While millions watch Jeeno Thitikul dominate on the LPGA Tour, the 22-year-old Thai star recently opened up about a struggle that even being World No. 1 can’t solve. Finding love when your life revolves around golf? That’s a whole different challenge.

During a recent YouTube collaboration with Gabby Golf Girl, Jeeno Thitikul didn’t hold back when asked about dating as a professional golfer. The conversation got real, fast. “I think anyone is fine, but like you know, when you’re a professional golfer,” she explained. “You need someone who really likes to totally understand your job.”

The admission hit differently coming from someone at the absolute pinnacle of women’s golf. Here’s the World No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, leading the Race to CME Globe standings, which essentially means success comes with a price tag that most fans never see. And that price? It’s personal.

Thitikul broke down exactly why relationships prove so complex in her world. The constant travel schedule creates impossible situations for any couple trying to build a real relationship. “You travel all the time,” she noted. “You won’t able to see each other that often as normal people does.”

But it gets even tougher than that. Even during those precious off-weeks when most couples would reconnect, professional golfers face another barrier. Training never stops. “Even the off week we can’t go to see you every day. We have to train right,” Thitikul revealed. The commitment required extends far beyond tournament weeks.

The Thai star summed it up with a direct warning that felt almost protective. “It’s a lot of sacrifice for our dating couples twice. So I think you know it’s hard FYI just going to date a professional golfer. It’s hard.” That “FYI” landed like she was genuinely trying to save someone’s future heartache.

Jeeno Thitikul’s elite success demands everything

Understanding Thitikul’s dating struggles requires examining exactly what it entails to be elite. The Dallas resident currently sits atop women’s golf with an 11.66 average ranking points. She’s not just winning—she’s dominating an entire sport. That kind of success doesn’t happen by accident.

Her 2024 season rewrote record books in ways that explain those grueling schedules. Thitikul earned a staggering $6.06 million that year, including the largest prize in women’s golf history when she captured $4 million at the CME Group Tour Championship. Her career earnings and endorsement deals reflect this elite status in every way.

This year hasn’t slowed down either. Two victories already, eleven top-10 finishes in just seventeen starts, and she’s maintained that World No. 1 ranking she reclaimed in August. The LPGA Tour schedule demands constant movement—35 events across 14 U.S. states and 11 countries in 2025 alone.

Every tournament means new cities, different time zones, and zero routine. Add in practice rounds, pro-ams, sponsor obligations, and media commitments. Then factor in the training Thitikul mentioned—the hours at the range, in the gym, with coaches. Suddenly, ‘I can’t see you every day’ becomes the understatement of the year.

What makes her candid admission so striking is the acceptance in her voice. She’s not complaining. She’s just being honest about what this life actually requires. The sacrifices aren’t just about missing events or postponing plans. They’re about fundamentally different expectations for what a relationship can even look like.