World No. 1 Ko Jin-Young of South Korea will lead the obstacle at next month’s Honda LPGA Thailand in Pattaya, organisers stated on Tuesday.
Other gamers in the 70-player field at the Feb 20-23 competition at Siam Nation Club consist of South Korea’s Lee6 Jeong-Eun and Amy Yang, the protecting champ; Nasa Hataoka and Hinako Shibuno from Japan; siblings Nelly and Jessica Korda of the United States; and Feng Shanshan and He Muni of China.
The Thai contingent will be led by Ariya Jutanugarn, her sis Moriya and Jasmine (Thidapa) Suwannapura, the only 3 gamers from the Kingdom to have actually won on the LPGA Trip.
The other Thais in the US$ 1.6 competition are seasoned Pornanong Phatlum, novice Patty (Paphangkorn) Tavatanakit, Atthaya Thitikul who turned expert just recently, and qualifier Rina Tatematsu.
No regional gamer has actually won the competition however this might be Thailand’s year.
” I am enjoyed have another chance to play in such a huge competition. I will do my finest for the Thai fans,” Atthaya, 16, informed an interview.
Pitak Pruittisarikorn, Chief Operating Officer of Honda Car (Thailand), stated he was positive that this year’s competitors would once again be an interesting one.
To mark the 14th year of Honda as the title sponsor of the competition, there will be 2 hole-in-one rewards– a Honda City RS worth 739,000 baht and a Honda Accord Hybrid worth 1.799 million baht.
For more details on the competition and tickets, go to www.hondalpgathailand.com or facebook.com/lpgathailand.
