Thailand mega

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) August 04, 2011

Oscar Odestal a 15 year old from Sweden, beat 107 adults to win the 2nd Annual Hyatt Open at Banyan Golf Club in Thailand last weekend. In Hua Hin on a family holiday, the 15-year-old phenom played Banyan GC as if it were as acquainted to him as Royal Eslov and Barseback – his residence courses in Sweden.

With net scores of 65 and 69 for a two-day total of 134 (10-underneath-par), ten-handicap Swede Oscar Odestal completed one particular clear of runner-up Anand Singhsachthep to earn the champion’s trophy and the glory of taming a Rolex World’s Best 1000 golf program.

“Junior golf advancement is very close to our hearts at Banyan Golf Club, so to see such a young player win this distinguished tournament is fitting,” mentioned Stacey Walton, Banyan GC’s common manager. “From tee to green, the program was playing as excellent as a tour event, and Oscar won with a tour-top quality overall performance.”

Mark Siegel, MD of Thailand golf tour operator Golfasian, who also played in this year’s Hyatt Open agreed. “With such a significant field like some superb players, 15 year old Oscar’s win is a great achievement. With most Thai courses acquiring a relaxed view to young players, far more and far more of our overseas vacationers are bringing their young children above to the Kingdom to play golf. It is a excellent encounter for them to actually play nine or 18 holes on a very first class program.”

Youth in Thailand appears to be taking a front seat this month, as Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand won the 63rd U.S. Girls Junior championship recently at Olympia Fields Country Club in the States.

It was the initial victory in a match-play tournament for the 15-year-old Ariya, who captured the AJGA Girls Junior title earlier this year.

Thailand’s youth policy specifically in golf seems to be paying off huge time, with Thai Juniors also confident of winning in Asia up coming month as properly.

Thailand also aims to win fourth consecutive titles in the two men’s and women’s teams when it hosts the 32nd Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship, at Royal Hills Golf Resort and Spa in Nakhon Nayok In August.

Thailand Golf Association president Rungsrid Luxitanond told a press conference not too long ago, that eight nations will take part in the annual tournament – Thailand, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Burma.

The Thai men’s and women’s squads have won the group titles 3 instances in a row and Rungsrid hopes that the two teams will win once again.

Thailand Junior golf seems to be going down the appropriate track. A great deal of this success has to do with Thongchai Jaidee the Thai golf hero, has also made a huge effect right here in Asia and even runs his own junior golf academy in Lopburi.

Thongchai will be teeing up for the US$ 1 Million Thai Open, this year staying held at the Suwan Golf &amp Nation Club just outside Bangkok.

Winner of more than $ 2.five million in Asian Tour in final eight years, Thongchai is regarded as a ‘Sporting Ambassador of Thailand’ and has been given a diplomatic passport by the Thai government.

With a golf program inside of straightforward attain (there are 250 across Thailand) and a policy in which golf clubs truly go out of their way to encourage youngsters to come and play, it’s no wonder golf is in such a nutritious state in Thailand.

The Thai government is taking distinct pride in promoting a single of their country’s assets their gorgeous countryside and the Tourism Authority of Thailand have produced a specific Thailand golf internet site – http://www.golfinakingdom.com – particularly to market golf.

Bernard Langer did wonders for German golf, Nick Faldo the very same for English golf, Tiger in the States and Rory Mcilroy in Northern Ireland for their respective nations too. Possibly this mega win by Ariya Jutanugarn will now do the same for Thai golf.

From the majestic hill nation of Chiang Mai in the northwest corner of Thailand to the breathtaking beaches of Phuket, ‘Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience’ requires in some of the most lush and varied terrain on the planet. In addition to the Banyan Golf Club, Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, and Chiang Mai Highlands Resort &amp Spa, the Kingdom’s stunning golf properties include:

– Thai Nation Club, site of Tiger Woods’s 1997 Asia Honda Classic victory and the ‘Best Championship Program in Asia’, as voted by Asian Golf Monthly readers in 2008.

– Muang Kaew Golf Club, the closest course to bustling Bangkok, with a par 3 that looks eerily related to the 12th at Augusta National.

– Siam Country Club – Plantation Program, a 36-hole, championship venue (its Plantation Course hosted the 2009 Honda LPGA Thailand) in the nightlife capital of Pattaya.

Among the 1st-class accommodations in the ‘Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience’ portfolio are:

– Hilton Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket and the Millennium Hilton Bangkok Hotel

– Marriott Resort &amp Spa in Bangkok and Hua Hin

– Distinctive Collection’s Putahracsa Hua Hin, De Naga Chiang Mai, and Summit Windmill Golf Residence

– Anantara Resort &amp Spa Hua Hin, Phuket, Koh Samui, and Golden Triangle

– Woodlands Hotel &amp Resort and Woodlands Suites Pattaya

To make travel plans for a tour of ‘Golf in a Kingdom: The Thai Golf Experience’, go to http://www.golfinakingdom.com, or send e-mail to information(at)golfinakingdom(dot)com

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