Thai teenager surprises with Hong Kong win


HONG KONG: Thai teenager Pornanong Phatlum (pic) became the first amateur and the youngest ever player to win the inaugural event of the Asian Ladies Golf Tour yesterday. 

Sixteen-year-old Pornanong, from Chaiphun province near the Laos border, claimed the US$80,000 Hong Kong Ladies Masters with birdies on two of the last three holes after a fierce contest with China's Zhong Xiaolong. 

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