No.1 Jeeno defends title at LPGA Tour Championship

World No 1 Jeeno Thitikul captured her second consecutive season-ending LPGA Tour Championship on Sunday, holding off Thai compatriot Pajaree Anannarukarn for the $4 million top prize.

Another triumph for Jeeno Thitikul 🏆

She successfully defends her title at the CME Group Tour Championship! pic.twitter.com/BJVR9qzZm8 — LPGA (@LPGA) November 23, 2025

Jeeno fired a four-under-par 68 to finish 72 holes at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, on 26-under 262 and defeat Pajaree by four strokes.

The only other player to win back-to-back Tour Championship titles was South Korean Ko Jin-young in 2020 and 2021.

Jeeno began with a six-stroke lead, saw it shrink to only two but recovered to win the $11 million event and secure the LPGA Player of the Year award and Vare Trophy for season low-scoring average.

The moment Jeeno Thitikul defended the season title 🤩 pic.twitter.com/Xj96nm85ku — LPGA (@LPGA) November 23, 2025

The 22-year-old Asian star made a birdie-bogey start but added a birdie at the par-five sixth hole.

Pajaree, the last qualifier into the field of 60, charged into the hunt by making birdies on the first three holes and then the sixth and seventh.

Jeeno began the back nine with a birdie to stretch her lead, which grew to five strokes after Pajaree made bogey at the par-three 12th and Jeeno birdied the 13th to reach 25-under.

Pajaree birdied the par-three 16th and par-five 17th before a closing par to shoot 66 while Jeeno birdied the 18th from eight feet to complete the triumph.