This former No. 1 can clinch the LPGA scoring title for a second consecutive year – if she can make one more cut

The sanction connected nan Vare Trophy this twelvemonth mightiness look different than past year, but it’s nan aforesaid person. Atthaya Thitikul, who earlier this twelvemonth decided to officially spell by her nickname “Jeeno” connected LPGA leaderboards, erstwhile again leads nan title for lowest scoring mean connected nan LPGA.

Thitikul won nan grant past play without winning connected tour. While she technically has won this twelvemonth astatine nan Dow Championship, scoring astatine nan squad arena does not count toward this peculiar race. (Thitikul collaborated pinch bully friend Ruoning Yin.)

With 4 events near successful nan season, Thitikul paces nan circuit pinch a 69.537 average. She won past year’s title pinch a 69.53 average.

In bid for nan 21-year-old Thai subordinate to triumph this year, however, she’ll request to make nan trim successful her adjacent commencement astatine The Annika and play each 4 rounds astatine nan CME Group Tour Championship to meet nan minimum request of 70 rounds. Thitikul, who missed nan first 4th of nan play pinch a thumb injury, has competed successful 62 full rounds this season.

Nelly Korda ranks 2nd connected nan scoring database pinch a 69.918 mean but arsenic she’s retired pinch a insignificant cervix injury, won’t compete again until The Annika adjacent month. She’ll neglect to meet nan minimum request of rounds played.

Furue would request an mean strokes per information of 65.944 successful her remaining starts to walk Thitikul. Haeran Ryu would request an mean strokes per information of 65.534.

Should Thitikul clasp connected to triumph nan Vare, she’d go nan 12th subordinate to triumph nan grant 2 years successful a row, joining JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel, Lydia Ko, Stacy Lewis, Nancy Lopez, Lorena Ochoa, Judy Rankin, Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb, Kathy Whitworth and Mickey Wright.

Winners of nan Vare Trophy besides person a coveted LPGA Hall of Fame point.