Arpichaya Yubol is a professional golfer who hails from Thailand. Born on May 3rd, 2002, this 22-year-old has a long streak of not making cuts in 2024. Starting from the Blue Bay LPGA, which commenced on March 6th–10th, until the Mizuho Americas Open, which concluded on March 19th, Yubol missed cuts for six consecutive events she has participated in.

However, the golfer has just started another streak of remarkable performances following her US Women’s Open participation, where she finished at T5. Even at the Shoprite Classic, after the second round, she is leading. At present, she ranks 95th on the Rolex Rankings and 70th on the CME Rankings. The golfer also had a better start after she turned pro in 2017. Let us first take a look at her journey in the golf industry and how it evolved.

Arpichaya Yubol’s achievements in her professional golf career

After turning pro at the age of 15 in 2017, Yubol won five back-to-back events in 2018 on the Thai LPGA Tour. At the age of 16, she won the season-long Order of Merit. She became the first player on the Thai LPGA Tour to clinch five consecutive wins. After her fourth win at Singha Park GC, she said, “I haven’t won four tournaments [on the same Tour] in a row before. I’m so overwhelmed.” Soon after, the golfer acquired her first Tawain LPGA Tour win at the ICTSI Manila Golf Ladies Masters in 2019.

2021 again saw Yubol take home two more Thai LPGA wins. The next year, she represented the winning Thai team at the Asian Games and set a milestone in her career. In 2022 she also claimed a maiden victory on the Ladies European Tour Access Series, winning the Trust Golf Links Series – Musselburgh by five shots.

She followed her motto in life, and at her first 2024 major, the US Women’s Open, Yubol climbed up to take the 5th position on the leaderboard. Her performance in the major has also given her much confidence, which is likely to help her in her career ahead, especially her performance in the Shoprite LPGA Classic, where she hit her career low of 10-under 61 in the first round.

According to Compleat Golfer, Yubol has stated how she feels that she has only started playing happy golf. She has further mentioned, “Because I feel my confidence is coming back from last week in the US women’s. It was the greatest week in my life, and it made me more confident for this week.”

Yubol likes to play with a tiger cub

As she is, Yubol likes to spend as much time in nature as she does on the greens. From a field full of flowers to the jungles quite deep, Yubol shared many photos of herself interacting with and enjoying nature. She likes to hike, go up a mountain, and, at the same time, visit beaches a lot. Arpichaya Yubol also has a brother, Chaiwattana Yubol, who studies at Bangkok University. She adores him and shares photos with him on her social media.

Along with two Pomerians, Arpichaya Yubol was also seen with a tiger cub in one of her posts. The other slides of the post also showed Yubol playing with a tiger and having extreme fun. The caption she added with the photos translates as, “Even if I am a prey, I love you even if I am a tiger.🐯💕”

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