LPGA tourney gets rolling in Khon Kaen

The 11th annual tournament has attracted 84 professional and amateur golfers.
The top 40 players of the three-day, 54-hole event will qualify for the final day and earn prizemoney, with the winner taking home Bt142,500.
Top names taking part this year include defending champion 17-year-old Apichaya Yubol, who is No 4 in the TLPGA money rankings, Kulthida Pramphan, No 2 on the TLPGA money list, and Thailand’s fourth-ranked Treechat Jinklub.
In today’s qualifying round (July 9), 10 players earned berths in the tournament. They include Puthita Kuanroodee, who won the qualifier with a 3-under par 69, and 15-year-old Thai-Swiss Nacharee Thanchitnititanya, who carded a 1-under par 71.