Atthaya Thitikul is one of the game's brightest stars and already has multiple victories on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. Discover more about her life and pro golf career so far via these facts.
Atthaya Thitikul Facts
1. Thitikul was born on February 20, 2003 in Ratchaburi, Thailand.
2. She started playing the game when she was only six years old after being given the choice of either golf or tennis by her father. She is believed to have chosen golf after watching videos of both sports on YouTube.
3. Her nicknames are 'Jeen' and 'Jeeno' - Thitikul has recently gone with Jeeno as her given name at tournaments as she thought "it would be easier for people to remember."
4. Thitikul was world amateur number one for 12 weeks, first achieving the feat while she was just 16.
5. In 2017, she won the Thailand Ladies Championship on the Ladies European Tour aged 14 years, four months and 19 days old. In the process, she became the youngest winner of a professional golf tournament until her record was broken in April 2023 by Louise Uma Landgraf at the Terre Blanche Ladies Open (14 years, two months, 18 days).
6. During that year, she competed at the Junior Dutch Open, carding a course record round of eight-under-par to win the tournament by eight strokes.
7. Before turning professional, Thitikul had 16 amateur victories. These included gold at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and leading amateur at the Women's Open Championship in 2018 at Royal Lytham and 2019 at Woburn.
8. Thitikul turned professional in 2020, at which point, she already had two professional wins on the Ladies European Tour, both coming at the Ladies European Thailand Championship.
9. Her first victory as a professional came at the Thai LPGA Tour's third Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship. That year, she won five times on the Thai LPGA Tour and topped the season money list.
10. In 2021, Thitikul won the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit, Rookie of the Year, and Players' Player of the Year titles, following her two wins, three runner-ups, and nine additional top-ten finishes.
11. Thitikul finished third at the LPGA Tour's Q-School to earn full membership for the 2022 season.
12. Thitikul's first LPGA Tour win arrived in just her fifth start at the 2022 JTBC Classic. She came from six shots back after 54 holes to force a playoff and ultimately pick up the trophy.
13. On October 31, 2022, Thitikul rose to World No.1 for the first time.
14. She claimed the LPGA Tour's Rookie of the Year trophy in 2022.
15. Thitikul was a part of the victorious Thai quartet at the 2023 International Crown alongside Patty Tavatanakit as well as Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn.
16. Thitikul currently has four LPGA Tour titles to her name, including the 2024 Dow Championship - a team event that she triumphed in alongside China's Ruoning Yin - and the 2024 CME Group Tour Championship.
17. She has two fourth-place finishes at Majors. Thitikul ended solo fourth at the 2022 KPMG Women's PGA Championship before recording a T4th result at the 2023 Chevron Championship.
18. She made her Olympic debut at Paris 2024 and finished T18th.
19. Thitikul was named among the 15 highest-paid female athletes of 2024 as a result of her $7.1 million in on-course earnings. That figure, helped by a $4 million winner's check for triumphing at the CME Group Tour Championship, was the highest of any female golfer in 2024. Thitikul earned $9.1 million in total.
20. Thitikul passed $10 million in total career earnings at the age of 21.
