Only three Thai golfers — sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn and Jasmine (Thidapa) Suwannapura — have ever won on the LPGA Tour. Teenage prodigy Atthaya Thitikul could well follow in their footsteps as a champion on the women’s elite circuit.
Atthaya, 18, is tipped to be the next big thing in golf, having become the world’s top-ranked amateur in 2017.
The teenager’s rise on the international stage began in 2017 when she won a Ladies European Tour (LET) event — the Thailand European Ladies Championship — in Pattaya.
At 14 years, four months and 17 days old, it made her the youngest-ever winner of a professional golf event.
A few days later, she became the first Thai to top the women’s world amateur golf…