Thai golf enthusiasts have reason to celebrate as former Major champion and World No. 1 Park Sung-hyun is set to compete in the highly anticipated Blue Canyon Ladies Championship 2025 which gets underway at the stunning Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket from March 13-16, 2025
The South Korean superstar, known for her fearless style and ice-cold composure under pressure, will headline the season-opening event of the KLPGA Tour. Park will go head-to-head with top KLPGA stars, rising international talents, and a strong Thai contingent in what promises to be a thrilling battle for early-season dominance.
Park, currently ranked 52nd in the world, sees this event as an opportunity to test her form early in the season. “I see this as an opportunity to gauge my game at the start of the season. I’m grateful to the sponsors for the invitation. Although I’m not yet at 100%physically, I’ll do my best to put in a solid performance,” said the 31-year-old, who last topped the world rankings in 2019.
Park Sung Hyun
A seven-time LPGA Tour winner, Park is best known for capturing two major championships—the 2017 U.S. Women’s Open and the 2018 Women’s PGA Championship. She also has 10 KLPGA Tour victories and made history in 2017 by becoming the first golfer since Nancy Lopez in 1978 to win both the LPGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year awards in the same season.
The Blue Canyon Ladies Championship, now in its second edition in Thailand, will be contested on the Canyon Course, which was recently named “Thailand’s Best Golf Course” at the 2024 World Golf Awards in Madeira, Portugal. With a prize purse of US$800,000 USD (approx. 27.65 million THB), the tournament will be played in a 72-hole stroke play format over four days. A 120-player field will include the top 80 from the KLPGA Order of Merit, sponsor exemptions, qualifiers from the National Qualifiers, and 21 invited Thai players, adding to the excitement.
The Blue Canyon Ladies Championship 2025 is supported by the Sports Authority of Thailand, the National Sports Development Fund, the Phuket Provincial Administration Organization, and multiple corporate sponsors, including Chang Beverage, ANEW, Le Meridien Mai Khao, SBS Golf, True Vision, Coffee Break Louetdart, AirAsia, and Hatari.
