NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Miranda Wang lost the lead to the No. 1 player in women's golf and then delivered the clutch shots over the final three holes for a 2-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Jeeno Thitikul on Sunday in the FM Championship for her first LPGA title.
Wang became the seventh LPGA rookie to win this year, extending a remarkable streak of no multiple winners through the tour's first 23 tournaments of the year.
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Rose Zhang, left, jokes with Miranda Wang, right, of China, at the scorer's table after Wang won the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Rose Zhang, of the United States, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Jeeno Thitikul, of Thailand, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Andrea Lee, of the United States, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Rose Zhang, left, jokes with Miranda Wang, right, of China, at the scorer's table after Wang won the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miranda Wang, of China, holds the trophy after winning the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
“I hope this is the first of many, and I'll keep working hard,” said Wang, the Chinese player who delivered the winning point when Duke won the NCAA team title in 2019. “This is a dream come true.”
Thitikul, who took over the No. 1 ranking from Nelly Korda three weeks ago, was poised to end that streak and ruin Wang's hopes when the Thai hit wedge to 2 feet at No. 9 for her fifth birdie to go out in 31 on the TPC Boston and tie for the lead.
Wang showed some nerves when she jabbed at a 3-foot birdie putt she missed on the par-5 12th. Then she came up well short from the fairway on No. 15 into a bunker, didn't reach the green and took bogey to fall out of the lead.
But she showed plenty of moxie the way she finished, and Thitikul gave her plenty of help.
Thitikul was in the collar of rough, the ball above her feet, after an aggressive drive on the 17th. She pulled her shot left of a bunker, chipped through the green and had to get up-and-down from the other side for bogey.
“I don’t think I do anything wrong. Just technique-wise just some mistakes,” Thitikul said.
Wang missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, but then hit her approach on the 17th to 6 feet behind the hole and caught enough of the cup to make birdie and regain the lead.
On the par-5 closing hole, Thitikul laid up short of a ditch and her wedge landed 5 feet short of the pin and then rolled back some 20 feet. She made par for a 67.
Wang laid up and hit wedge to 25 feet, two-putting for par to finish at 20-under 268. Rose Zhang, who played in the final group with Wang, was among those who doused her with bubbly to celebrate becoming the 11th first-time winner on the LPGA this year.
Wang set the tone for her first LPGA title Thursday when, after starting on No. 10, she made eight birdies on the front nine. Her confidence only grew with the putter, and she led by three shots going into the final round.
“On the back nine of the first round, I started hitting really good shots,” Wang said. “I felt like this could be my week. I worked really hard and didn't give up.”
Zhang didn't put up much of a fight, missing good birdie chances after the turn and then taking a double bogey on the 14th hole to fall out of contention.
Sei Young Kim (70) finished third, three shots behind. Andrea Lee also shot 70 and finished another shot back. Zhang had to settle for a 72 to tie for fifth with Jin Hee Im, who had a bogey-free 62.
The LPGA has 24 winners in 23 tournaments — one of them was a team event — before it's on to Cincinnati in two weeks for the Kroger Queen City Championship.
Korda, a seven-time winner last year, closed with a 75 and tied for 35th, 14 shots behind Wang.
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Rose Zhang, of the United States, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Jeeno Thitikul, of Thailand, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Andrea Lee, of the United States, tees off on the first hole during the final round of the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Rose Zhang, left, jokes with Miranda Wang, right, of China, at the scorer's table after Wang won the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miranda Wang, of China, holds the trophy after winning the FM Championship LPGA golf tournament at TPC Boston, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025, in Norton, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive in Greenland on Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks between representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. highlighted “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the Arctic island.
Denmark announced it would increase its military presence in Greenland on Wednesday as foreign ministers from Denmark and Greenland were preparing to meet with White House representatives in Washington. Several European partners — including France, Germany, the U.K., Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands — started sending symbolic numbers of troops already on Wednesday or promised to do so in the following days.
The troop movements were intended to portray unity among Europeans and send a signal to President Donald Trump that an American takeover of Greenland is not necessary as NATO together can safeguard the security of the Arctic region amid rising Russian and Chinese interest.
“The first French military elements are already en route” and “others will follow,” French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday, as French authorities said about 15 soldiers from the mountain infantry unit were already in Nuuk for a military exercise.
