Thailand's Junthima Gulyanamitta Wins 2011 LPGA Qualifying School

It’s been a pretty good end of the year for fans (like myself) of Thai golfers. First, Ariya Jutanugarn wins 2011 Rolex Junior Player of the Year. Now, Junthima Gulyanamitta wins the 2011 LPGA Qualifying School, overtaking Christine Song, who had led for four rounds, by 2 strokes. A member of the 2010 Purdue NCAA Championship team, Gulyanamitta fired a final day 4-under 68 to finish at 10-under overall. Just about all Thai people have a shorter nickname than their given names and Junthima does as well. Her nickname is Numa, so for this and future posts about her, I will refer to her as Numa. She is a sister of Russamee Gulyanamitta, who was her caddy.

“With my sister, it felt like just another day of golf. There were a lot of expectations and a lot of support, so it feels good to accomplish my goal. It’s a good feeling to win a tournament. It doesn’t matter if it’s a big tournament, a small tournament, a qualifier.” – Numa

Just to hear her voice, here is a short video of her speaking while at Purdue.

Lizette Salas won a 9-player playoff to capture the last spot of the top 20, all of whom gain full 2012 LPGA Membership. The players from 21st thru 30th earn category 16 status, while 31st thru 40th and ties earn category 20 status.

“It’s bittersweet, but it’s OK. I wanted to win and I put a lot of pressure on myself, but the goal was to get my card, and I did that.” – Christine Song

