There is no doubt that the greatest golfer in Southeast Asia is the fabulous one-time soldier turned professional golfer, Thongchai Jaidee. This rugged and naturally talented golfer from Thailand has been for a long time, the region’s best having won on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and currently ranked inside the top 50 best golfers in the world.
For his outstanding achievements in golf and his contribution to society as a whole, Thongchai is being inducted into the prestigious Asia Pacific Golf Hall Of Fame. He will be honoured during the Gala Awards Banquet of the 2014 Asia Pacific Golf Summit which will be staged at the iconic Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore on November 14-15.
“He is a world class professional golfer and a multi-faceted personality who has matured from his humble origins into the best professional golfer ever to have come out from Southeast Asia if not all of Asia and we are very proud to have the honour of bestowing the highest award in the industry on Thongchai,” declared Mike Sebastian, chief executive officer of the Asia Pacific Golf Group, the owner and producer of the Asia Pacific Golf Summit.
Thongchai as he is popularly known in his native country, and the rest of the world, is now an all-round accomplished professional who ranks as amongst his country’s greatest sportsmen and golf ambassador.
His odyssey in golf started as a young boy when he learned how swing with a homemade club he fashioned out of a bamboo branch. At 19, he joined the Royal Thai Army as a paratrooper where he remained for 11 years during which time he was permitted to spend time working on his golf game.
At age 30, he left the army and turned pro and this is where his adventure in professional golf began. “My ambition when I turned pro was to become a world class golfer in the shortest possible time,” he revealed to me during an interview, “but the journey was not easy as I had to do battle with the best in Asia, Europe and even the U.S.”
“The frequent competition against the best in the game gave me the confidence and courage to compete at the highest level in golf and I know that this adventure to stay at the top of my game will continue so long as I play golf,” Thongchai said.
After some fifteen years at the top end of the professional game, the small but powerfully built Thai super-star has carved out a track record in professional golf that would be the envy of many of his compatriots. As a relative late-starter, he has won major tournaments on both the Asian Tour and the European Tour.
Just on prize money alone, Thongchai has made over US$10 million dollars and he expects to continue to add to his bank account. “I still have a lot to give and I believe that the best in my game has yet to come,” he declared confidently.
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Summit dates have been set for November 14-15.
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