No joy for Australasians at Women’s Asian Pacific Championship
Huang Ting-Hsuan – photo R&A
Chinese Taipei’s Huang Ting-Hsuan has won the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Championship in Pattaya in Thailand, her strong closing nine of 33 reversing a four shot deficit through nine holes of her final round to claim the title by two shots over Natthakritta Vongtaveelap of Thailand, the highest world ranked player in the field.
16 year old Huang, the 83rd ranked player in the women’s amateur world rankings, will now play in next year’s AIG Women’s Open and the Amundi Evian Championship as part of her reward for taking this increasingly prestigious title.
It was not a good week for the 12 Australasians in the field. Kelsey Bennett from NSW contended for much of the opening two rounds but faltered over the weekend and her final round of 76 saw her eventually finish in a share of 21st and it was New Zealand’s Fiona Xu and Vivian Lu who finished as the leading Australasians when they shared 13th place.
Queensland’s Justice Bosio finished as the leading Australian in 19th place.