The 21-year-old from Ratchaburi, Thailand, has been on a steady path toward LPGA stardom since joining the tour in 2022.

A dramatic finish in the LPGA season-ending CME Tour Championship saw Thailand's Jeeno Thitikul narrowly take the title and $4million winner's prize.

The Thai netted a US$4 million (S$5.4 million) first-place prize, the largest in professional women’s golf history Read more at straitstimes.com.

A $4 million first-place prize goes a long way toward winning a money title. Jeeno Thitikul delivered a knock-out punch Sunday at the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship, going eagle-birdie on Nos. 17 and 18 to win the LPGA’s season finale by a shot.

Jeeno Thitikul thought the CME Group Tour Championship was over. She could only shake her head at Angel Yin's relentless Inbee Park-like putting, with the 54-hole co-leader rattling home another 35-footer for birdie on the 16th hole during Sunday’s final round at Tiburon Golf Club to go up by two.