Jeeno Thitikul birdied the last hole Sunday at Mountain Ridge Country Club to win the Mizuho Americas Open by four strokes over Ruoning Yin, sealing her ninth LPGA title and another milestone in a season that is already moving fast. The 23-year-old earned $487,500 for the victory and became the fastest player to cross $18 million in career earnings.
It was the kind of finish that turned a good week into a defining one. Thitikul, who won earlier this year on home soil at the Honda LPGA Thailand, has now collected nearly $1 million in 2026 after two victories, a pace that underscores how quickly she keeps converting strong weeks into real money. After the round, she said the win meant the world and added that it means a lot to her.
The Mizuho Americas Open carried a $3.25 million purse, and the setup around the event was built to feel different. Players received free rooms and free transportation, while LPGA moms were given $1,000 Starbucks gift cards and player gifts this week included $250 Delta and Starbucks gift cards. Those details mattered because the tournament tried to make the experience as polished off the course as the competition was on it.
Thitikul’s latest win also pushed her into a record book she already knows well. She holds the mark for being the fastest player to reach every milestone from $8 million through $18 million in career earnings, a streak that says as much about consistency as it does about talent. On a week when Yin never let the pressure go, Thitikul still found one more birdie when it counted most.
The bigger picture is hard to miss: Thitikul is not just winning, she is doing it at a pace that keeps rewriting the LPGA’s money records while her season keeps adding up. That makes the next tournament less about whether she is playing well and more about whether anyone can keep up.
