Is the new Tiger Woods thai ?

Pachara Khongwatmai, golf player from Thailand aged 14 impressed, last Sunday, at the Hua Hin Golf Open that he won brilliantly. He became the youngest winner of a professional golf tournament beating the record established in early 2007 by Japanese Ryo Ishikawa who was 15 years and 8 months when he won his first tournament on the professional circuit.

 

Pachara Khongwatmai
Pachara Khongwatmai, youngest winner of pro golf tournament
The young prodigy marched to a four-stroke victory with a final round four-under-par score of 67. A head of experienced players twice his age who were impressed by adolescent. Still in high school, he was given the week off school to play in the Singha Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour. His victory also makes him the first amateur to win on the ASEAN PGA Tour. he earned $ 65,000 (2,000,000 baht), a nice amount of money for a 14 yeras old boy. “I’m really, really happy to have won against so many top players” he said after his triumph. “My putting was the key and I also worked very hard with my caddy. We planned everything carefully.” Far from being intoxicated by his success, Pachara Khongwatmai does not neglect his studies. in the press release after his victory, he said that his thoughts are mainly oriented to his studies now. “Tomorrow is a public holiday and the first thing I need to do is call my friends and catch up on my homework”. We wish him a bright future. A career like the Tiger Woods without the scandal…

Pachara Khongwatmai, who was given the week off school to play in the Singha Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour, marched to a four-stroke victory with a final round four-under-par score of 67.

The win, which nets him $65,000, makes him the youngest male player to claim victory in a professional golf tournament, organisers said.

That accolade was previously held by Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa who was 15 when he clinched the 2007 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup.

But his victory also makes him the first amateur to win on the ASEAN PGA Tour.

Mike Thailandee

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