Player Bio: Ariya Jutanugarn2022 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 26
Country: Thailand
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 13 (12 on LPGA Tour)
Road to Pine Needles: 2018 U.S. Women’s Open champion; Top 10 and ties from 2021 U.S. Women's Open; Top 30 points leader in 2021 Race to the CME Globe; Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of April 6

Jutanugarn survived a four-hole playoff with Hyo Joo Kim to win the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open at Shoal Creek. It was the second major championship for the long-hitting Jutanugarn, following the 2016 AIG Women’s British Open. Last summer, she teamed with her older sister, Moriya, to claim the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Her most recent individual triumph came in the 2021 Honda Thailand, where she carded a final-round 63 to win by one stroke over countrywoman Atthaya Thitikul and end a three-year victory drought. Jutanugarn enjoyed a fruitful junior/amateur career, winning the 2011 U.S. Girls’ Junior at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club and reaching the semifinals of that championship a year later. She also was a semifinalist in the 2012 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

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