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The final duel between Céline Boutier and Jeeno Thitikul lasted only one hole, a far cry from the nail-biting suspense of the 2023 Maybank Championship and the nine playoff holes between the two players. On the second hole, Boutier’s bogey combined with Thitikul’s birdie gave the Thai player a four-stroke lead. The same result on the third hole confirmed that the Frenchwoman was no longer in contention for the Mizuho Americas Open.

Jeeno Thitikul, results

The top-ranked French player had to wait until the 16th hole to card her only birdie of the day. But, much like her near-green birdie putt that fell just three centimeters short on the 10th, nothing seemed to go right for the 2023 Evian Championship winner this Sunday in New Jersey. Boutier nevertheless achieved her best result of the season with a ninth-place finish (-5), confirming her appreciation for this tournament after her second-place finish in 2025, also in New Jersey, but on a different course.

For Jeeno Thitikul, whether the Mizuho Americas Open is held at Liberty National Golf Club, as it was last year (the tournament will return there in 2028), or at Mountain Ridge Country Club, the result is the same: victory! Quickly dispatching Céline Boutier, the Thai player still had to fend off China’s Ruoning Yin, who had closed to within one stroke after the front nine. But her last two birdies on her final three holes and Yin’s sluggish finish secured her the title by four strokes.

As if to underscore the significance of the victory, her final eight-meter putt for birdie left no doubt that she was indeed the strongest player this week. With her second title this season, the 23-year-old golfer confirms her dominance in women’s golf alongside Nelly Korda, who won the title in the last two weeks and is the only player ahead of Thitikul in the world rankings. Now she must confirm her form by winning her first Major.

Ruoning Yin finishes in second place for the second time in a row, after the Chevron Championship two weeks ago. The unpredictable 23-year-old long believed she could win the title, closing in on the leader… until that 30-centimeter putt she missed on the 11th for her first bogey in 37 holes (she had, however, conceded a triple-bogey on the 15th on Saturday). No more birdies would brighten the scorecard of the world number 8. It’s also worth noting that, in addition to Thitikul’s double victory, American Aphrodite Deng won the junior competition for the second year in a row. The tournament, played in Stableford format alongside the professional competition, is sponsored by Michelle Wie West, who missed the cut in her brief return to competition at age 36.

While Céline Boutier achieved her best result of the season, Perrine Delacour can also be pleased with her week. The 32-year-old from Picardy finished with a 68 and five bogey-free birdies on her last fifteen holes. This marks her second top-20 finish in 2026, following her 14th place two months ago at the Fortinet Founders Cup, which propelled her to 72nd in the Race to CME Globe. As a reminder, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard missed the cut with two rounds of 76.