Daytona Beach, Florida, United States: For the second time in her career, Atthaya ‘Jeeno’ Thitikul has reached number one in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.

Thanks to her tie for 30th at last week’s AIG Women’s Open, Jeeno moved up one spot on the Rolex Rankings, passing Nelly Korda, who had held the top spot since March 25, 2024.

Winner of the inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club in 2018, Jeeno first ascended to the top of the Rolex Rankings on October 31, 2022, and held the position for two weeks. She’s one of only two Thai players to reach Rolex Rankings number one, along with Ariya Jutanugarn.

Jeeno said: “I am very grateful to become the number one player in the world for the second time. This is not just about me – this is about my family, my team and my friends, not to mention the amazing support I feel from my fans in Thailand and all around the world. There are so many incredible golfers competing every week and I will work my hardest to make sure I am a strong representative of our game.”

Jeeno has recorded eight top-10 finishes this season, the most on the LPGA Tour. She captured the title at the Mizuho Americas Open, finished solo second at the Amundi Evian Championship and earned a tie for second at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore.

Although a Major title has continued to elude her grasp, she currently leads the Race to the CME Globe with 2,204.950 points, the Rolex Player of the Year standings with 104 points and the scoring average standings at 69.511.

Jeeno won twice in 2024, starting with a successful partnership at the Dow Championship with China’s Yin Ruoning. She then capped the year with a victory at the CME Group Tour Championship, earning the largest single prize in the history of women’s golf with the US$4 million winner’s cheque.

Prior to joining the LPGA Tour, Jeeno became the youngest player ever to win the Ladies European Tour’s Race to Costa del Sol in 2021 while also securing Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honours. At 14 years, four months and 19 days, Jeeno also became the youngest golfer to ever win a professional golf tournament with her victory at the LET’s Thailand Championship in 2017.

The following year she won the WAAP and was a member of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation team that won the inaugural Patsy Hankins Trophy, a Solheim Cup-style match play event against the European Golf Association.

Korda first became number one in June 2021 and has spent 108 total weeks atop the Rolex Rankings, becoming the sixth player to reach triple digits in weeks at world number one.