Ariya Jutanugarn isn’t just a long name. It’s become a big name in the world of women’s golf.

She and fellow tri-leader I.K. Kim midway through the Lotte Championship are solid winners on the tour. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see either of them doing the victory hula after the final swings are taken Saturday (or possibly Sunday if bad weather causes more delays).

Kim, 32, is a three-time LPGA winner from South Korea, an 11th-year tour veteran with her most recent victory coming in 2014.

Jutanugarn, a 21-year-old Thai, exploded with five wins in 2016. One of those was the RICOH Women’s British Open, and she was third and fourth in two other majors.

The argument could easily be made that Jutanugarn is already a huge star, especially with a credential like 2016 Rolex Player of the Year.

She received her hardware at the Masters last week. Unlike the previous year’s Rolex No. 1, Lydia Ko, Jutanugarn had no opportunity to take a swing during the pre-tournament par-3 round; that event was canceled due to weather. (Ko was Kevin Na’s caddie, and Na put a club in her hand, insisting Ko take a tee shot.)

Back to the here and now, Jutanugarn shot 6 under for her fourth consecutive round under 70 in Hawaii and fifth in a row under par at the Lotte on Thursday.

Last year she tied for 15th at 8 under for the tourney. But Ariya was overshadowed by her elder sister, Moriya, who finished fourth after crushing par by 14 shots.

Ariya Jutanugarn was already used to going relatively unnoticed here despite excellent performance. In her Lotte debut in 2013 she shot 15 under as a 17-year-old rookie, including a final-round 66 to finish third. That was lost in the high drama of Suzann Pettersen’s playoff win over Lizette Salas.

Like many LPGA pros, she was a prodigy. Four weeks shy of her 12th birthday in 2007, Ariya became the youngest ever to qualify for an LPGA event (the Honda LPGA Thailand). Lucy Li later broke that record at the U.S. Women’s Open.

After Thursday’s 66, she was asked if there were any adjustments to make. The answer is not surprising.

“Not really,” Jutanugarn said. “I’m just going to keep working on the same stuff. Maybe a little bit (more) with my swing.”

Don’t fix it if it’s not broken, right?

Maybe it’s better for Jutanugarn now that her 14 under in 2013 wasn’t good enough to win. Most of the five former champions aren’t playing here today, and barring a big move today, most aren’t in position to contend.

Ai Miyazato, the event’s 2012 inaugural champ, missed the cut. Pettersen and Sei Young Kim (2015) did not enter. Defending champion Minjee Lee is five strokes off the lead at 4 under, tied for 32nd.

And Michelle Wie (2014) — barring an extremely improbable combination of finish-ups this morning by the 15 players still on the course when darkness forced them off of it Thursday evening — survived a battle with the cutline.

Because of the polarizing nature of how hyped she was as a kid in the ’00s, Wie will probably never get the credit she deserves for competence as a hard-nosed grinder.

For her critics, nothing short of a first-place finish is good enough. They ignore things like this being the fifth tourney in a row of six she’s played in this year where she will make the cut.

Wie said she “had some opportunities” for birdies on the back nine Thursday that she failed to close.

It’s never easy when you’re battling for the right to come back tomorrow and your playing partners are going for the flag and higher red numbers, as Brooke Henderson and In Gee Chun did Thursday.

“Days like this, you’ve got to learn from them,” Wie said after a par 72 with one birdie and one bogey that kept her at 1 under for the tournament. “You’ve got to learn from your mistakes. I am proud of myself for hanging in there. I made a lot of tough putts today, a lot of good chips as well.”

She’s still on the underside of 30, for another 21⁄2 years. But more and more often, Wie is the veteran out there. Henderson is 19, and Chun is 22 — the same age as the other tri-leader, Su-Yeon Jang, who had played 16 holes when the sun set.

“There are a lot of times now where I’m the oldest one in the group. This is total role reversal for me,” she said.

Reach Dave Reardon at dreardon@staradvertiser.com or 529-4783. His blog is at Hawaiiwarriorworld.com/quick-reads.