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Atthaya Thitikul wins 2022 LPGA Rookie of the Year, second consecutive Thai to win

Thailand now claims the last two LPGA rookies of the year.

On Thursday, the LPGA announced Atthaya Thitikul, who recently became the No. 1 player in the world, won the 2022 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award.

The 19-year-old notched two victories this season — the JTBC Classic and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship — and collected 14 total top-10s. In the Rookie of the Year standings, Thitikul holds an insurmountable 250-point lead over second-place Hye-Jin Choi, who withdrew from this week's Pelican Women’s Championship.

Thitikul is now the third Thai to win the award.