No. 1 Ko preferred to win LPGA Thailand
RELEASED: 22 Feb 2023 at 04:00
Home star Atthaya Thitikul will attempt to win the title at today’s Honda LPGA Thailand as a birthday present.
The Ratchaburi local, who turned 20 on Monday, heated up for the LPGA Thailand by ending up joint 18th at the Saudi Ladies International in Jeddah in her very first start of the year on Sunday.
The 16th edition of the LPGA Thailand will be held at Siam Nation Club in Pattaya from Thursday to Sunday.
World No. 4 Atthaya came close to winning the competition in 2021 when she lost to compatriot Ariya Jutanugarn by one shot.
Ariya stays the only regional winner of the LPGA Thailand.
Atthaya, passionately called Jeen or Jeeno by the media and fans, has actually because ended up being a huge star on the LPGA Trip.
She won 2 LPGA competitions in her very first season on the trip and declared the 2022 novice of the year award.
Other Thais in this week’s field consist of significant winners Ariya and Patty Tavatanakit, Moriya Jutanugarn, Pajaree Anannarukarn and Pornanong Phatlum.
World No. 1 Lydia Ko will be the preferred to win the 2023 LPGA Thailand after her accomplishment at the Saudi Ladies International.
Ko’s win was her 3rd in her last 4 around the world starts.
The New Zealander won the LPGA’s season-ending Trip Champion in November to make the 2022 gamer of the year award.
It was her last competition before getting married with Chung Jun, the kid of a popular Korean business owner, in her birth place Seoul throughout the off-season.
” Unfortunately, I might not take part in 2022, however I am confident I can offset that with success at the Honda LPGA Thailand 2023,” Ko stated just recently.
” I’m delighted to be back in Thailand to experience the excellent Thai hospitality and heat that surrounds the occasion when again.”
Apart from Ko and Atthaya, other prominent stars in the 72-player field consist of No. 2 Nelly Korda, No. 3 Minjee Lee, No. 5 Ko Jin-Young, No. 6 Brooke Henderson, and No. 8 Chun In-Gee.
Ko Jin-Young is returning from a wrist injury that destroyed her 2022 season.
” I’m prepared for an excellent 2023 season and objective to offer my finest at the Honda LPGA Thailand. The method is to be constant on Siam Nation Club’s Old Course,” stated the South Korean.
” I likewise like being here in Thailand as there’s constantly a warm welcome and the fans are excellent.”
Nanna Koerstz Madsen from Denmark will safeguard the title.
In 2015, she saw her long-lasting imagine winning on the LPGA Trip come to life with a clutch 10-footer for eagle on the 2nd play-off hole to beat China’s Lin Xiyu.
Twelve months later on, the Dane go back to Siam Nation Club to safeguard a title for the very first time in her profession today.
