NORTON — Miranda Wang was crowned the winner of the second-annual FM Championship on Sunday night at TPC Boston.
The LPGA rookie’s 2-under day led to a 20-under tournament en route to her first Tour championship win. Wang narrowly defeated Jeeno Thitikul — the No. 1 ranked women’s golfer in the world — who carded 19-under.
Thitikul and Wang were neck-and-neck all day. Thitikul bogeyed on 17 then hit for par on the 18th hole and needed Wang to bogey to force a playoff.
But Wang also shot for par leading to a champagne shower and loud cheers from the crowd.
Wang was the sole leader going into the final round with a three-stroke lead over second-place Rose Zhang and Sei Young Kim.
Zhang, who’s been good friends with Wang since junior golf, finished tied for fifth with 15-under after shooting even par in Round 4. Kim, who was one of three leaders on Day 1, finished in third place after carding 17-under.
Here are other tidbits from the final round:
HOLE-IN-ONE — Ariya Jutanugarn did something on Sunday that many golfers can only hope to experience in their careers when she hit a 118-yard hole-in-one in the final round of the FM Championship on the 16th hole at TPC Boston.
This isn’t the first time the 29-year-old hit a hole-in-one in her career. The Thailand golfer hit three others prior to Sunday’s final round, the most recent came during the BMW Ladies Championship in October 2022.
Sunday’s hole-in-one was Jutanugarn’s first in the United States. The others came in Thailand, China and Korea.
The LPGA Tour will donate a large sum of money to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital as part of the CME Group Cares Challenge.
WHERE NELLY KORDA FINISHED — Korda, the No. 2 ranked women’s golfer in the world, finished tied for 35th after a 3-over day put her at 6-under for the tournament.
HOW MASS. NATIVE FARED IN FINAL ROUND — Megan Khang finished 9-under for the tournament and tied for 24th.
While playing in front of the home crowd brings Khang comfort, she still puts an enormous amount of pressure on herself.
“It’s always a little more pressure that I put on myself to play well for those that come out to watch,” Khang said.
“It’s something I’m going to have to kind of get a little better about coming into these weeks,” she later added. “Because like my caddie said, everyone here is in support of me and not to put pressure on me.”
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