{"id":44563,"date":"2026-07-30T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T22:00:09","slug":"thitikul-leads-from-history-chasing-ryu-at-womens-british-open-golf-supersport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/44563\/","title":{"rendered":"Thitikul leads from history-chasing Ryu at women&#8217;s British Open | golf | SuperSport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand&#8217;s Jeeno Thitikul made the perfect start to her quest for a first major at the women&#8217;s British Open with a record-setting 64 to sit two shots clear at seven under par.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 2&#8217;s opening round is the lowest score ever recorded in the women&#8217;s Open at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">JEENO. THITIKUL. \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>She takes the clubhouse lead <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AIGWomensOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@AIGWomensOpen<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8c78P3MPAx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8c78P3MPAx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2082882378440085536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thitikul sank four birdies in five holes between the 4th and the 8th and picked up more shots at 11, 13 and 15 in a bogey-free round.<\/p>\n<p>History-chasing Ryu Hae-ran is looming in a share of second place as the South Korean goes for a third consecutive major.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has enjoyed a whirlwind few weeks, winning the PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota in June before adding the Evian Championship in France earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A masterclass from Haeran <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RV0mmbq1Oy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RV0mmbq1Oy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LPGA\/status\/2082882413924094300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 30, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She made a seamless switch to links golf at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes, on the coast of northwest England, making four birdies in her first seven holes.<\/p>\n<p>After a bogey on the par-four 15th, she recovered to birdie two of the final three holes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before I got the major win it was so much pressure and I just wanted to get a win in a major,&#8221; said Ryu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But these days it&#8217;s more calm. So that&#8217;s why these days my golf is pretty good. I feel free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US world No 1 Nelly Korda, who was grouped with Ryu and 2024 British Open champion Lydia Ko, finished at two-over par.<\/p>\n<p>Korda, 28, is also seeking her third major of the year after claiming the Chevron Championship and the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 season is the first in golf history in which two players, male or female, have won multiple majors.<\/p>\n<p>Only six golfers have won three of the game&#8217;s biggest prizes in a single year, with South Korea&#8217;s Park In-bee the most recent in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time major winner Ko is at level par as she aims to follow in fellow New Zealander Ryan Fox&#8217;s footsteps after he won the men&#8217;s British Open earlier this month at Royal Birkdale.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thailand&#8217;s Jeeno Thitikul made the perfect start to her quest for a first major at the women&#8217;s British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[459,904,44,54,1288],"class_list":["post-44563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-u-s-open-championship","tag-article","tag-general","tag-golf","tag-news","tag-u-s-open-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}