LPGA star reveals spending strategy after a second $4 million payday
Beth Ann Nichols- Jeeno Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship, earning a $4,000,000 prize.
- The victory marks her seventh career LPGA title and moves her to seventh on the all-time money list.
- Thitikul set a new single-season earnings record with over $7.5 million.
- She has now earned more than $17.3 million in her four-year career on the tour.
Jeeno Thitikul jumped up 12 spots on the LPGA's career money list to seventh after earning the second $4,000,000 check of her young career. After four years on tour, the 22-year-old is already ahead of seasoned names like Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson, Jin Young Ko, Stacy Lewis, Brooke Henderson and 27-time winner Lorena Ochoa on the all-time money list.
Thitikul's four-stroke victory at the CME Group Tour Championship gives her seven career LPGA titles.
After the big win, Thitikul shared her spending strategy.
"When you earn it, then you have to spend it and earn it again," she said during her winner's press conference in Naples, Florida. "If not, you keep it and maybe you can't earn anymore."
Thitikul set a new single-season earnings record with $7,578,330 and now has $17,369,400 in 84 career starts.
After Thitikul earned the first $4 million check in LPGA history in November 2024, she took a group to Disney to celebrate. She was stunned by the cost.
"I think the Disney ticket was expensive, too," she said, laughing. "I don't know, the hotels and everything, I was just like, wow. They need to work hard to take their kids to Disneyland."
She also bought a Mercedes-Benz in Thailand. She had planned to buy the new car, however, before she won.
This time around, Thitikul plans to do more shopping, something that will be even more fun with best friend Pajaree Anannarukarn, after she finished second at the CME and earned a $1,000,000 check. Anannarukarn was the last player in the field.
"I think last time that we're in Korea and then we just go to shopping, right? And Pajaree is just like, I can't shop. I need to like focus and playing good to be able to shopping," said Thitikul of an October trip.
"So now she can be able to shopping with me. So great."