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At 48, Thailand’s Golf veteran Thongchai Jaidee refuses to slow down. Jaidee is all set to create a new milestone as he will feature in his 200th Asian Tour event at his favourite hunting ground when the US$3 million Maybank Championship starts on Thursday.
The Thai veteran will look forward to create more memories at the Saujana Golf and Country Club
The Thai veteran will look forward to create more memories at the Saujana Golf and Country Club, the venue where he won back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005 which subsequently launched his career.
“It feels great to play in my 200th Asian Tour event this week. I never count how many events I play so to find out about this is simply amazing. I feel very good especially when it is at Saujana and in Malaysia,” he said.
“I come to Malaysia every year and this golf course and the country feels like my ‘home’. I’ve won here twice but the Golf Course has changed now. The course is now playing longer but the most important thing to do is to keep the ball in play,” he shared.
“Golf is my life and I love to play golf. I turned professional late but when I look back at my career, it looks great. The young boys in Golf now are so good. They have proper training and equipment. That has made them so successful so early in their career,” he said.
Jaidee is the only player to win three Asian Tour Order of Merit crowns
At the age of 48, Thongchai admits that he is preparing for the Seniors Tour where he is eligible to play on at the age of 50.
He is still committed and passionate about the game but will juggle between playing professionally and overseeing the Thongchai Jaidee Foundation. He also has plans to build an international school in his home town in Lopburi.
A return to Malaysia, a country which he calls ‘home’, always brings out the best in Thongchai. He will contend for the prestigious title against a stellar line-up which includes an in-form Li Hao-tong of China, Major champion Henrik Stenson and popular Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
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