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Ratchanon sets world record

Ratchanon sets world record

Thai youngest champ on one of top Tours

Ratchanon Chantananuwat poses with the winner’s trophy after the final round of the Asian Mixed Cup in Pattaya. afp PAUL LAKATOS

Pattaya: Ratchanon “TK” Chantananuwat, Thailand’s teenage golf sensation, finally achieved the impossible yesterday when he claimed the US$750,000 Trust Golf Asian Mixed Cup — becoming the youngest male player to win on one of the game’s major Tours.

The 15-year-old amateur fired a seven-under-par 65 to finish on 20 under and beat Korean Kim Joo-Hyung by two shots at Siam Country Club’s Waterside Course.

Kim, 19, returned a 64 while American left-hander Paul Peterson and Bio Kim from…

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