{"id":500637,"date":"2026-02-26T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500637\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:52:13","slug":"no-1-thitikul-struggles-in-the-first-round-of-the-lpga-singapore-led-by-kim-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/500637\/","title":{"rendered":"No 1 Thitikul struggles in the first round of the LPGA Singapore led by Kim \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

SINGAPORE (AP) \u2014 Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul struggled during the first round of the HSBC Women\u2019s World Championship on Thursday, shooting a 1-over 73 to trail the leader by seven strokes.<\/p>\n

Thitikul won last week\u2019s tournament in her native Thailand and is among nine out of the top 10 players entered in the Singapore LPGA stop on the Sentosa Golf Club\u2019s Tanjong course.<\/p>\n

American Auston Kim birdied two of her final three holes for a 66 and a one-stroke lead over China\u2019s Yan Liu. Five players were tied for third with 68s, including No. 12-ranked Haeran Ryu.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJeeno Thitikul of Thailand reacts on the green during the HSBC World Championship of women’s golf at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo\/Suhaimi Abdullah)<\/p>\n

Defending champion Lydia Ko had a 70, as did Brooke Henderson.<\/p>\n

Kim said she opened with a 78 at the Singapore tournament last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I think about my game and myself as a golfer since last year \u2026 I mean it obviously feels great to score well. But I just I feel like I can handle things a lot better and I\u2019ve been talking with my mental coach, as well,\u201d Kim said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are a lot of things that I\u2019ve changed and a lot of things I feel like I\u2019m doing better. Today was a testament to what we\u2019ve been working on, and I\u2019m working hard on what I can control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joining Thitikul among the top-ranked players well out of the lead were third-ranked Charley Hull and fourth-ranked Minjee Lee, who each shot 72.<\/p>\n

No. 2-ranked Nelly Korda is the only player from the top 10 not in Singapore. The tournament is the second of three stops on the LPGA\u2019s early year Asian swing, with the final one next week at Hainan Island, China.<\/p>\n

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AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE (AP) \u2014 Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul struggled during the first round of the HSBC Women\u2019s World Championship on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-500637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}