PTIS International School student qualifies for prestigious golf tournament in the USA

June 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Tapat  (Es) Wittayakom and Chayutpol (Smart) Kittirattanpaiboon, PTIS students and Team Elite players from the Three-Generation Golf Academy, made impressive finishes at the final 2011 Optimist Championship Qualifier held April 4-7, 2011 in Patana, Chonburi. Es took second place (79, 72, 75, 75) in the Boy’s 16-18 division; the winner of the event was an eighteen year old boy from the Thai National Team. Smart placed fourth runner up in the boys 14-15 Division with a final score of 72, 79, and 72.

Es’s second place finish earned him a personal invitation to participate in the prestigious 2011 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA. The event is set to take place on will take place on July 21-31, 2011.

Commonly referred to as simply “The Optimist,” the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships is one of the largest and most prestigious junior golf events in the world. The championships will involve 660 junior golfers, ages 10-18, from throughout the United States and from more than 25 other countries around the world. Es is the second TGGA Team Elite player to have been invited to this event.

Voramate Aussarassakorn (17) and Nonthapat Hattakanont (16) from Bangkok and Tapat  Wittayakom (16), Sorawut Jirundorn (17) from Chiang Mai will represent Thailand in this International Junior Golf event.

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