Thailand’s teenage experience Ratchanon Chantananuwat cinched an extraordinary triumph at the inaugural Asian Combined Cup Sunday, ending up being the youngest-ever winner of among golf’s significant Tours.
The 15-year-old Ratchanon sealed his win with a birdie on the last day of the $750,000 handbag competitors at the Waterside Course at Siam Nation Club in Pattaya, having actually seen off 19-year-old Kim Joo-hyung, who took 2nd.
” I got to be truthful, I got quite fortunate,” stated Ratchanon, including: “I absolutely have a great deal of individuals to thank.”
The competitors– the very first of its kind in Asia– had 60 female gamers from the Ladies European Trip (LET) and 60 Asian Trip male golf enthusiasts teeing off, with the females beginning with various tees however otherwise level terms.
Ratchanon, who has actually stabilized research with competitors this summertime, is just the 5th amateur– and initially given that 2009– to win on the Asian Trip.
His maturity was on screen throughout the competition as he kept his calm throughout, playing seven-under-par 65 to end up on 20 under.
A stream of 7 birdies saw the teenager play the last hole with a one-shot lead, protecting his historical win with a last birdie.
At 15 years and 37 days, Ratchanon is now the youngest gamer to win a significant competition, besting Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa who in 2007 was 15 years and 8 months when he won the Japan Trip’s Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.
The Thai teen has actually been turning heads given that completion of in 2015, making it in all 6 occasions he got in and positioning 3rd at the Singapore International.
At 2nd location, South Korea’s Kim provided a strong efficiency just wobbling with a bogey on the 17th hole when he discovered water, prior to stunningly recuperating and ending his run with an eagle, carding 64.
” Let’s face it, TK deserves this,” stated Kim, describing Ratchanon by his label. “There is no stopping him.”
