Patty Tavatanakit's grit and determination leads her to maiden LET win
For Patty Tavatanakit, her 2021 season was her breakthrough year on the professional tour. Because that year, Tavatanakit earned her first major at the ANA Inspiration. Along with it, she moved to 13th place on the Rolex rankings and recorded nine more top-ten finishes on the LPGA Tour.
Tavatanakit ended the year (2021) with her season earning crossing $1 million.
Following the end of a remarkable season, Tavatanakit found herself at rock bottom! Because 2022 turned out to be one of her most difficult seasons where she missed cut eight times and dropped outside of the top-50 in the world.
There were some sparks in 2023 as Tavatanakit recorded some eye catching results on the LPGA Tour, KLPGA and the LET. But she was not consistent in recording great results and it affected her world ranking, as Tavatanakit at one stage in 2023 was ranked 86th in the world.
Following the end of a promising season (2023), it looked like Tavatanakit might end her win-less run soon.
Last week, Tavatanakit took part in the LET’s Saudi Ladies International. During the tournament, Tavatanakit led the first three days by carding 66, 70, 69.
On the final day, Tavatanakit played brilliant golf by carding six birdies, one eagle and just one bogey for a seven-under 65. Tavatanakit with her four-round total of 18-under 270, won the Saudi Ladies International by a huge margin of seven strokes.
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Tavatanakit was very emotional when she made her winning putt. Because as soon as her ball fell into the cup, Tavatanakit acknowledged the crowd by raising her hand and then she started crying. Knowing, all that struggle has finally come to an end, she is a tour winner again.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve played this good. But it’s very emotional, I’m very emotional right now. How I overcome that and looking back it was just one day at a time. Keep working hard, I worked really hard to get here um to play solid all week,” said Tavatanakit after her win. “I feel like I’ve grown so much over the past couple of years just as a person off and on the course as well. I’m just going to continue to grow and learn and that’s all you can do in life.”
By winning the Saudi Ladies International, Tavatanakit ended her 34 month win-less run on the pro tour. Her last title before yesterday was the 2021 ANA Inspiration.
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2024 Saudi Ladies International winner - Patty Tavatanakit.
Tavatanakit has now overall five professional wins.
[ALL PHOTO CREDIT: MARK RUNNACLES / LET]
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February 19, 2024 - By Dhruv Trivedi