Miranda Wang Wins FM Championship

NORTON, Mass. - The LPGA Tour FM Championship at TPC Boston saw an exciting finish as two young stars battled to the end.

Miranda Wang, a rookie on the LPGA Tour, got her first tour win at the FM Championship, holding off World No. 1 and five-time LPGA Tour winner Jeeno Thitikul.

Wang would make par on the par-5, No. 18 hole to win by one stroke over Thitikul, shooting a final round 70 to finish at 20-under.

“It's a dream come true. Winning LPGA has been my dream since actually since day one of my golf because I started playing golf because when I was eight years old I was watching LPGA tournament on TV,” Wang said. “I was like oh, that's I want to do and I want to be on this tour. I want to win out there. So I finally did this. Very proud of myself.”

Thitikul went 5-under through the front nine with five birdies after starting the final round at 14-under. She added another birdie on No. 12 to get to 20-under, tied with Wang.

Wang entered the final day with a three-stroke lead at 18-under, and went two under through the front nine with three birdies and a bogey.

Thitikul made bogey on No. 17, after a pull into the rough on her approach shot, which brought her back to 19-under heading to the final hole tied with Wang. Thitikul made par on 18 as it played longer on Sunday, making it harder to go for it in two.

“I don't know like how far I have, but definitely long. I mean, like definitely I can't go in two for sure, because it's like strong wind today. I mean, not strong, I mean into the wind today, and then the tee off was kind of backward, more than the first couple days,” Thitikul said. “That's why -- it's too long. I think go into I might be in the middle of the water.”

Wang had a critical bogey on hole 15 that dropped her to 19-under, but bounced back with a birdie on hole 17, to take a one-shot lead at 20-under, as Thitikul played hole 18.

“Yeah, so No. 17 I birdied there before, so I'm pretty confident with that hole. That hole just works for me. But honestly, the second shot was not easy. It was not visually comfortable to anyone I think. It's a hard pin position,” Wang said. “But I knew that my 9-iron has been hitting good and on second round I had similar shot from the same area of the fairway and I hit it really close to the pin. I knew how to do it, so I just wanted to repeat what I did on the second round.”

Wang was able to make par on 18, to become the seventh LPGA Tour rookie to win this season.

“Actually, I didn't know her score. I was trying to do my work. The tee shot is in the fairway and par-5 you have to get to the green in three,” Wang said. “I was really focused on doing my own work, and after I hit it on the green I realized oh, I need to two-putt this to win. Still, just doing my work. I believed in myself.”

Wang’s win marks the most rookies to win in a single LPGA Tour season since 1980, which speaks to the depth of this rookie class.

“I hope it's the first of many, and I will work hard. I hope one day I will win a major. Yeah, it's a wonderful beginning of my LPGA career. It's my rookie year and this happened, so it's a wonderful start.” Wang said.

Thitikul missed a birdie putt on hole 18 but made par to finish in the clubhouse at 19-under, good for second place after shooting a 67 (5-under).

Thitikul won the 2025 Mizuho Americas Open and the 2024 Dow Championship and 2024 CME Group Tour Championship. She also had two wins on the LPGA in 2022.

Wang played collegiate golf at Duke University and was a member of the team that won the 2019 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf National Championship. She was the 2022 Player of the Year on the ANNIKA Women’s All Pro Tour (WAPT) and played on the Epson Tour from 2022-24.

“I think it's a great honor for me to play against the best in the world. I know Jeeno just recently became world No. 1 again,” Wang said. “Before I got on this Tour she was world No. 1 and she is a player that I admire. Today I played with Rose, my good friend. They're wonderful players. I think there is so much I learned from today. Definitely wanted myself to beat athleticism but at the same time it's a great learning experience for me. So I cherished every moment of it.”