Germany will deploy a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel to Greenland on Thursday, the Defense Ministry said.
On Thursday, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the intention was “to establish a more permanent military presence with a larger Danish contribution,” according to Danish broadcaster DR. He said soldiers from several NATO countries will be in Greenland on a rotation system.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, flanked by his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt, said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with Trump after they held highly anticipated talks at the White House with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rasmussen added that it remains “clear that the president has this wish of conquering over Greenland” but that dialogue with the U.S. would continue at a high level over the following weeks.
Inhabitants of Greenland and Denmark reacted with anxiety but also some relief that negotiations with the U.S. would go on and European support was becoming visible.
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen welcomed the continuation of “dialogue and diplomacy.”
“Greenland is not for sale,” he said Thursday. “Greenland does not want to be owned by the United States. Greenland does not want to be governed from the United States. Greenland does not want to be part of the United States.”
In Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, local residents told The Associated Press they were glad the first meeting between Greenlandic, Danish and American officials had taken place but suggested it left more questions than answers.
Several people said they viewed Denmark’s decision to send more troops, and promises of support from other NATO allies, as protection against possible U.S. military action. But European military officials have not suggested the goal is to deter a U.S. move against the island.
Maya Martinsen, 21, said it was “comforting to know that the Nordic countries are sending reinforcements” because Greenland is a part of Denmark and NATO.
The dispute, she said, is not about “national security” but rather about “the oils and minerals that we have that are untouched.”
On Wednesday, Poulsen announced a stepped-up military presence in the Arctic “in close cooperation with our allies,” calling it a necessity in a security environment in which “no one can predict what will happen tomorrow.”
“This means that from today and in the coming time there will be an increased military presence in and around Greenland of aircraft, ships and soldiers, including from other NATO allies,” Poulsen said.
Asked whether the European troop movements were coordinated with NATO or what role the U.S.-led military alliance might play in the exercises, NATO referred all questions to the Danish authorities. However, NATO is currently studying ways to bolster security in the Arctic.
The Russian embassy in Brussels on Thursday lambasted what it called the West's “bellicose plans” in response to “phantom threats that they generate themselves”. It said the planned military actions were part of an “anti-Russian and anti-Chinese agenda” by NATO.
“Russia has consistently maintained that the Arctic should remain a territory of peace, dialogue and equal cooperation," the embassy said.
Rasmussen announced the creation of a working group with the Americans to discuss ways to work through differences.
“The group, in our view, should focus on how to address the American security concerns, while at the same time respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark,” he said.
Commenting on the outcome of the Washington meeting on Thursday, Poulsen said the working group was “better than no working group” and “a step in the right direction.” He added nevertheless that the dialogue with the U.S. did not mean “the danger has passed.”
Speaking on Thursday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the American ambition to take over Greenland remains intact despite the Washington meeting, but she welcomed the creation of the working group.
The most important thing for Greenlanders is that they were directly represented at the meeting in the White House and that “the diplomatic dialogue has begun now,” Juno Berthelsen, a lawmaker for the pro-independence Naleraq opposition party, told AP.
A relationship with the U.S. is beneficial for Greenlanders and Americans and is “vital to the security and stability of the Arctic and the Western Alliance,” Berthelsen said. He suggested the U.S. could be involved in the creation of a coastguard for Greenland, providing funding and creating jobs for local people who can help to patrol the Arctic.
Line McGee, 38, from Copenhagen, told AP that she was glad to see some diplomatic progress. “I don’t think the threat has gone away,” she said. “But I feel slightly better than I did yesterday.”
Trump, in his Oval Office meeting with reporters, said: “We’ll see how it all works out. I think something will work out.”
Niemann reported from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Ciobanu from Warsaw, Poland.
Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak at a news conference at the Embassy of Denmark, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
People walk on a street in Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
From center to right, Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Denmark's Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen, rear, and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, right, arrive on Capitol Hill to meet with senators from the Arctic Caucus, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
An Airbus A400M transport aircraft of the German Air Force taxis over the grounds at Wunstorf Air Base in the Hanover region, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 as troops from NATO countries, including France and Germany, are arriving in Greenland to boost security. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP)
Fishermen load fishing lines into a boat in the harbor of Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, left, and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, arrive on Capitol Hill to meet with members of the Senate Arctic Caucus, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
