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KILDEER, Ill. – Ariya Jutanugarn is an earnest student.
She has practically earned a doctorate in resilience in her still young career.
That’s the best way to understand this player’s pursuit of the game’s biggest prizes. It’s the best way to understand how her team is trying to groom her for even greater things, for the possible run at dominance that her uncommon blend of power and touch suggests is possible.
She will tee it up in Thursday’s start of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship looking to win back-to-back majors after taking the U.