Thai golf has a chance to surprise and win an Olympic medal.
France, The Golf Association of Thailand hopes to win a medal at the 'Paris Games 2024', which will compete for 2 gold medals with 60 athletes in each category. Golf has returned to the Olympics for the third time in a row after a hiatus since 1904. This time, the "Paris Games 2024" will have 2 gold medals in the women's and men's individual categories. There will be professional and amateur golfers from every continent around the world competing, 60 people in each category. The criteria is that athletes will automatically qualify from the world rankings first, then other conditions will be considered. Golf in the "Paris Games" has top players competing. On the women's side, good players from the LPGA Tour have all the rights to participate, led by the world's top three, Nelly Korda, the world's number 1 female golfer and gold medalist from the "Tokyo Games 2020", Lilia Woo, a compatriot golfer, number 2 in the world, and Ko Jin Young, number 3 in the world from South Korea. The Thai female pros who made t he world rankings and got the right to compete are "Pro Jin" Atthaya Thitikul, ranked 15th in the world, and "Pro Patty" Paphangkorn Tavatanakit, ranked 19th in the world. As for "Pro Jin"'s best performance this year on the LPGA Tour, she paired up with Yin Ruoning to win the Dao Championship and finished in the top 10 in 4 other events. Another person who is in good form is "Pro Patty". This season, she has already won 2 championships at the beginning of the year: HONDA LPGA THAILAND and in the Ladies European Tour ARAMCO LADIES INTERNATIONAL. This is considered to have built up her confidence well before going to the 2nd Olympic Games. On the male golf side, the top three in the world have agreed to join the competition, led by Scotty Scheffler, the world's number 1 pro from the United States, including Xander Soffili, the world's number 2, the gold medalist from the Tokyo Games, his compatriot and the latest Open champion, and Rory McIlroy, the Northern Irish golfer who is competing for Ireland and is c urrently number 3 in the world. In the Thai male golf section, there are 2 quotas: "Pro Arm" Kiradech Aphibarnrat, ranked 274th in the world, aged 35, who is competing for the second time, and "Pro Petch" Phachara Kongwatmai, ranked 311th in the world, aged 25. Mr. Rangsit Laksithanon, President of the Golf Association of Thailand, revealed that golf is about consistency and stability every day. If everything goes well that day, putts well, and plays according to plan, he believes that there will be a chance to win a medal. For men's individual golf, the competition will be held from August 1-4. For women's individual golf, the competition will be held from August 7-10. Source: Thai News Agency