Golf: First Thailand Mixed Champ Arpichaya Steals Show at Southern Hills

First Thailand Mixed Champ Arpichaya Steals Show at Southern Hills 

Inaugural champion Arpichaya Yubol fired an immaculate 64 to take charge in the opening round of the Bt3 million Thailand Mixed hosted by TrustGolf at the Southern Hills and Country Club in Hat Yai, Songkhla on Thursday.

Starting at hole No 10, the 19-year-old sprinkled her back nine performance with six birdies before adding two more after the turn for eight-under at the par 72 6,925-yard layout for the men and 6,051 for the women.

The teenager from Saraburi who won the first-ever Thailand Mixed last year in Hua Hin established a three-stroke advantage over former Thailand PGA Tour winner Nirun Sae-ueng.

“It was a combination of luck and good form for me today,” said Arpichaya, winner of the Order of Merits on the Thai LPGA Tour in 2018. “I came here with a good game plan, hitting good shots and got a lot of birdies close to the pins.”

Arpichaya said she also took the advantage of her familiarity with the Southern Hill where her team settled at fourth in the National Games back in 2017.

“I remember this course well. I even shed a tear here after my team almost won a bronze in the National Games five years ago,” added the teenager who along with Chanettee Wannasaen remains the only two female champions on the TrustGolf Tour.

“Tomorrow, I will stick to my game plan. I will attack the pins on easy holes and play it safe on tough holes. Also, I hope to hit the fairway on the sixth hole which is the most challenging for me on this course,” she added.

Nirun, the winner of the Thailand PGA Tour event in Lumphun 2016, committed a lone bogey on the fourth hole before he went on to shoot six birdies to settle with a 67.

“I played quite well except on the fourth hole where I stroke the ball to the left and ended up with my only bogey of the day. From then on, I focused on my tee shots and aimed for the fairways better,” said Nirun from Nakhon Pathom.

“About tomorrow, I will keep doing the same thing by hitting to the fairways and make the putts,” added Nirun who lost to Settee Prakrongvech by a stroke in the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, an  All Thailand Golf Tour(ATGT)  event,  in January.

Eight players followed a stroke away at tied third, each with a 68. That included the talented Chanettee, winner of the previous Thailand Mixed circuit in Hua Hin, rising star Denwit David Boriboonsub, the 2021 Rookie of the Year on the ATGT, former SEA Games gold medallist Wichayanon Chothirunrungrueng, Thai LPGA Tour members Supamas Sangchan, Nattagade Nimitpongkul, Chonlatit Chuenboonngam,  Punnarai Meesom-us, and former LPGA player Pavarisa Yoktuan.

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About TrustGolf

 TrustGolf, an indoor training center with advanced technology, has supported international tournaments including the “TrustGolf Women Scottish Open”, a Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned with the LPGA Tour event between 2021-2025. A great number of world-leading golfers signed up for the event which helped promote a good image for Thailand.  Moreover, Thai female players, under the support of TrustGolf, were given the opportunity to compete in the European event.

Between 2020-2021, apart from five Thailand Mixed series hosted by TrustGolf, TrustGolf Tour also organized the TrustGolf Amateur Qualifier 2021 which selected players to compete in the IMG Academy Juniors World (San Diego and Florida Challenge) and the Men’s and Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific. In 2022, TrustGolf will host five Thailand Mixed hosted by TrustGolf events (with a total Bt17 million prize money) and two TrustGolf Asian Mixed events, tri-sanctioned by Asian Tour, Ladies European Tour, and TrustGolf Tour (overall prize money of US$1.5 million prize money) at the Siam Country Club Pattaya Waterside in April. Furthermore, there will be the TrustGolf Link Series which will serve up as the Access Series for Ladies European Tour which also includes the TrustGolf Scottish Open (US$2 million prize money).

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