For a season that will long be remembered for its historically long list of winners (29), Jeeno Thitikul managed to sweep everything that matters in the end.
While she didn't clinch an elusive major in 2025, she did earn her first Rolex LPGA Player of the Year Award and her second Vare Trophy, setting a record for the lowest scoring average in LPGA history along the way (68.68). While Thitikul's performance throughout the season didn't feel dominate – she'd only won twice heading into the CME Group Tour Championship – the stats tell of a remarkably consistent 10-month stretch.
Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand reacts on the third hole during the first round of the CME Group Tour Championship 2025 at Tiburon Golf Club on November 20, 2025 in Naples, Florida.She won three times and finished in the top 3 eight times in 20 starts with 14 top 10s.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere's a look at all the ways Thitikul led the tour in 2025, according to the KPMG Performance Insights:
Scoring average: 68.68 (besting Annika's Sorenstam's 2002 record by 0.02)
Best birdie-or-better average: Thitikul became the first player in tour history to average five birdies/eagles per round with 5.12. Nelly Korda (2021) comes in second at 4.90.
Thitikul also set a new standard on the LPGA in highest percentage of rounds in the 60s with 65.2 percent. Korda's 63.2 percentage last year comes in second.
For a third consecutive year, Thitikul led the tour in birdie or better average. The last player to hold that kind of streak was Lorena Ochoa in 2006, 2007, 2008.
Thitikul became the first player since Lydia Ko in 2015 to lead the tour in both birdie or better average and bogey avoidance in the same season. Stacy Lewis also led both in 2013.
Thitikul set a record for season earnings with $7,578,330.
Rose to No. 1 in the world for a second time on Aug. 4.
Led the tour in CME points.
Led the tour in strokes gained total (2.96).
Led in putts per green in regulation (1.7).
Led in par-3 scoring, par-4 scoring and was third in par-5 scoring.
Led in Round 1 scoring (68.44) and Round 3 scoring (68.06).
Led in birdie percentage (27.86)
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: LPGA No. 1 set several records en route to CME sweep
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