LPGA

2022 - 3 - 28

Nanna Koerstz Madsen

Atthaya Thitikul outlasts Nanna Koerstz Madsen in playoff to win ... (ESPN)

At 19 years, 25 days, Atthaya Thitikul is the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour since Brooke Henderson in the 2016 Portland Classic at 18 years, 9 months, ...

"With a major tournament next week, I want to focus on my game even more." "But this is a little sad, too, last tournament at Mission Hills." "I played a good week and I'm happy with the game. "It's a hard shot," Koerstz Madsen said. "It wasn't a very good playoff," Koerstz Madsen said. "It's just crazy in my mind right now," Thitikul said.

LPGA sees a rising star prevail with 19-year-old Atthaya Thitikul's ... (GolfDigest.com)

LPGA rookie Atthaya Thitikul adds another milestone win to her spectcular career with playoff victory in JTBC Classic.

Two weeks ago, she surrendered a late lead in the Honda LPGA Thailand, only to prevail by making an eagle on the second playoff hole. That gave Koertz Madsen life, but she lipped out her bogey putt, allowing the Thai to manage a three-putt bogey for the win. Koerstz Madsen took a drop and put her fourth shot to 25 feet above the hole, and the Dane looked resigned to not even finishing out. "Yeah, I played a good week and I'm happy with the game. She was 215 yards to the hole, with the grandstand and hedges on left and water on the right. “When you were young and then have a dream to one day you want to become an LPGA member, one day you want to win the LPGA tournaments,” Thitikul said. For a tournament that seemed to be in Koertz Madsen’s grasp for most of the week as she built a three-shot lead heading into the final round while trying to win for a second time in 14 days, the last two hours took a dramatic turn. On the first playoff effort playing the 18th, Thitikul hit a spectacular shot, nearly holing out her approach that settled at eight feet. Then Thitikul had to wait, biding her time outside the clubhouse mostly talking to a handful of people without ever making her way to the driving range. “I think that one motivates me to be here, because if I won this tournament I probably be on LPGA last year,” Thitikul said. And that’s exactly in line with the trajectory of her career. CARLSBAD, Calif.—When Atthaya Thitikul finished her eight-under-par 64 round in the JTBC Classic on Sunday, a few dozen fans leaned against white plastic fence outside the scoring area waiting for her autograph.

Thai rookie sensation Atthaya Thitikul claims first LPGA title in ... (usatoday.com)

Youth prevailed as 19-year-old Atthaya Thitikul claimed her first LPGA title at the JTBC Classic.

Koerstz Madsen eventually gave the nod to Thitikul to go ahead, and Thitikul proceeded to nearly dunk her approach for eagle. The second time around, Koerstz Madsen’s tee shot hit the cart path and she hit her hybrid from 216 yards with her right foot still on the concrete. She did, however, nestle her third shot close, and after Thitikul failed to convert for birdie, the pair moved on to a second playoff hole after matching pars. “The British Open was really a good experience for me. The Thai phenom closed with an 8-under 64, the round of the week, Sunday at Aviara Golf Club to finish knotted with Koerstz Madsen at 16-under 272 for the tournament. Only three players have ever won their first two events on the LPGA in consecutive starts.

Atthaya Thitikul wins JTBC Classic for first LPGA Tour title (MyWabashValley.com)

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Atthaya Thitikul won the JTBC Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, three-putting for bogey on the second hole of a ...

Koerstz Madsen Maintains 54-Hole Lead in Carlsbad | LPGA ... (LPGA)

Nanna Koerstz Madsen of Denmark hits out of the rough on the fifth fairway during the third round of the JTBC Classic presented by Barbasol at Aviara Golf Club ...

Vu was one of three players to make a hole-in-one on the 97-yard, par-3, 3rd on Saturday, along with 2019 U.S. Women’s Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 and Malaysia’s Kelly Tan. Sitting in solo second at -11, An closed with a triple bogey to round out her -3, 69. “The AIG Women’s Open was really a good experience for me,” said Koerstz Madsen who finished T5 in the major championship last summer.

Atthaya Thitikul wins first on LPGA, denies Nanna Koerstz Madsen ... (Golf Channel)

Atthaya Thitikul won the JTBC Classic in a playoff on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title.

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