Jeeno’s blade puts her on top

Thai ace sinks her demons to shoot 64

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World No.2 Jeeno Thitikul rode a red-hot putter to an eight-under par 64 that gave her a two-shot lead on Thursday in the first round of the LPGA Mizuho Americas Championship at Liberty National in New Jersey.

The Thai star said she’d used a week off after a disappointing tie for 24th in the year’s first major, the Chevron Championship, to sort out her putting.

It paid off with her lowest round to open a tournament since the 2022 BMW Ladies Championship.

“I think my putter was working well, better than Chevron week,” she said. “I've been sucking with the putter on the Chevron week, but it’s not just me — the greens were so tough that week.