Otherwise, you can feel lonely on tour and I certainly enjoyed myself the last few months,” said Kiradech.Ī post shared by Korn Ferry Tour Championship players who clinched their PGA Tour cards with strong finishes at Victoria National this week include runner-up Trey Mullinax and rookies Hayden Buckley (T4) and Sahith Theegala(sixth). Get to eat some Thai food and you just feel more comfortable having family with you. and travelled with him across the three Korn Ferry Tour Finals events. He gave credit to his family for providing him with morale support over the past few months after his wife, mother and sister flew to the U.S. I’m not too far off as in the last three months, I’ve been striking the ball well.” I made a lot of birdies but just too many bogeys too. “I know I have to keep the score and scramble around the greens better and make less bogeys. It’s nice to get some pressure and it will surely help when I get back to the PGA Tour,” said Kiradech, who is a four-time winner on the European Tour.Īlso Read: Birdie-man Im etches name in PGA Tour history I haven’t played under pressure for a while as I’ve not been on top of leaderboards. The Thai is now looking forward to his fourth season on the PGA Tour and believes the challenges and pressure he faced over the past few weeks in trying to regain his playing status in the U.S. I hit a bad second shot into water on the last hole but I did good with a two-putt there to make bogey,” he said. The putter didn’t roll too well, maybe there was a lot of stress in there. This golf course is difficult especially over the last five holes. “I knew I had to be under par to stay in the top-25. The big-hitting Kiradech made five birdies against four bogeys, including on the 15 th and 18 th holes which made for a nervous finish to determine if he had done enough to regain his PGA Tour card. It was a difficult day, a lot of pressure and I just tried to enjoy every single minute which was very difficult,” said a relieved Kiradech after he ended the tournament in tied 27 th position.Īlso Read: Cometh the hour, cometh the man, Patrick Cantlay
I’ve played bad golf for almost two years because of my (knee) injury and COVID situation but I just feel the last three months I’ve played solid golf and I deserved to get something back. A post shared by Arm-Kiradech Aphibarnrat an amazing day, amazing week.