NORTON, Massachusetts – Miranda Wang wasted little time joining the ranks of the winners on the LPGA Tour. In 16 starts this year, the 26-year old rookie from the People’s Republic of China has made 12 cuts, 3 top 10s and now at TPC Boston in the 2025 FM Championship, one career-changing win.
She did so against the best as she started the final round with a three-shot lead over Rose Zhang and four-shot lead over World No. 1 Jeena Thitikal. Wang lost the lead to Thitikal on hole No. 15 and then delivered clutch shots over the final three holes for a 2-under 70, 20-under par total and a one-shot victory over Jeeno Thitikul.
The Duke University graduate became the seventh LPGA rookie to win this year, extending a remarkable streak of 23 different winners through the tour’s first 23 tournaments of the year. From a total purse of $4.1 million, the largest non-major purse on the LPGA Tour, Wang pocketed the first-place check of $615,000 boosting her 2025 earnings to $1,038,151.
“This is a dream come true and I hope this is the first of many,” said Wang, who delivered the winning point when Duke won the NCAA team title in 2019. “I’ll keep working hard and want to keep up with the best, don’t want to be left behind.”
Wang said when she first watched the LPGA on TV at 8 years old, she knew what she wanted to pursue for a career. One day, she told herself, she’d stand in the winner’s circle.
“That’s what I wanted to do and I want to be on this tour,” Wang said. “I want to win out there. So I finally did this. Very proud of myself.”
Jeeno Thitikul finished solo second after a fourth-round 65, lighting up the par 72 6,391-yard TPC Boston course with six birdies in her first 12 holes. She held a one-stroke lead through 16 holes but a bogey on the 17th hole dropped her into a tie with Wang, who reclaimed the lead with a birdie on No. 17. The highest ranked female golfer in the world hit 12/14 fairways, 16/18 greens in regulation and recorded 25 putts.
“I know we’re doing our job and trying to do the best, but like a little part of our job is inspiring the next generation,” said the 23-year from Thailand who finished 19-under par total. “I love inspiring the kids by the way I am on the course. I wish they enjoyed watching me play out there and I wish they can take and experience from us a little. It was a wonderful week.”
Thitiku who took over the No. 1 ranking from Nelly Korda three weeks ago, who was a recognizable crowd favorite having won seven times in 2024. She shot a disappointing 6-under par total, T-35, showing 67-70-70-75 over a fairly simple TPC Boston set up where 35 players boke par on the final day. Jin Hee Im posted a 10-under par 62 that included 10 birdies posting nines of 30-32.
Megan Khang, the proud Rockland, Mass-native and Thorney Lea GC member, who has been a card-carrying LPGA Tour member since 2018 posted a 9-under par total to finish at T-24. Certainly the most popular player in the field, that included Lexi Thompson, sported the largest galleries over the first three days. She is an ambassador for FM, the tournament sponsor.
“It’s great. My younger cousins have recently picked up golf. It’s pretty cool, because I told them I used to call them my little cousin and now they’re a lot bigger than me, so I call them my younger cousins,” said Khang, after signing for a final round 70 while earning a check for $38,869. “To see them tease me about playing golf back in the day when I had to leave some family parties early just to go practice. To see them kind of come out and rooting for me and see what I get to do week in and week out, it’s really cool, just because now that they play golf they have a little deeper appreciation for the game. And it’s really cool to have it so close. We planned to get dinner after a round like today. It’s nice when it is home because we can hop in a car and drive to dinner.”
The FM Championship will return in 2026 but the company & LPGA have not finalized details of where and when. An announcement is expected soon and all signs show a return to TPC Boston next Labor Day.
