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Thai prodigy Fifa leads the nation's charge in golf event
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 08/11/2025
» Rising star Pongsapak "Fifa" Laopakdee is among seven national golfers, who will compete at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after the Thailand Golf Association (TGA) announced its list of players for the biennial tournament on Friday.
Singing my way to the Masters and British Open
Sports, Fifa Laopakdee, Published on 30/10/2025
» It means the world to me. To pull off the win is amazing and it was a great battle. At the start of the day, I said to myself, "it's just another round of golf and to go out there and try to play your best golf and whatever happens, happens." I tried to not put pressure on myself this year because I've been putting too much pressure over the past few years at this event where I kind of choked at the end. This year, I felt like I could just go out and have fun.
Thai wonder Fifa clinches historic win
Sports, Published on 28/10/2025
» Dubai: Rising star Fifa Laopakdee rewrote a slice of golf history when he became the first player from Thailand to sensationally win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on Sunday, earning coveted invitations to the Masters Tournament and The Open next year.
Asia's top amateurs look to Matsuyama for inspiration
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 23/10/2025
» A new generation of regional golfers, including Thailand's Pongsapak Laopakdee and Ratchanon 'TK' Chantananuwat, is in Dubai this week, each with a dream in tow that was sparked by the heroics of Hideki Matsuyama.
Asia's road to the Majors widens
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 29/08/2025
» Asian golf has long yearned for a moment like this.
McIlroy prepares to grow game globally
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 06/06/2025
» Even before he became only the sixth man to complete golf's career Grand Slam with a win for the ages at the Masters Tournament in April, Rory McIlroy already had a voice in the game, and a big one too.
New coach Ikeda aims to lead Chaba Kaew to World Cup
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 16/01/2025
» New Thailand women's team coach Futoshi Ikeda has said he will try his very best to help Chaba Kaew qualify for the Fifa Women's World Cup Finals in Brazil in 2027.
Bringing new Asian talents to the fore
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 24/10/2024
» The stars truly aligned for Asian golf during one glorious Sunday in October as three young talents, Kevin Yu of Taiwan, China's Wenyi Ding and Kaito Onishi of Japan, put an exclamation point on the importance of the various global pathways that lead to the sport's ultimate destination, the PGA Tour.
Global pathways driving Asian golf stars up
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 25/04/2024
» The establishment of strategic alliances between many of the regional golf circuits and the DP World Tour has provided new impetus for Asia's rising stars to shoot for coveted places in golf's promised land, known otherwise as the PGA Tour.
Polking says Thais good enough to meet top Asians
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 30/03/2023
» National coach Mano Polking believes Thailand are good enough to play against top Asian sides after two defeats in as many warm-up games during the international break.