Jeeno Thitikul Wins The Saudi Ladies International

Thailand’s Atthaya 'Jeeno' Thitikul cruised to the Saudi Ladies International title at Riyadh Golf Club, with a final round of 69 taking her to 16 under par and giving her a four-shot victory over South Korea's Lee So-mi who finished with a 70.

Meanwhile, England's Annabell Fuller, aged 22, made a late flurry of birdies to finish third for her best finish on the Ladies European Tour. Fuller followed rounds of 66 and 68 with a battling 71 on Saturday - bouncing back from three dropped shots on the front nine to fire three birdies in her closing four holes and move one shot clear of a four-strong group on 10 under. 

"It feels unreal, I don't know how to react right now - it's pretty special," said Fuller, whose previous-best finish was sixth in this season's opening tournament - the Lalla Meryem Cup.

"My front nine was a bit up and down and the weather was quite hard. I just tried to battle through that, but it was really cool to learn from 'Jeeno' and watch her play, so that was special too."

England's Charley Hull closed with a 68 to finish in a five-way tie for eighth place on nine under.

Who is Atthaya 'Jeeno’ Thitikul?

Atthaya Thitikul was born in Thailand on 20 February 2003. Until 2023, she was the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf tournament at aged 14 years, 4 months and 19 days after winning the Thailand Championship as an amateur on July 9, 2017.

She was the top-ranked women’s amateur or a total of 12 weeks, rising to the top on two occasions, the first time on June 26, 2019.

On 27 March 2022, Thitikul won for the first time on the LPGA Tour at the JTBC Classic. While still aged just 19 in September 2022, Thitikul had two wins on the professional LPGA Tour and four wins on the Ladies European Tour.

On 31 October 2022, Thitikul topped the world rankings and in November was named LPGA Tour rookie of the year.

In 2023, she won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.

In November 2024, she won the CME Group Tour Championship and earned a prize of $4 million. She ended the year with prize money of $6,059,309, a new record, surpassing the previous record of $4,364,994 set Lorena Ochoa way back in 2007.

She averages 266.95 yards from the tee, hits 72.13% of fairways and 77.20% of greens in regulation. She gets up and down from the sand 42.59% of the time, averages 29.79 putts per round and has a scoring average of 69.33.