After a rocky start to the LPGA season and three weeks off the tour has started a three-week swing in Asia, starting with the Honda LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club in Pattaya Chonburi.
Nelly Korda was winless in 2025 and won the Tournament of Champions in Florida but most of the headlines were around how the LPGA handled the final round. Or, rather, lack of a final round and it was cancelled because of extreme cold in Orlando.
But that’s behind them now and Jeeno Thitikul showed why she’s the best player in the world by winning in her native country in front of her family, including her emotional mother who only is able to see her daughter play this one week each year. Thitikul won by a shot and then told reporters that the victory felt bigger than a major, which is the only thing missing on her young resume. She took home $270,000 from the $1.8 million purse, but the memories from the week for Thitikul were priceless.
Chizzy Iwai was in second place, a shot back. Hyo Joo Kim finished third.
Up next: the tour moves to Singapore, then China before returning to the United States in mid-March.
Here is the rundown of what each player earned this week in Thailand.
WIN: Jeeno Thitikul, 264/-24, $270,000
2: Chizzy Iwai, 265/-23, $167,061
3: Hyo Joo Kim, 266/-22, $121,191
4: Somi Lee, 267/-21, $93,751
T5: Nanna Koerstz Madsen, 268/-20, $68,599
T5: Lydia Ko, 268/-20, $68,599
7: Hannah Green, 269/-19, $51,678
T-8: Ariya Jutanugarn, 270/-18, $42,989
T-8: Hye-Jin Choi, 270/-18, $42,989
T-10: A Lim Kim, 271/-17, $33,338
T-10: Sei Young Kim, 271/-17, $33,338
T-10: Haeran Ryu, 271/-17, $33,338
T-10: Allisen Corpuz, 271/-17, $33,338
14: Andrea Lee, 272/-16, $28,171
T-15: Lottie Woad, 273/-15, $25,122
T-15: Brooke Matthews, 273/-15, $25,122
T-15: Ruoning Yin, 273/-15, $25,122
T-18: Pajaree Anannarukarn, 275/-13, $20,702
T-18: Jenny Bae, 275/-13, $20,702
T-18: Nasa Hataoka, 275/-13, $20,702
T-18: Miyu Yamashita, 275/-13, $20,702
T-18: Auston Kim, 275/-13, $20,702
T-18: Chanettee Wannasaen, 275/-13, $20,702
T-24: Ayaka Furue, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Lucy Li, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Maja Stark, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Chanoknan Angurasaranee, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Yuri Yoshida, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Mi Hyang Lee, 276/-12, $16,202
T-24: Julia Lopez Ramirez, 276/-12, $16,202
31: Rio Takeda, 277/-11, $13,811
T-32: Yan Liu, 278/-10, $12,713
T-32: Leona Maguire, 278/-10, $12,713
T-32: Linn Grant, 278/-10, $12,713
T-35: Karis Anne Davidson, 279/-9, $11,250
T-35: Cassie Porter, 279/-9, $11,250
T-35: Minami Katsu, 279/-9, $11,250
T-38: Yealimi Noh, 280/-8, $9,718
T-38: Gaby Lopez, 280/-8, $9,718
T-38: Brooke M. Henderson, 280/-8, $9,718
T-38: Grace Kim, 280/-8, $9,718
T-42: Manon De Roey, 281/-7, $8,255
T-42: Celine Boutier, 281/-7, $8,255
T-42: Lindy Duncan, 281/-7, $8,255
T-42: Pornanong Phatlum, 281/-7, $8,255
T-46: Jennifer Kupcho, 282/-6, $7,363
T-46: Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, 282/-6, $7,363
T-48: Angel Yin, 283/-5, $6,814
T-48: Akie Iwai, 283/-5, $6,814
T-50: Nataliya Guseva, 284/-4, $6,311
T-50: Ina Yoon, 284/-4, $6,311
52: Muni He, 285/-3, $6,037
T-53: Ingrid Lindblad, 286/-2, $5,396
T-53: Saki Baba, 286/-2, $5,396
T-53: Gianna Clemente, 286/-2, $5,396
T-53: Megan Khang, 286/-2, $5,396
T-53: Jin Young Ko, 286/-2, $5,396
T-53: Jin Hee Im, 286/-2, $5,396
T-59: Gemma Dryburgh,, 289/+1, $4,665
T-59: Gurleen Kaur, 289/+1, $4,665
61: Rin Yoshida, 291/+3, $4,482
62: Esther Henseleit, 292/+4, $4,390
T-63: Carlota Ciganda, 293/+5, $4,253
T-63: Yuka Saso, 293/+5, $4,253
T-65: Benedetta Moresco, 294/+6, $4,024
T-65: Robyn Choi, 294/+6, $4,024
T-65: Naruha Miyata, 294/+6, $4,024
T-65: Prim Prachnakorn, 294/+6, $0 (amateur)
T-69: Wei-Ling Hsu, 295/+7, $3,795
T-69: Stephanie Kyriacou, 295/+7, $3,795
71: Danielle Kang, 300/+12, $3,659
72: Moriya Jutanugarn, 304/+16, $3,614
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