By Roy J. Akers- www.skyviewsports.net
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Chanettee Wannasaen won the Dana Open for Children on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, birdieing the final two holes to hold off Haeran Ryu by a stroke.
Three strokes ahead of playing partner Ryu entering the round, Wannasaen closed with a 4-under 67 to finish at 20-under 264 at Highland Meadows.
“Last day, I cannot like calm down because my heart is like boom, boom, boom, boom,” Wannasaen said. “Every hole.”
The 20-year-old Thai player won the Portland Classic last year.
“Right now, I’m feel like I’m going looking for third trophy,” Wannasaen said. “Yeah, I think it’s coming.”
Ryu shot 65, also birdieing the final two holes.
“She made me a little bit nervous,” Wannasaen said.
Ryu had six birdies and a bogey on the back nine.
“I wanted to go to playoff,” the South Korean player said. “But really good shots and almost get it in.”
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Defending champion Linn Grant of Sweden and Ssu-Chia Cheng of Taiwan tied for third at 14 under, each shooting 68.
“Going home for two weeks now,” Grant said. “Just kind of relax a little bit before the Olympics.”
China’s Xiyu “Janet” Lin (70) and Mary Liu (69) were 12 under. Lin was the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 15 in the world.
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- Wannasaen earns her second LPGA Tour victory and first since the 2023 Portland Classic, which she won as a rookie
- She is the third LPGA tour sophomore to win this season, joining Bailey Tardy (Blue Bay LPGA) and Rose Zhang (Cognizant Founders Cup)
- She makes 2024 her second consecutive season with a win on Tour
- She set new career-low 36-hole and 54-hole scores at the Dana Open, which she also did during her win at the Portland Classic
- 36-hole score – 131 (was 134 at Portland Classic)
- 54-hole score – 197 (was 199 at Portland Classic)
- She is the 14th different player on Tour to win this season
- She is the third player from Thailand to win this season
- She joins Patty Tavatankit (Honda LPGA Thailand) and Atthaya Thitikul (Dow Championship)
- She is the seventh player from Thailand to earn at least two wins on the LPGA Tour
- Wannasaen crosses the $1 million threshold in career earnings
- She joins Jasmine Suwannapura as the only other Thai player to win the Dana Open
- Suwannapura won in 2018
- She wins the Dana Open in her second ever start at the Dana Open
- She missed the cut last season
- She earns her third top-10 finish this season and fourth overall
- This year, she finished T3 at the Mizuho Americas Open and T8 at the Dow Championship with partner Jaravee Boonchant
- She is the youngest winner on Tour this season at 20 years, three months, five days
- She is the youngest winner on Tour since herself at the 2023 Portland Classic (19Y/4M/18D)
- This is her 18th start of the 2024 season
- She has made 14 cuts with two top-10 finishes
- Her season-best non-win finish is a T3 finish at the Mizuho Americas Open
- She has two wins on the Thai LPGA Tour, both coming in 2022
- She won at the Singha Pattaya Ladies Open and the SAT-NSDF 5th Thai LPGA Championship
- She also has one LET Access Series win at the 2022 Trust Golf Link Series – Ramside Hall
- She won the 2019 Singha Thailand Amateur Match Play Championship