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Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul finished tied for seventh at the CPKC Canadian Women’ Open this past weekend, her ninth top 10 finish out of 15 starts this season on the LPGA Tour.Vaughn Ridley\/Getty<\/p>\n\u201cI just said to the media guy that walked up with me today, like, \u2018I don\u2019t think I\u2019m good.\u2019 I don\u2019t think I\u2019m that good. He\u2019s just like, \u2018What are you just saying?\u2019 \u201d Thitikul said.<\/p>\n
Thitikul has made 14 of 15 cuts this season, with an LPGA-leading nine top-10 finishes and a win in the Mizuho Americas Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cI swear that when I was young, I just thought about winning a tournament,\u201d said Thitikul. \u201cJust one tournament on the LPGA would be enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul finished tied for seventh at the CPKC Canadian Women’ Open this past weekend, her ninth top 10 finish out of 15 starts this season on the LPGA Tour.Vaughn Ridley\/Getty<\/p>\n
For her career, the 22-year-old from Thailand boasts five wins, 50 top 10s, and 60 top 25s. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n
She does, however, believe in the strength of the field at the FM Championship.<\/p>\n
A staggering amount of the LPGA\u2019s top names \u2014 35 of the tour\u2019s top-40 players \u2014 will be on display at TPC Boston, including 21 of the 23 winners this season (there has been no repeat winner on tour this year).<\/p>\n
World No. 2 Nelly Korda makes her FM Championship debut. She\u2019s made the cut in all 14 events this season. Her six top-10 finishes are tied for most of any player without a win this season, a stat she\u2019ll look to correct this weekend.<\/p>\n
\nFeatured groups for the #FMChampionship<\/a> \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n
Nelly Korda
Minjee Lee
Brooke Henderson<\/p>\nJin Young Ko
Rio Takeda
Nasa Hataoka<\/p>\nLottie Woad
Linn Grant
Rose Zhang<\/p>\nAkie Iwai
Chisato Iwai
Haeran Ryu<\/p>\nLauren Coughlin
Jeeno Thitikul
Hannah Green<\/p>\nMegan Khang
Ingrid Lindblad
Lexi Thompson pic.twitter.com\/RJ1c4qzAZ2<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 LPGA (@LPGA) August 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Haeran Ryu looks to defend her championship from last season\u2019s inaugural event. Ryu experienced a roller-coaster ride to the title \u2014 kicking off with a 3-under 69, then carding a scorching 62 on Friday, but following that up with a 6-over 78, only to shoot 64 Sunday to get into a playoff, where she beat South Korean countrywoman Jin Young Ko for the $570,000 first-place payout.<\/p>\n
Ryu, the 10th-ranked golfer in the Rolex Rankings, summed up the sport as candidly as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my score is really good and really bad, so that means, yeah, golf is too hard,\u201d said Ryu.<\/p>\n
Known for hitting fairways and rolling in putts, Ryu earned the target on her back. Her caddie, Martin Bozek, immortalized her career-best, second-round 62 with a customized Red Sox jacket. A baseball fanatic, Bozek created a jacket with her last name and the number 62 with Fenway\u2019s Finest as an ode to her Massachusetts victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the pretty good memory for this week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ontario native Brooke Henderson, who earned an emotional win at the CPKC Canadian Women\u2019s Open last weekend, will make her FM Championship debut. Riding high after winning her national tournament for the second time, Henderson acknowledged that the past few days have been a whirlwind, but she couldn\u2019t turn down an event that was circled on her calendar.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight after I won on Sunday, I wasn\u2019t sure what I was going to do,\u201d said Henderson. \u201cIt was such a huge week for me. I was very busy and just emotionally took a lot out of me. So it would\u2019ve been very understandable, I think, to take this week off and rest up. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut I knew this event was a great event, and I was excited to have the opportunity to come play here, so I just decided just to try to keep things going.\u201d<\/p>\n
US Women\u2019s Amateur champion Megha Ganne noted that she had to \u201clock in\u201d for this event, recently descending from the high of her signature win. The rising senior at Stanford owns a laundry list of collegiate accolades but will rely on her experience of competing in multiple US Opens and high-level amateur events to calm her nerves.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely cool to play in these events, and I think the novelty that I feel when I\u2019m at an LPGA Tour event is probably the biggest thing and getting exposure to a different vibe out here,\u201d said Ganne.<\/p>\n
Massachusetts\u2019 own Megan Khang, ranked No. 30, will look to improve on her placement from last year, when she tied for 35th.<\/p>\n
After the drama of last year\u2019s event \u2014 and an increased $4.1 million purse \u2014 the FM Championship has become must-see TV.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re pretty new but they hosted really good, so I think that\u2019s why everyone is here,\u201d said Thitikul.<\/p>\n
More FM Championship coverage:<\/p>\n
How the LPGA made it so golfers don\u2019t have to choose between having kids and playing on the Tour<\/a><\/p>\n
Following the money in women\u2019s golf: How the bar is being raised for LPGA Tour purses<\/a><\/p>\n
Your guide to the LPGA\u2019s FM Championship at TPC Boston: Meet the field, how to watch and attend<\/a><\/p>\n
Cam Kerry can be reached at cam.kerry@globe.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n