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Australia's Kristalle Blum just earned the biggest win of her young pro career to date, taking the trophy at the Golf Vlaanderen LETAS Trophy, part of the LET Access Series tour. LETAS is the primary feeder tour into the Ladies European Tour. The tournament concluded on June 25, 2022. Blum, 24 years old, entered the final round with a one-stroke lead. And when the final round ended, she had a one-stroke victory. "I was very nervous the last few holes and just tried to focus on my breathing," she said afterward. "I had no idea where I sat on the leaderboard, so I just had to keep doing my thing and I’m glad it was enough." Blum should make a nice jump in the Rolex Rankings, the women's world golf rankings, at the next update. She went into the Golf Vlaanderen LETAS Trophy, which took place in Belgium, at No. 630 in the world rankings. But that ranking is far more impressive when you consider that at the end of 2021, Blum was at No. 1,339. E

Atthaya Thitikul was making news in the golf world when she was just 12 years old. She was winning on major women's golf tours beginning at age 14. So it's no surprise that this young star's career has taken its next step: winning on the LPGA Tour. Thitikul, from Thailand and known as "Jeeno" to friends, won the LPGA Tour's 2022 JTBC Classic, which completed play on March 27, 2022. She was one month past her 19th birthday. Jeeno shot a sizzling 64 in the final round to come from behind and tie third-round leader Nanna Koerstz Madsen. Koerstz Madsen was going for her second consecutive win; she had won the LPGA's previous event in a playoff. Now, it was Thitikul's turn to challenge Koerstz Madsen in a playoff. After the two matched scores on the first playoff hole, Thitikul won the playoff, and the tournament, with a bogey on the second hole after Koerstz Madsen hit into water. Thitikul already has four wins on the Ladies European Tour, two of