Focus on Thailand --The Revolution Continues

We're Talking Golf

As part of our continuing series focusing on golf around the world, and women's professional golf in particular, this episode looks at the Emergence of Thailand as a rising golf powerhouse.
Joining us in this episode are special guests, Pajaree Anannarukarn and Pinyada Kuvanun.
They chat with us about their year in golf, some of the challenges and accomplishments of this past year, and they discuss their experiences in growing up in Thailand learning to play golf and how their individual paths to the world of professional golf.
Pajaree currently plays on the LPGA, the world's premier tour for women's golf. She is a recent winner of the 2021 ISPS Handa Invitational event - a mixed event with men and women competing on the same course at the same time. The event is hosted by Niall Horan, of One Direction (boy's band) in his native Northern Ireland. At the time of recording Pajaree is ranked No. 71 in the Rolex World Rankings.
Pinyada is a recent graduate from the University of Toledo with a degree in International Business. Competing in Division 1 of the NCAA, Pinyada led her team to the MAC Conference Championships, where she had a personal best of 3rd place. She also won twice at the collegiate level and finished 3rd at the Lady Buckeyes Invitational. She currently competes on the Thai LPGA and competed recently at Stage 2 of Q-School, earning privileges for the Symetra Tour in 2022.