Virada Nirapathpongporn

Virada Nirapathpongporn

Virada Nirapathpongporn (born April 21, 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai professional golf who won the 2003 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship.

Nirapathpongporn was born in Bangkok, Thailand. A graduate of Duke University with a degree in psychology, she was voted the 2004 Nancy Lopez Award as the world's top female amateur. She turned professional at the end of that year to play on the Futures Tour. In 2005, she won two tournaments. In 2006 she was an LPGA Tour rookie and wrote a blog for lpga.com.

She currently resides in Orlando, Florida and is a member at Grand Cypress Golf Resort.

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=5430 Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site]
* [http://www.lpga.com/entertainment_content.aspx?pid=5724 Rookie blog]


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