Every Jeeno Thitikul Press Conference is Proof of Her Mic'd Up Abilities

I really like Jeeno Thitikul. Like really, really like her.

As a golf fan, watching her play is like what I imagine watching Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel was like. It's poetry in motion. Her swing is smooth and efficient. Her margin of error on shots is so small, it's almost incomprehensible. She makes this complicated game look far too easy.

As a media member, she makes my job simple. She's kind, always up for a quick interview even though I know she's itching to practice instead, and she remembers you no matter how much time has passed.

But most of all, I get a kick out her answers in press conferences. The 23-year-old is earnest, and possesses so much wisdom that her team should really look into creating and selling a book of affirmations.

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Ahead of the HSBC Women's World Championship, the World No. 1 gave yet another quotable moment on finding harmony in this crazy profession of hers. "The nerves [are] always going to be there but you have to beat the nerves. Sometimes you get more worried about the future [or] about what next shot I'm going to do."

She continued with, "But like I told myself, this is the time that you need to enjoy it, [you] need joy with excitement. Need joy with the nervous moments. That's why I kind of try to dance in the rain."

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I mean come on! She just gets it. I'm starting to believe that she might be the most well-adjusted, emotionally mature top-ranked athlete and 23-year-old in the world. It's obvious when she plays, just how much fun she's having, her smile says it all. Her mentality is her greatest asset and she continues to show us, time and time again.

She's coming off a major win in her home country, a feeling she compared to winning a major (though she's still looking to snag that maiden victory), but she understands better than anyone that last week isn't this week and anything could happen. When asked about her approach for Singapore she simply said, "It's a new week and it's a new journey."

While I was reading through Jeeno's HSBC presser transcript, my mind connected the dots to another young female athlete who's competitive mindset is everything to me. As the Winter Olympics came to a close, a budding star emerged in Alysa Liu—the first American woman to win Olympic gold in figure skating since 2002. Liu's story is an enlightening one, because it's the best case study of triumph after burnout. She was a child prodigy, winning competitions and setting records before she could even drive, but by 16, she was ready to walk away completely, and she did. Four years later, she stormed back with a revitalized mindset that skating would be on her terms, period.

I don't know the first thing about figure skating, but I do understand sports and psychology (I have a Bachelor's degree to prove it) and when I watched Alysa Liu's gold medal winning performance, I saw an athlete that was free. Jeeno and Alysa have that in common. Their happiness is tangible, and shows up in their work every single time.

They can't hide it!

Not in their performances, and not when speaking to the press. Each week I just know there's going to be another nugget from Jeeno and it only makes me that much more excited about her joining WTGL.

I've spoken to Charley Hull and now, Michelle Wie West about the potential for good banter during the inaugural season of the indoor women's league, and I really hope that people embrace the energy the players will be bringing.

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Thitikul is my dark horse on the hot mic, not because I think she'll be the best at trash talk but because her positivity is infectious and those of whom are unfamiliar with her will be captivated by her aura—because she quite literally is a ball of sunshine.

"I was just 19 years old. That was so young. But that was so quick, I think for two weeks, and then I dropped down to No. 2 No. 3," she recalled about being World No. 1 the first time in her career in 2022. "I was so young, and then I just put a lot of pressure on myself.

But right now, I have balance with golf and myself [things] are better than at that time. At that time I saw things so serious. Even if I miss one shot, I felt that was bad. Right now, when I have a bad shot, it's okay, you have another one. But I just told myself, I really enjoyed it, to be where I am right now and then I'm not going to be in this position forever. There's going to be more top players coming up but I want to perform and enjoy this position as best I can."