NUMA

CHRISTINE SONG

MAUDE-AIMEE LEBLANC

STEPHANIE KONO

KARLIN BECK

CYDNEY CLANTON

JACQUI CONCOLINO

LIZETTE SALAS

VERONICA FELIBERT

VICTORIA TANCO

MI HYANG LEE

DANIELLE KANG

MITSUKI KATAHIRA

MIN SEO KWAK

THIDAPA SUWANNAPURA

JENNIE LEE

Current	Start		Today	Thru	To Par	1	2	3	4	5	Score
1	2	Junthima Gulyanamitta	-4	F	-10	71	73	70	68	68	350
2	1	Christine Song	2	F	-8	66	70	70	72	74	352
3	3	Jennie Lee	E	F	-4	71	71	69	73	72	356
T4	T8	Dori Carter	-4	F	-3	74	71	71	73	68	357
T4	T5	Karlin Beck	-3	F	-3	71	72	74	71	69	357
T4	4	Jodi Ewart	-2	F	-3	70	73	74	70	70	357
T7	10	Sandra Changkija	-2	F	E	73	72	72	73	70	360
T7	T5	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	E	F	E	75	71	71	71	72	360
T9	T38	Rebecca Lee-Bentham	-5	F	3	73	76	75	72	67	363
T9	T19	Meredith Duncan	-2	F	3	76	70	72	75	70	363
T9	T19	Minea Blomqvist	-2	F	3	70	75	73	75	70	363
T9	T16	Cydney Clanton	-1	F	3	72	76	70	74	71	363
T9	T11	Angela Oh	E	F	3	70	75	72	74	72	363
T9	T5	Stephanie Kono (a)	3	F	3	67	71	75	75	75	363
T15	T34	Victoria Tanco (a)	-3	F	4	74	74	74	73	69	364
T15	T19	Ayaka Kaneko	-1	F	4	79	71	76	67	71	364
T15	T19	Tanya Dergal	-1	F	4	71	80	71	71	71	364
T15	T19	Hannah Yun	-1	F	4	76	74	71	72	71	364
T15	T11	Elisa Serramia	1	F	4	72	75	76	68	73	364
T20	T19	Lizette Salas	E	F	5	72	78	71	72	72	365
Top-20 (Priority List Category 11)
T20	T53	Danah Bordner	-4	F	5	72	72	76	77	68	365
T20	T34	Veronica Felibert	-2	F	5	76	73	74	72	70	365
T20	T29	Lacey Agnew	-1	F	5	76	73	71	74	71	365
T20	T29	Sophia Sheridan	-1	F	5	75	74	71	74	71	365
T20	T16	Min Seo Kwak	1	F	5	71	74	72	75	73	365
T20	T11	Stephanie Sherlock	2	F	5	73	72	72	74	74	365
T20	T11	Paola Moreno	2	F	5	73	71	72	75	74	365
T20	T8	Jacqui Concolino	4	F	5	70	72	71	76	76	365
T29	T34	Mi Hyang Lee	-1	F	6	76	72	75	72	71	366
T29	T29	Patcharajutar Kongkraphan	E	F	6	74	73	72	75	72	366
21 – 30 (Priority List Category 16)
T29	T19	Mitsuki Katahira	1	F	6	70	76	73	74	73	366
T29	T11	Thidapa Suwannapura	3	F	6	68	80	68	75	75	366
33	T38	Valentine Derrey	-1	F	7	73	74	77	72	71	367
T34	T63	Birdie Kim	-3	F	8	73	79	73	74	69	368
T34	T38	Carlota Ciganda	E	F	8	72	75	71	78	72	368
T34	T38	Izzy Beisiegel	E	F	8	71	76	71	78	72	368
T34	T34	Kirby Dreher	1	F	8	74	71	77	73	73	368
T34	T16	Mariajo Uribe	4	F	8	71	72	75	74	76	368
T39	T38	Juliana Murcia Ortiz	1	F	9	75	77	72	72	73	369
T39	T38	Katy Harris	1	F	9	71	75	74	76	73	369
T39	T29	Danielle Kang	3	F	9	72	78	69	75	75	369
31 – 40 and Ties (Priority List Category 20)
T42	T63	Julia Boland	-1	F	10	73	77	76	73	71	370
T42	T63	Jenny Suh	-1	F	10	73	75	78	73	71	370
T42	T57	Jean Chua	E	F	10	77	72	77	72	72	370
T42	T57	Jamie Hullett	E	F	10	73	80	71	74	72	370
T42	T38	Cara Freeman	2	F	10	74	77	74	71	74	370
T42	T38	Rebecca Durham	2	F	10	71	71	79	75	74	370
T42	T38	Ginger Howard	2	F	10	70	79	71	76	74	370
T42	T29	Lili Alvarez	4	F	10	73	70	77	74	76	370
T42	T19	Paz Echeverria	5	F	10	74	74	72	73	77	370
T51	T69	Allison Fouch Duncan	-1	F	11	73	76	76	75	71	371
T51	T63	Peiyun Chien	E	F	11	76	73	82	68	72	371
T51	T63	Stephanie Connelly	E	F	11	78	71	77	73	72	371
T51	T53	Lisa Meldrum	2	F	11	74	75	76	72	74	371
T51	T53	Laura Martin	2	F	11	78	75	70	74	74	371
T51	T38	Martina Gavier	3	F	11	74	73	77	72	75	371
T51	T38	Hannah Jun	3	F	11	73	80	69	74	75	371
T58	T69	Jaclyn Burch	E	F	12	77	75	76	72	72	372
T58	T57	Dolores White	2	F	12	71	79	72	76	74	372
T58	T57	Christina Jones	2	F	12	73	77	71	77	74	372
T58	T38	Seul-Ki Park	4	F	12	74	78	71	73	76	372
T58	T38	Stephanie Na	4	F	12	70	78	75	73	76	372
T58	T19	Jean Reynolds	7	F	12	72	71	76	74	79	372
T64	T69	Shasta Averyhardt	1	F	13	74	74	77	75	73	373
T64	T57	Sue Kim	3	F	13	73	72	79	74	75	373
T64	T38	Kendall Dye	5	F	13	75	71	79	71	77	373
T67	T69	Leah Wigger	2	F	14	73	76	74	77	74	374
T67	T57	Camilla Lennarth (a)	4	F	14	76	73	79	70	76	374
T69	T69	Jacqueline Barenborg	3	F	15	72	77	78	73	75	375
T69	T69	Nicole Jeray	3	F	15	76	74	76	74	75	375
T69	T53	Samantha Richdale	6	F	15	76	73	72	76	78	375
T69	T19	Jaclyn Sweeney	10	F	15	76	72	72	73	82	375
T73	T69	Calle Nielson	4	F	16	75	76	75	74	76	376
T73	T69	Joanna Coe	4	F	16	75	73	75	77	76	376
T73	T38	Jessi Gebhardt	8	F	16	71	78	70	77	80	376
76	T63	Cathryn Bristow	6	F	17	72	75	77	75	78	377