drop but I feel so bad when I see it miss," she said. "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 same emotion. "If not, your emotion is going to be like rollercoaster for sure. I don't want to be so tight and tense," added the 22-year-old, who won her fourth and most recent LPGA title at last year's Tour Championship and won on Saudi Ladies International on the Ladies European Tour in February. She had a two-stroke lead over two more morning starters -- France's Celine Boutier, South Korean Choi Hye-jin. Boutier teed off on the 10th and after a bogey at 15 caught fire with a birdie at 18 that launched run of five straight birdies. She added two more birdies at the sixth and seventh for her six-under 66. "It was really nice to get going and get a few birdies in," Boutier said. Choi had six birdies without a bogey in her 66. Ryu Hae-ran, coming off a wire-to-wire victory in last week's Black Desert Championship, headlined a group of 10 players on five-under 67 that also included Germany's Esther Henseleit, American Jennifer Kupcho and Spain's Carlota Ciganda. Ryu had six birdies in the first 10 holes, a bogey at the par-four 18th the only blemish on her card. "I think the back nine started a little wind, it's hard to pick the club so I didn't have a lot of birdies there. But it's still good," Ryu said.
France 24
08-05-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Jeeno shines on greens to grab LPGA lead at Liberty National
The Thai star said she'd used a week off after a disappointing tie for 24th in the year's first major, the Chevron Championship, to sort out her putting. It paid off with her lowest round to open a tournament since the 2022 BMW Ladies Championship. "I think my putter was working well, better than Chevron week," she said. "I've been sucking with the putter on the Chevron week, but it's not just me -- the greens were so tough that week. "Here, hit it good and also making the putts. Also, got a lucky draw in the morning because it's not really windy in the morning." Jeeno hit 11 of 14 fairways in regulation and 15 of 18 greens and needed just 26 putts after managing to adjust her mindset on the greens. After the Chevron, she said, she went home and hit "a ton" of putts. "I feel so good when I see it drop but I feel so bad when I see it miss," she said. "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 same emotion. "If not, your emotion is going to be like rollercoaster for sure. I don't want to be so tight and tense," added the 22-year-old, who won her fourth and most recent LPGA title at last year's Tour Championship and won on Saudi Ladies International on the Ladies European Tour in February. She had a two-stroke lead over two more morning starters -- France's Celine Boutier, South Korean Choi Hye-jin. Boutier teed off on the 10th and after a bogey at 15 caught fire with a birdie at 18 that launched run of five straight birdies. She added two more birdies at the sixth and seventh for her six-under 66. "It was really nice to get going and get a few birdies in," Boutier said. Choi had six birdies without a bogey in her 66. Ryu Hae-ran, coming off a wire-to-wire victory in last week's Black Desert Championship, headlined a group of 10 players on five-under 67 that also included Germany's Esther Henseleit, American Jennifer Kupcho and Spain's Carlota Ciganda. Ryu had six birdies in the first 10 holes, a bogey at the par-four 18th the only blemish on her card. "I think the back nine started a little wind, it's hard to pick the club so I didn't have a lot of birdies there. But it's still good," Ryu said. World number one and defending champion Nelly Korda had six birdies and two bogeys to lead another big group on four-under par 68.
BBC News
01-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hull in contention in Singapore despite illness
Women's World Championship - third-round leaderboard-10 L Ko (NZ); -9 C Hull (Eng); -7 A Thitikul (Tha); -6 P Anannarukarn (Tha), A-L Kim (Kor), M Lee (Aus)Selected others: +1 L Maguire (Ire)Full leaderboard England's Charley Hull goes into the final round of the Women's World Championship in Singapore one shot off the lead despite struggling with 28-year-old, who has won twice on the LPGA tour but is searching for her first win since 2022, carded a four-under 68 in the third round to move to nine under par for the tournament at Sentosa Golf Club. Her preparations were hampered by an overnight bug, but Hull made light of that with a bogey-free round that included two birdies on the front nine and two more on the 10th and 13th holes as she kept pace with leader Lydia Ko."I woke up this morning and threw up. It was just a little bit of a bug but I'm fine," said Hull, who will go off in the final pairing with New Zealand's Olympic champion Atthaya 'Jeeno' Thitikul showed the form that saw her win the Saudi Ladies International last month to produce the day's lowest score of 66 as she moved into third place on seven Korea's Kim A-lim, who topped the leaderboard at the halfway stage, carded a 73 to fall into a three-way tie for fourth on six under, alongside Australia's Minjee Lee and Pajaree Anannarukarn, of Thailand.
BBC News
15-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fuller seals best finish as Thitikul wins in Saudi
Saudi Ladies International - final leaderboard-16 A Thitikul (Tha); -12 SM Lee (Kor); -11 A Fuller (Eng); -10 N Madsen (Den), C Iwai (Jpn), A Jutanugarn (Tha), I Yoon (Kor)Selected others: -9 C Hull (Eng); -7 A Hewson (Eng); -5 G Hall (Eng); -3 C Williams (Wal), M Rhodes (Eng)Full leaderboard England's Annabell Fuller made a late flurry of birdies to finish third at the Saudi Ladies International - her best finish on the Ladies European the 22-year-old was unable to challenge Thai playing partner Atthaya 'Jeeno' Thitikul for the title, finishing five shots behind her winning total of 16 closed the 54-hole tournament at Riyadh Golf Club with a three-under-par round of 69, while South Korea's Lee So-mi shot 70 to finish second on 12 followed rounds of 66 and 68 with a battling 71 on Saturday - bouncing back from three dropped shots on the front nine to fire three birdies in her closing four holes and move one shot clear of a four-strong group on 10 under. "It feels unreal, I don't know how to react right now - it's pretty special," said Fuller, whose previous-best finish was sixth in this season's opening tournament - the Lalla Meryem Cup."My front nine was a bit up and down and the weather was quite hard."I just tried to battle through that, but it was really cool to learn from 'Jeeno' and watch her play, so that was special too."England's Charley Hull closed with a 68 to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place on nine under.
