Virada Nirapathpongporn

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Virada Nirapathpongporn
วิรดา นิราพาธพงศ์พร
Personal information
Born (1982-04-21) 21 April 1982 (age 41)
Futures Tour (2004–10)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT21: 2003
Women's PGA C'shipT74: 2007
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2002-06, 2008
Women's British OpenCUT: 2006
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award2002

Virada Nirapathpongporn (

U.S. Women's Amateur
.

Nirapathpongporn was born in

NCAA Division I Championship.[1] She graduated in 2004 with BA degree in psychology. She was voted the 2004 Nancy Lopez Award as the world's top female amateur. She was also runner-up in the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. In 2002, she also won the Honda Sports Award as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.[2]

Nirapathpongporn turned professional in June 2004 to play on the

LPGA Tour
rookie and wrote a blog for lpga.com.

In late February 2011, Nirapathpongporn announced she would be retiring from competitive golf and moving back to Thailand after living in the United States for fifteen years.[3]

Amateur wins

  • 2001 Women's Trans-National Championship
  • 2002
    NCAA Division I Championship
  • 2003
    U.S. Women's Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

  • 2005 (2)
    CIGNA Chip in For A Cure Connecticut FUTURES Golf Classic

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Women's Championships final scores". ESPN. 25 May 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ Weary Virada decides to hang up her clubs

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