Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul Wins 2016 Hitachi Ladies Open (TLPGA)

I’ve been looking forward to follow the wave of Thai players on the LPGA in 2016. But why wait for the stateside tour to start? The LPGA of Taiwan (TLPGA) rang in the new year with the 2016 Hitachi Ladies Open. Taking top honors was 16-year old Kanphanitnan Muangkhumsakul. To make things easier for anybody … Continue reading →

Pornanong Phatlum Wins 2015 Hitachi Ladies Classic For Third Straight Hitachi Victory, Fourth Overall

Sometimes a player just owns a tournament. I think about Se Ri Pak at Jamie Farr’s event. Then there was Annika Sorenstam at Mizuno. Pornanong Phatlum is writing her name in as a perennial winner of the Hitachi Ladies Classic on the LAGT/TLPGA. Fending off contenders such as 2012 winner Teresa Lu and Charley Hull, … Continue reading →

Pornanong Phatlum Wins 2014 Hitachi Ladies Classic (TLPGA)

Pornanong Phatlum has been keeping herself busy since the end of the 2013 LPGA season. In December, she won the Ladies European Tour’s Omega Dubai Ladies Masters, besting Stacy Lewis by 1 shot. The diminutive Thai rising star then hopped over to the Taiwan LPGA to try to defend her title at the 2014 Hitachi … Continue reading →