Chonburi –
The Honda LPGA Thailand 2022 Championship has officially kicked off yesterday, March 10th, at Siam Country Club Pattaya’s Old Course, Chonburi.
The women’s golf tournament “Honda LPGA Thailand 2022” marks the 15th anniversary of the tournament with total prize money of $1.6 million for the first golfer to do a “Hole in One” on Hole 16 Par 3 at Siam Country Club, Old Course, Pattaya between March 10th-13th.
A total of 67 golfers had participated in this year’s tournament, including 11 Thai golfers who were recorded as the highest number of Thai athletes participating in the event ever.
Pajaree “Meaw” Anannarukarn was the best Thai performer on the first day with a score of four under par 68 and ranked 23rd, behind Esther Henselet of Germany, Nasa Hataoka of Japan, and Su Oh from Australia who all shot nine-under-par rounds.
The ISPS Handa World Invitational 2021 winner said after the first day: “The weather was okay but the wind started to get stronger during the last 10 holes. I might not have a good start. The drive was not very good but the putt is ok. Overall performance is considered good. As for tomorrow, I’d stick to the same plan which was to stay in the fairway as much as possible and I would practice the drive better.”
The best performer on the first day was German golfer Esther Henselet who had participated in the Honda LPGA Thailand for the first time and completed the first-day game bogey-free.
The 23-year-old German golfer said: “I really like this course. The greens were soft enough to score. Today was windy but nothing went wrong. Today was also my first time to do 9 under-par. This is the first time I joined the tournament in Thailand. I had competed in the Ladies European Tour 3 years ago and I was glad to come back to compete in Thailand again and hoped to perform well throughout the tournament.”
The Honda LPGA Thailand 2022 Golf Tournament will be held at the Siam Country Club, Old Course in Pattaya, Chonburi with a limited audience and no tickets sold due to precautions being taken due to the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. The public can watch the Honda LPGA Thailand 2022 Livestream on PPTV HD channel 36 and through the station’s online platforms, such as www.pptvhd36.com, Facebook, and YouTube, throughout the 4 days of the competition.
For more information, visit www.hondalpgathailand.com, or Facebook official page: www.facebook.com/lpgaThailand, or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hondalpgathailand.
