LPGA tourney gets rolling in Khon Kaen

By The Nation

 

Apichaya after winning last year's tournament.

 

The Thailand Ladies Professional Golf Association (TLPGA), Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) and Singha Corp are staging the Bt1-million Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship from July 10-12 at the par-72, 6,394-yard Singha Park course in Khon Kaen.

 

The 11th annual tournament has attracted 84 professional and amateur golfers.

 

The top 40 players of the three-day, 54-hole event will qualify for the final day and earn prizemoney, with the winner taking home Bt142,500.

 

Top names taking part this year include defending champion 17-year-old Apichaya Yubol, who is No 4 in the TLPGA money rankings, Kulthida Pramphan, No 2 on the TLPGA money list, and Thailand’s fourth-ranked Treechat Jinklub.

 

In today’s qualifying round (July 9), 10 players earned berths in the tournament. They include Puthita Kuanroodee, who won the qualifier with a 3-under par 69, and 15-year-old Thai-Swiss Nacharee Thanchitnititanya, who carded a 1-under par 71.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/sport/30372657

 

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If I would have known sooner I would have gone to watch. I personally find Singha a boring course, but it always seems the fairways and greens are about as good as it gets in Thailand.

Good luck ladies!