Bangkok, Thailand: Six weeks after becoming the youngest winner on the Ladies European Tour (LET) Access Series, 14-year-old Louise Landgraf sets out as favourite at this week’s Thailand Ladies Amateur Open.

Phuket-based Landgraf made global headlines in mid-April when she emerged triumphant from a three-way play-off in the Terre Blanche Ladies Open.

Reduced to 36 holes due to high winds, Landgraf posted rounds of 69 and 74 to finish level with Pasqualle Coffa of the Netherlands and France’s Charlotte Liautier, both professionals.

Landgraf, who represents France but attends the British International School, Phuket, prevailed at the first extra hole.

“I feel I have accomplished something really good. It definitely shows me what I am able to achieve and definitely gives me a boost of confidence in other tournaments,” she said.

Aged 14 years, two months and 18 days, Landgraf bettered the mark of Thai Atthaya Thitikul, who won the Ladies European Thailand Open in 2017 when she was 14 years, four months and 19 days old.

Now, Landgraf is hoping to join Atthaya on the Thailand Ladies Amateur Open’s roll of honour and emulate her rise to stardom. In 2018, Atthaya won the inaugural Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific and by late last year she rose to number one in the Rolex Women’s World Ranking.

Landgraf said: “I wasn’t aware I had broken a record. But after I got the news I was surprised because I beat Atthaya, which is pretty cool. It would be nice to follow in her footsteps. She is such an amazing player, she’s really consistent, and that’s where I hope to see myself in the next few years."

Contested over 54 holes, the 30th anniversary of the Thailand Ladies Amateur Open Golf & Inter-Club Team Championships is being staged at Lotus Valley Golf Resort in Chachoengsao city, to the northeast of Bangkok.

Winner of multiple junior events in Thailand over the past 12 months, Landgraf is currently 94th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), the highest rated player in the starting line-up.

Among the overseas players expected to challenge for the title are Jamie Roslyn Camero and Hannah Cherly Alan, both from the United Arab Emirates, Malaysian Hee Jie Pang and Maria Singson, a member of the Philippines team at this year’s Queen Sirikit Cup.

Achiraya Sriwong, Thitikarn Thapsit and Namo Luangnitikul, who represented Thailand in the Queen Sirikit Cup, are also primed for a title charge, along with Kritchanya Kaopattanaskul, who placed eighth on her Thai Ladies Amateur Open debut last year.