{"id":661369,"date":"2026-05-11T02:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661369\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:32:11","slug":"jeeno-thitikul-outlasts-yin-to-win-mizuho-americas-open-for-second-title-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661369\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeeno Thitikul outlasts Yin to win Mizuho Americas Open for second title this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST CALDWELL, N.J. \u2014 Jeeno Thitikul fought off one final challenge Sunday and pulled away with a pair of late birdies for a 3-under 69 to win the Mizuho Americas Open by four shots over Ruoning Yin, giving the Thai player her second LPGA Tour victory this year.<\/p>\n

Thitikul was staked to a two-shot lead at the start of the final round. Yin managed to rally from four back to get within one shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are best friend, but on the golf course we trying to beat each other for all, every time,\u201d Thitikul said of her relationship with Yin. \u201cAnd then golf is just golf. Who win, who lose, outside of the golf we are best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The turning point came on the par-3 16th hole, a two-shot swing when Thitikul made birdie and Yin took a bogey. That turned into a three-shot lead, and Thitikul added a birdie on the final hole at Mountain Ridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to just do my best out there, trying to be consistent as I can, because I know it\u2019s going to be a really tough competition in and out every week,\u201d Thitikul said after the win about her mentality. \u201cOne thing that you can only do is just focus on yourself and keep getting better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also won the Honda LPGA Thailand earlier this year<\/a>, and Thitikul now has nine career LPGA titles. This is her fourth season with multiple wins since joining the LPGA in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot to me,\u201d said Thitikul, who stated that her game hasn\u2019t felt right since returning from the Asian swing in March. \u201cI don\u2019t feel great with my performance, with my game, at all. But had a call with my coach earlier on the practice round and then went everything out of my head, which is really helping. … Sometimes you don\u2019t try to fix things to be perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yin shot a 69 to finish alone in second.<\/p>\n

Celine Boutier, who played in the final group with Thitikul, had three bogeys and no birdies on the front nine to fall out of the chase. She shot 75 and tied for ninth.<\/p>\n

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\"Mizuho<\/p>\n

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Jeeno Thitikul is ready for the weekend at Mountain Ridge Country Club after shooting 3-under 69 Friday to reach 8 under and take a three-stroke lead at the Mizuho Americas Open.<\/p>\n

Thitikul went into the year at No. 1 in the women\u2019s world ranking, and then won early in Thailand. But the Thai and everyone else has been left behind by Nelly Korda, who overwhelmed the field two weeks in a row to win The Chevron Championship for her third major and then in Mexico.<\/a><\/p>\n

Korda did not play this week.<\/p>\n

Thitikul becomes the fourth player with at least two wins this year, after a 2025 season in which it took until October before there was a multiple winner. The others are Hannah Green and Hyo Joo Kim, who went home this week and won a Korea LPGA event.<\/p>\n

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\"Mizuho<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think all the players, including me, just really want to get better,\u201d Thitikul said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot more talented players, new faces, and then everyone could win the tournaments which means the competition level, it\u2019s getting higher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe everyone just putting work in on the offseason to see the good result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thitikul got off to a quick start with a pair of early birdies. Yin, one of her best friends on the LPGA, came charging back with four straight birdies on the front nine to go out in 31. But Yin\u2019s birdie on the par-5 eighth was the last one she made. Yin hit all 18 greens in regulation and missed only one fairway, but with a pair of bogeys on the back nine, she didn\u2019t get as much out of her round.<\/p>\n

It was her fourth runner-up finish it just over a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think something cool is going to happen. I just don\u2019t know when,\u201d Yin said. \u201cYeah, I mean, if I can be in contention every week like this week and like the Chevron week, I think it\u2019s going to happen soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST CALDWELL, N.J. \u2014 Jeeno Thitikul fought off one final challenge Sunday and pulled away with a pair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-661369","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\/661369","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=661369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}