Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand birdied the second playoff hole to beat Danielle Kang and win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.

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Thitikul is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

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Personal information
Nickname Jeen / Jeeno
Born 20 February 2003 (age 19)
Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi, Thailand
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality  Thailand
Residence Ratchaburi, Thailand

She is 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.

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. While still age 19 in September 2022, Thitikul had two wins on the professional LPGA Tour and four wins on the Ladies European Tour.

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Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand birdied the second playoff hole to beat Danielle Kang and win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday.

The victory made the 19-year-old the first LPGA Tour player in five years to win twice in her rookie season. Sung Hyun Park posted multiple wins in 2017.

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Atthaya Thitikul lpga and the 29-year-old Kang finished the 54-hole event at the Pinnacle Country Club tied at 17-under.

A six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Kang was making her third tour start since June after undergoing treatment for a tumor on her spine.

Kang briefly took the lead, chipping in from near the green for an eagle at the final hole. Playing in the group behind her, Thitukul, who shot a final-round 68, made a birdie at No. 17 to tie for the lead.

The two matched pars on No. 15, the first extra hole, and then Thitikul made a birdie putt on No. 16 to win.

“It’s emotional,” said Kang, who had a final-round 64, her best of the tournament. “I’m just really proud that I’m even here. So obviously I wanted to win, but these are like tears of joy.”

Thitukul had won the JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol earlier the season in a playoff.

The $345,000 first-place check pushed her earnings to $1,881,392 for the season. She has made 19 cuts in 20 events and added nine additional top 10s, including a solo fourth at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Caddy

Atthaya Thitikul (THA) stands with her caddy during the final round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club on September 25, 2022 in Rogers, AR.

Atthaya Thitikul’s incredible final-round comeback in the JTBC Classic in March 2022 landed the Thai golfer her first win on the LPGA tour.

 

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At the age of just 19, there are surely many more to come; not least because the nature of her performance – including going head-to-head in a tense play-off against the vastly experienced Nanna Koerstz Madsen – has set her up as one of the most talented emerging players on the circuit.

In pulling a rookie surprise on an experienced opponent – one that left Madsen herself saying that she “just didn’t see her coming until it was too late” – Thitikul demonstrates a rock-solid performance mindset. As she told RSNG, this approach requires not thinking about golf at all for 50% of the round!

 “Maybe in very quiet moments when I am by myself, yes, but when I step out onto the course, it is not as if I change the way I swing the club, or approach a putt, just because I am a tournament winner.

“In that split second moment of how I take a shot, I am playing back through a recording that I have done hundreds of thousands of times, and that will never change, no matter what success I have on the course.”

“Every shot, every hole, every round you lose is another chance to learn. It is all a building experience.”

Atthaya Thitikul Results 

Atthaya Thitikul, who has also won the Ladies European Tour four times (twice as an amateur), finished the tournament on par with Danielle Kang (196 – 67 65 64) – recently returned to racing having had to be treated for a serious illness to the spine – and then passed it on the second playoff hole.

Round in 68 (-3) strokes for Thitikul with four birdies and a bogey and in 64 (-7) for Kang, best set of the day, with five birdies and an eagle that, arrived on the last hole, determined the playoffs.

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In third place with 197 (-16) the Korean Chella Choi, in the fourth with 199 (-14) the Thai Pornanong Phatlum and among the seven competitors in fifth with 200 (-13) Lizette Salas, the New Zealander Lydia Ko and the French Celine Boutier.

Defense of the title failed by the Japanese Nasa Hataoka, 58th with 209 (-4), and a tournament to forget for Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson and for the Australian Minjee Lee, all exits to the cut, fell to 138 (-4), with the same 140 (-2).

The winner was rewarded with a check for $ 345,000 out of a prize pool of $ 2,300,000. Atthaya Thitikul, nicknamed Jean, Gino, is a Thai golfer. Currently playing on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour, Atthaya is the youngest golfer in the world to win a professional golf tournament.

She won the Ladies European Thailand Championship on 9 July 2017 as an amateur golfer. and is only 14 years, 4 months, 19 days. In addition, Atthaya also won the gold medal. Mixed team in golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Argentina Atthaya wins in LPGA first tour at the JTBC Classic in Carlsbad California on March 27, 2022.

Net worth 

The net worth of Atthaya Thitikul is approximately $1.5 million, and she holds several championship records. In 2022, she won a playoff on the LPGA Tour for the second time.

Atthaya Thitikul : Lpga | Caddy | Results | Net worth

Full Name Atthaya Thitikul
Nick Name Jeen/ Jeeno
Age 19 years old
Birth Date 20 February 2003          
Place of Birth              Ban Pong district
Net worth $1.5 million 

On 24 September 2022, Atthaya Thitikul tied the opposition’s record of 61 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Title’s second round. She was then set with a one-stroke lead going into Sunday’s 54-hole opening contest.

As the winner of the 2022 Walmart NW Arkansas title, Thitikul received $345,000 of the $2,300,000 prize money.

Atthaya thitikul LPGA, she took home $81,447 in prize money.

By Rishabh

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