JUTANUGARN WINS IN LA

In The Winner’s Circle with MORIYA JUTANUGARN

HUGEL-JTBC LA Open

Wilshire Country Club

Los Angeles, Calif.

April 22 2018

Hometown/Resides: Bangkok, Thailand/Orlando, Fla.

Birthdate: July 28, 1994; currently 23 years, 8 month, 25 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned co-medalist honors at the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012/2013       

              

VICTORIES

With her win, Jutanugarn becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Jutanugarn earns 500 points and is projected to moves into the top five in the Race to CME Globe with 1,104 points

MONEY

With her win, Jutanugarn earns $225,000; she has earned $533,701 this season and $3,172,120 in her career

2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

9 events played, 8 cuts made, $533,701, one victory (three additional top-10 finishes)

OF NOTE

• With the win, Jutanugarn becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner and inaugural HUGEL-JTBC LA Open winner
• Jutanugarn is the third Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2018 season in her 156th career start
• Prior to her win, Jutanugarn’s best career finish was runner-up three times, most recently T2 at the 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand
• She is the first player from Thailand to win on the LPGA in 2018, and the fifth country represented in the Winner’s Circle this year
• She is the second player from Thailand to win an official event on the LPGA, joining her sister Ariya
• Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn are just the second set of sisters to win on the LPGA Tour, joining Annika (72 wins) and Charlotta Sorenstam (one win)