2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai
Country
Thailand
Date of Birth 2 March 1992
Turned professional July 2010
Joined LET 2013
PROFESSIONAL
Winner of the 2010 Singha Classic. Winner of the 3rd
SAT-THAILAND LPGA Championship 2010. Winner
of the 2011 Thailand Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian
Golf Tour. Member of the US Symetra Tour 2011.
Finished T36th at Lalla Aicha Tour School for the
2013 LET season.
AMATEUR
Kongiatkrai came to IMG Academy from Thailand as a
full-time student from 2008-10. During that time, she
recorded five wins on the Future Collegiate World Tour
(FCWT); named the 2009 FCWT Player of the Year; and
earned a 2009 AJGA All-America honorable mention.
She moved on to make her professional debut after
graduation, winning the SAT-THAI LPGA Championship
in July 2010.
PERSONAL
Height: 165cm with brown hair and brown eyes. Born in
Bangkok and started to play golf aged 10. Education:
University of Atlanta.
Jessica Korda
Country
USA
Born 27 February 1993
Turned Professional December 2010
Joined Tour 2013
LET Victories (Last)
1 (2012 ISPS Handa Ladies
Australian Open)
Career Earnings LET (Euro) 10,747.88
Tournaments Played 1
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, became a first-time winner at the ISPS Handa
Women’s Australian Open by winning a six-way suddendeath
playoff on the second hole at Royal Melbourne.
Korda won 14 years after her father, Petr, won an
Australian Open - in tennis - in the same city. Jessica
played one LET event as a member: The Evian Masters,
co-sanctioned with the LPGA. She played 20 events on
the US LPGA Tour, 16 cuts made, $339,320 (41).
2 top-10 finishes.
n In 2011, finished tied for 19th at the Avnet LPGA
Classic; tied for 45th at the HSBC Women's Champions;
tied for 51st at the Honda LPGA Thailand.
n In 2010, turned professional in December; finished
runner-up LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she
earned Priority List Category 11 for the 2011 LPGA
season.
AMATEUR
A member of the 2010 USA Curtis Cup team and 2009
Ladies European Tour 2013
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USA Junior Solheim Cup team, Korda enjoyed a
successful amateur career, winning the 2010 South
Atlantic Amateur Championship (SALLY). She made
the cut at the 2008 and 2009 U.S. Women's Open
Championship and finished runner-up at the 2010
U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. She was the
youngest player to make a cut on the Ladies European
Tour at age 13, during the 2006 OTP Bank Ladies
Central European Open at Old Lake Golf and Country
Club, Tata, Remetesegpuszta, Hungary.
PERSONAL
180cm tall. Started playing golf at age 8. Credits her
parents as the people who influenced her career the
most, her father is Petr Korda who played on the ATP
Tour and won the 1998 Australian Open. Has her own
website, www.jessicakorda.com
TOUR VICTORIES
(1) 2012 ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open