RELEASED: 5 Apr 2022 at 14:46
Golf’s inaugural Asian Combined Cup starts in Thailand today with a host of global male and female hotshots on the very same scorecard.
The pioneering occasion has a handbag of $750,000 and begins Thursday at Waterside Course at Siam Nation Club in Pattaya.
Playing golf action will conclude Sunday and functions 60 Ladies European Trip (LET) and 60 Asian Trip golf players.
The line-up consists of the Asian Trip primary, American Sihwan Kim, along with previous LET benefit list winner Becky Brewerton of Wales.
Ahead of tee-off, Kim stated he was concentrated on continuing the fairway and remaining hydrated.
” I do not understand the length of time this cool Pattaya weather condition will last however in Southeast Asian nations simply keeping hydrated and getting some fuel and nutrition into you is really essential,” he stated.
Asian Trip president Cho Minn Thant revealed his self-confidence ahead of the competition, including the 2 combined video games “might well be the driver for more occasions of this type”.
Fans will be watching out for Asian Trip Order of Benefit champ South Korean Kim Joo-Hyung.
LET champ Lee-Anne Speed of South Africa is likewise one to enjoy after a current nail-biting win at the Investec South African Women’s Open.
Host Thailand will be resting its hopes on Nitithorn Thippong — fresh from success at the Asian Trip’s DGC Open last month– along with increasing star Jazz Janewattananond.
The combined competition comes in the middle of increasing conversation within sports neighborhoods throughout the world about gender and addition.
Females golf players will play from various tees however otherwise level terms.
” Golf is among the really couple of sports where males and females can complete together with each other in the very same competitors, on the very same course, unlike tennis or football,” Cho stated.
The competition is likewise a chance for up-and-coming rivals to make their mark on a global phase.
In addition to the considerable cash prize, gamers will likewise be contending for LET Race to Costa del Sol and Asian Trip Order of Benefit points– using a desired course to subscription of the global groups.
Golf lovers are set to delight in a back-to-back schedule of occasions with the Asian Combined Stableford Obstacle due to tee off under comparable guidelines the list below week.
It will be hosted at Siam Nation Club from April 13 to 16 with a similar cat up for grabs.
