Thai golf enthusiasts a shade much better than U.S.A. set
PUBLISHED: 17 Oct 2018 at 04:00
Golf Enthusiasts Atthaya Thitikul and Vanchai Luangnitikul won the blended group title at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires on Monday.
Thanks to the success, Thailand have actually satisfied their target of taking home 3 gold medals from the 3rd Youth Olympics in Argentina’s capital.
Previously, taekwondo fighter Kanthida Saengsin and weightlifter Supatchanin Khamhaeng won golds for the Kingdom.
Likewise on Monday, fighter Atichai Phoemsap beat Canada’s Spencer Wilcox 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the males’s 60kg department.
Atichai’s win suggests all 5 Thai fighters in the competition have actually reached the semi-finals.
At the Hurlingham Club, over night leaders Atthaya and Vanchai had a combined rating of 140 in the 3rd and last round for an overall of 12-under par 268.
The Thai duo were one shot ahead of Americans Lucy Li and Akshay Bhatia, while Argentina’s Ela Anacona and Matero Fernandez de Oliveira completed third on 273.
Italy, who were 2nd behind Thailand after 2 rounds, ran out of steam in the last round and left empty-handed in 4th location.
It was Atthaya, 15, who assisted the Thai group to the gold medal.
The United States set were on fire in the last round and took the lead after 15 holes.
” I believed we were betting the silver medal,” stated Vanchai, 16.
Fighter Atichai Phoemsap, right, commemorates his win over Canada’s Spencer Wilcox.
However the Americans had a bad outcome at the 16th hole and after that Atthaya made 2 birdies in the last 2 holes to seal the win.
” Jeen [Atthaya’s nickname] is the hero,” stated Vanchai, who rupture into tears throughout an interview on the course.
Atthaya stated: “I am really delighted. It’s an honour to win gold for our nation.”
Perhaps the very best female amateur golf player worldwide at the minute, Atthaya started her increase quickly in 2015.
At the age of 14 years, 4 months and 19 days, she declared the 2017 Ladies European Thailand Champion in Pattaya to end up being the youngest ever golf player to win an expert occasion.
A couple of weeks later on, the Ratchaburi native caught 2 gold medals at the SEA Games.
This year, she won the inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific in Singapore in February.
With the win, she made berths at the ANA Motivation and the British Women’s Open, and she took the low amateur honours at the 2 significant champions.
Last month, Atthaya resisted from 7 shots behind to win the specific title at the World Junior Girls Champion in Canada.
The success in Argentina is a best tonic for Atthaya who stopped working to provide at the Asian Games in August.
