Jeeno Thitikul's new mindset won her Mizuho. Will it help her answer major question?

Jeeno Thitikul expected nothing in her title defense at Mizuho. She won going away. Getty Images Two weeks ago, Jeeno Thitikul arrived at the Chevron Championship and admitted she hears all the noise about her inability to win a major championship.

The then-No. 1-ranked player in the world called it the “challenge” of her career to finally get it over the line at the biggest events. Two days later, Jeeno Thitikul missed the cut at Memorial Park as Nelly Korda went on to win her third major and reclaim the top spot in the Rolex Rankings.

Thitikul took a week off after her early exit in Houston and returned to action this week to defend her title at the Mizuho Americas Open . Thitikul has always approached her career with great perspective , that of someone who learned the game at a driving range in Ratchaburi, Thailand, a small town not far from Bangkok that doesn’t have its own course . Someone who has already achieved more than she thought possible.

Thitikul wants to win a major, but she is also content with everything she has already accomplished in the game. There’s pressure to win a major because that’s a dream of hers, but not because she needs validation from others. “I don’t think I have to prove anything to like even other players or people or myself, because like what I have I already proved for a long, long time,” Thitikul said on Friday at Mountain Ridge Country Club.