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It’s official! Patty, Ariya off to Tokyo

It’s official! Patty, Ariya off to Tokyo

Thai aces among 60 to get Olympic tickets

Ariya Jutanugarn

Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit and Ariya Jutanugarn have officially earned tickets to the Tokyo Olympics.

Their places in the 60-player field at Tokyo 2020 were confirmed after the qualification process for the women’s golf competition was completed with the final Olympic golf rankings published on Tuesday.

The women’s tournament will be held at Kasumigaseki Country Club from Aug 4-7 with the Olympics taking place from July 23-Aug 8.

Patty is 12th and Ariya 17th in the Olympic rankings.

It will be the first Olympic appearance for Patty, whose Thai name is Paphangkorn.

She was relatively unknown on the international stage until she won her maiden LPGA Tour…

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