Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit, fresh off big win in Saudi Arabia, 3 shots behind
RELEASED: 22 Feb 2024 at 17:05
Chien Peiyun of Taiwan holds a two-shot lead heading into the 2nd round of the Honda LPGA Thailand 2024 golf competition in Pattaya.
The 33-year-old fired 7 birdies and an eagle, versus simply one bogey, to complete her preliminary at 8-under par 64, 2 shots ahead of Kim Sei-young of South Korea.
Chien, who signed up with the LPGA Trip in 2017 and is ranked 113th on the planet, is still searching for her very first success on the leading females’s golf circuit.
” I want I might play like this every day,” she stated after her round.
Thailand’s Natthakritta Vongtaveelap, who led the 2023 Honda occasion till late in the last day when she was surpassed by Lilia Vu of the United States, becomes part of a big group at 5-under par, which likewise consists of compatriot Patty Tavatanakit.
Patty entered into the tournament with some momentum, having actually won the Aramco Saudi Ladies International, a Ladies’ European Trip occasion that featured a reward of 700,000 euros, last weekend in Saudi Arabia. It was her very first success given that the 2021 ANA Motivation, a significant on the LPGA calendar, which assisted her make the Novice of the Year Award.
World No. 1 and safeguarding champ Vu had a hard time at the Siam Nation Club Old Course on Thursday, carding a one-over par 73. However with 3 rounds staying, she shill has a chance to make a run.
Vu, 26, had 3 birdies on her very first 7 holes before her round went south. Succeeding bogeys at the 10th and 11th were then followed by a dispiriting 3 more, before she ended up with a birdie on 18.
3 Thais are 4 shots behind the leader at 4-under, consisting of trip veteran Pornanong Phatlum, Jaravee Boonchant and amateur Suvichaya Vinijchaitham.
Previous world No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn, who is likewise the only Thai to have actually won the Honda occasion (in 2021) in its 16-year history, completed her day at even par, along with Pajaree Anannaurukarn, a two-time winner on the LPGA Trip.
The competition includes 72 golf players contending for an overall reward bag of $1.7 million.
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand enters into the Honda LPGA Thailand 2024 competition with some momentum, having actually won the Aramco Saudi Ladies International recently.
