Thai teen becomes youngest male tournament winner
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July 22, 2013, Monday
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A Thai aged 14 became the youngest male to win a major professional golf tournament yesterday with a stunning display that left players twice his age trailing in his wake.
Pachara Khongwatmai, who was given the week off school to play in the Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour, marched to a four-stroke victory with a final round four-under-par score of 67.
The win, which gets him US$65,000, makes him the youngest male player to claim victory in a professional golf tournament, organizers said. That accolade was previously held by Japan's Ryo Ishikawa who was 15 when he clinched the 2007 KSB Cup.
New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who was 14 years and 248 days old when she clinched the New South Wales Open last year, is the youngest female golfer to win a major tournament. Tour organizers were unable to confirm Pachara's birth date, so it is not known whether he is younger that Ko was at the time of her win. But his victory also makes him the first amateur to win on the ASEAN PGA Tour.
Pachara Khongwatmai, who was given the week off school to play in the Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour, marched to a four-stroke victory with a final round four-under-par score of 67.
The win, which gets him US$65,000, makes him the youngest male player to claim victory in a professional golf tournament, organizers said. That accolade was previously held by Japan's Ryo Ishikawa who was 15 when he clinched the 2007 KSB Cup.
New Zealand's Lydia Ko, who was 14 years and 248 days old when she clinched the New South Wales Open last year, is the youngest female golfer to win a major tournament. Tour organizers were unable to confirm Pachara's birth date, so it is not known whether he is younger that Ko was at the time of her win. But his victory also makes him the first amateur to win on the ASEAN PGA Tour.
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