PUBLISHED : 21 Sep 2022 at 04:00
Natthakritta Vongtaveelap will lead the Thai problem on the fourth Girls’s Beginner Asia-Pacific Championship in Pattaya in November.
The occasion has attracted a powerful area, which incorporates 22 of the top-100 gamers on this planet novice rankings.
To be performed on Siam Nation Membership’s Waterside Course from Nov 3-6, the occasion will characteristic 71 golfers from 22 international locations of the Asia-Pacific area.
South Korea’s Lim Ji-Yoo, with three wins up to now 12 months, is the highest-ranked participant within the area at world No.8 however all eyes shall be on world No.48 Natthakritta, who is raring to make amends for her second place end ultimately 12 months’s championship in Abu Dhabi.
Natthakritta, who has the power to hit the ball a great distance off the tee, was main by three photographs going into the ultimate spherical at Abu Dhabi Golf Membership earlier than being reeled in by Japan’s Mizuki Hashimoto on the closing levels.
The Thai ultimately settled for tied second alongside compatriot Kan Bunnabodee and Australia’s Kelsey Bennett.
Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul received the inaugural WAAP in 2018. Natthakritta and Oklahoma State College star Rina Tatematsu, the world No.81, are two of the eight gamers from the host nation hoping to comply with in her footsteps.
Natthakritta, 19, stated: “Girls’s golf in Thailand may be very robust proper now. We aren’t wanting inspiration. From [sisters] Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn to Patty Tavatanakit and Atthaya, we have now superstars who’re wonderful position fashions for all of us.
“The WAAP is a superb alternative for us so early in our careers. All of us dream of taking part in main championships and the woman who wins will be capable to play two out of the 5 subsequent 12 months.”
The champion shall be invited to play on the Girls’s British Open and the Evian Championship, in addition to the Augusta Nationwide Girls’s Beginner and the Hana Monetary Group Championship.
The opposite Thais within the area are Taglao Jeeravivitaporn, Pimpisa Rubrong, Navaporn Soontreeyapas, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, Achiraya Sriwong and Elia Galitsky.
Japan will as soon as once more ship out a powerful contingent of six gamers headed by No.17 Saki Baba, who received the US Girls’s Beginner final month.
