MIAMI:

Top-ranked defending champion of Thailand seeks her third title of the season and the richest payday in women's golf at this week's season-ending LPGA Tour Championship.

The $11 million showdown of 60 top players for a $4 million top prize at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, features the 22-year-old Asian star, who has a triumph among six top-10 finishes in her past seven starts.

Jeeno won the Mizuho Americas Open in May and last month's LPGA Shanghai event, but has been a runner-up four times this season, including in a fight for her first major title at July's Evian Championship in France.

"I'm super excited," Jeeno said. "It has still been really like amazing ride this year. Definitely ups and downs. Definitely had a lot of close ones but couldn't finish it. Cried a lot

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