Thailand teenager Atthaya Thitikul reached No 1 in the latest Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings released on Monday, supplanting Jin Young Ko at the top.
Thitikul becomes the 16th different player to reach No 1 as well as the second player from Thailand to do so. Ariya Jutanugarn was No 1 for 23 total weeks between June 2017 and March 2019.
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Ko, who spent 152 total weeks atop the rankings, dropped to No 2.
Thitikul is also the second player to reach the No 1 ranking in her LPGA Tour rookie year, after Sung Hyun Park in November 2017.
Thitikul, 19, is only the second player under age 20 to reach No 1, joining Lydia Ko.
