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olf Champion/Las Vegas.NV - Pajaree Anannarukarn of finish the tournament and ultimately shed tears of joy.
GThailand clinched the victory in the Bank of Hope LPGA Her victory in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play marks
Match Play, defeating Ayaka Furue of Japan with a score of her first LPGA Tour win as a Thai player and the first tour
3 and 1. In the tournament, which was the longest week victory by a Thai player in the United States. With this win,
Anannarukarn joins a select group of Thai players who
on the LPGA Tour, Anannarukarn emerged as the winner
have secured at least two titles in their careers, including
after defeating Linn Grant of Sweden in the semifinals held
sisters Ariya Jutanugarn (12), Moriya Jutanugarn (2),
on Sunday morning at Shadow Creek. She then continued
Atthaya Thitikul (2), and Pajaree herself.
her momentum to the championship match, which started
Previously, the Jutanugarn sisters, Thitikul, and Patty
at 2:30 PM, facing Ayaka Furue, who had finished as the
Tavatanakit represented Thailand and claimed the 2023
runner-up in the previous year's tournament. This victory
Hana Financial Group LIFEPLUS International Crown.
marks Anannarukarn's second win on the LPGA Tour Anannarukarn's season-best finishes included a T18 at the
and her first since the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions and
Northern Ireland in 2021, which was a co-sanctioned event the DIO Implant LA Open.
with the Ladies European Tour. She now becomes the third champion of the Bank of Hope
Anannarukarn overcame tense and challenging moments LPGA Match Play. During the awards ceremony, Kevin
throughout the match, culminating in a final putt to Kim, the CEO of Bank of Hope, sincerely congratulated

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