Thailand’s first golf ambassador tees off promotion of nation
DUBAI: Extensive training and good discipline are the formula for not only becoming distinguished in one’s chosen sport, but even becoming the country’s ambassador for that leisure activity.
“I train and practise for seven hours a day, every day. It takes a lot of discipline,” said Pornanong Phatlum.
Speaking through an interpreter, she stressed: “Good discipline makes one successful in sports.”
Among the Ladies Professional Golfers Association greats, the 26-year-old who has raked in several awards from international events and won the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters (ODLM) 2013, is staying in the UAE.
She is not only among the “hot prospects” at this week’s ODLM, but is also promoting her home country of Thailand as one of the best – if not the best golfing paradise – in the world.
It was on Sunday evening at the Dusit Thani in Dubai when the youngest among three golfer-siblings was presented to the tourism industry players and media across the country as Thailand’s First Golf Ambassador.
Like her two older siblings, her exposure to the sport was brought about by the strong influence of their amateur golf-playing father.
Phatlum turned pro in 2006 at the age of 16, seven years after she had her first tee off at their home province of Chaiyaphum northeast of Thailand.
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