Race to Costa del Sol winner Trichat Cheenglab speaks to media ahead of getting her 2024 campaign underway at the Aramco Saudi Ladies International at Riyadh Golf Club.
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So a new season is starting obviously last year what a dream start that was for you you ended up winning the order of Merit you won the Rookie of the Year how was it when you got back finished the season how did you reflect on your
Year I I so F much now in Thailand you know what like I go to buy a shoes in the shopping mall and there’s a guy can I take a picture with you yeah so maybe I I get PR much more than last year yeah and how is that like in Thailand knowing
People knowing you and walking around and people knowing what you did how are you handling that you enjoying it what’s it like yeah quite enjoy and quite proud of myself and like make Tha people proud with me and they will keep looking for another thae star this year yeah well
Maybe it’s maybe it’s you again be because of course we we had um a TI tiico who went before you did something similar then you’ve repeated the trick thae golf is especially in the female side of the game is such a high standard isn’t it yeah she make a high standard
So like everyone uh need to like Focus what she doing from from L until lpj and she is our like uh role model first yeah financially obviously there was lots of things that you got from from doing so well this last year and we know your story from last year when you arrived
With very little money and you ended up with quite a lot of money and now I see you have some new sponsors so financially heading into this season I guess it’s a different mentality when you approach tournaments uh it’s it’s help a lot for me and the the mentality is not not uh
Not a big deal for me you know because I’m not put my my stand standard quite high and I’m doing like step by step so I’m will not pressure myself with with the with anything on on the ca you know what what I mean like yeah yeah because
You don’t have to do well to pay these bills you can have a bad week it doesn’t matter so much is that is that what you’re trying say yeah yeah yeah and it’s also different um for other players looking at you because of what you did last year suddenly your name’s on the
Leaderboard or your name is on the draw and people notice you that’s a different thing that you have to deal with as well so how will you deal with that uh I think the the most fun part on L is like every player can can be like
On the top of the lebard like the lebard is changed every week that’s what the fun fun part for me on this tour and uh I think it’s quite a challeng for me to be to like to make to the top again this year yeah I I want to challenge myself
To like win the the order of mlet again this this year yeah what did you do during the offseason did did you play any golf or did you just have some time off and just be famous in Thailand no I want to to off like to to take a break
But I can’t I play golf with my boyfriend with my dad quite a lot at home and like the weather in Thailand is very good so I play a lot of golf L uh yeah on the December did you ever let your father or your boyfriend beat you
At golf or do you give them a how many shots do you give them my boyfriend beat me four shots and my dad’s like he he better better than what we play last like on on January maybe he keep practicing and he he just like three over overpow and got many
Birdies yeah he improved his game a lot yeah you’ve inspired him yeah I think so so it’s going to be almost impossible I guess to match this year with last year who knows maybe it will be possible but it’s not something that’s done very often so how do you target this year
What do you want from this year as you tell you I want to challenge myself to win again uh but like let’s focus on the first first goal is like to uh I’m looking for my second win this year and if I can do that I think the to win the
Order of it is not far enough like yeah not too far you had the chance with what you did last year to go and play on the LPGA but you’ve chosen to stay and play on the ladies European tour what are your reasons for that what do you
Mean you uh why have you decided to have another year playing on the ladies European tour I’m happy to be here you know like I always misset the friend out here and uh if I have a chance to to to like have a week off from LJ I will be
Back here as much as I could yeah I love to like be on the on this tour yeah and obviously there’s some big money events in this tour now including this one this week yeah now we can talk a little bit about your preparation here pram didn’t
Go quite so well you’re telling me yeah I keep keep the birdies all the birdie for tomorrow and uh this is such a prestigious event and with a big priv and with the top like top 100 of the world be here and uh I can say like I would let them
Know like how L player yeah do it’s on tour yeah well I guess we’ll find out and lastly for me in in Kenya we saw lots and lots of new rookies come on tour and they all did very very well did you have a little look at what was happening
There and did you know any of these players like Shannon tan before or is it going to be new for you seeing how they perform on the tour this year uh I haven’t met her before but I uh I heard her name when she was like
Amer and she play on the she play with many Thai Thai girls and there I said like Shannon is very good player and to win her her first tournament is quite surprise everyone and maybe another player have to keep an eye on her and another L is and we need to
Work very hard this year I think so you’ve got your eyes firmly on them yeah I’m sure they have their eyes on you too good luck okay thank you
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