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

With a weight now off her shoulders, Thitkul can feel more free moving forward, which is something her competitors should fear. Already, Thitikul's career top-10 rate of 64 percent is historic, sandwiched between 72-time winner Annika Sorenstam's 67.4 percent and 27-time winner Lorena Ochoa's 62.3 percent.

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.

NAPLES, Fla. — After a gritty back-and-forth battle on Sunday afternoon at Tiburón Golf Club, it was Jeeno Thitikul who emerged victorious at the CME Group Tour Championship, earning her fourth career LPGA Tour victory and a historic $4 million winner’s check, the largest first-place prize in women’s golf.