Thailand’s April Angurasaranee is feeling more confident than ever before following an excellent two weeks of action on both the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA.
The 21-year-old came agonisingly close to a maiden win on the former at last week’s Ford Women’s NSW Open, playing the weekend in 14-under par to finish one shot behind winner Agathe Laisne.
It was a performance which featured a hole-in-one and 62 (-9) on Saturday – Angurasaranee’s career-best round of golf.
“I guess I haven’t had too much time to reflect on it,” the Thai star said. “The one thing I took away from last week was the confidence of playing good, solid golf again. I was so comfortable with my game and it’s a great confidence boost.
“I just knew that Soomin [Oh] was leading, given how many birdies she was making. I didn’t know what was happening in the group ahead [with Laisne]. I gave myself so many chances, it was just a matter of if the putts dropped. But I wasn’t putting too much pressure on myself. I gave myself a great opportunity.”
It was a performance which followed an impressive homecoming week on the LPGA at the Honda LPGA Thailand where she finished T24.
“I played really solid there as well,” Angurasaranee said. “That week at home, playing alongside big names like Ronni Yin and Lottie Woad, seeing how good they are, what skills I need to improve, I think that was such a big learning week for me and I gained so much.
“With Ronni especially, being a former World No 1 and being arguably the best ball-striker on the LPGA, you can see how she approaches the differently. She’s aiming to hole every shot she hits. Everything is makable in her eyes and seeing that mentality and his given me a new idea on how how I can improve and see the game. It was really cool and truly astonishing to watch. I was in awe.”
Angurasaranee, still only 21-years-old, is entering her fourth season on the LET in 2026. She finished 76th on the Order of Merit in 2025 which game her plenty to work on during the off-season.
“My ball-striking is the main skill I developed,” she said. “We looked at the stats from last year and saw the dispersion was too wide, so we worked on narrowing that down. It worked really well last weekend. That’s probably the biggest strength of my game right now.
“I’d love to now get a win. This time especially, I was really close. My game has been so solid and I felt like it could have been a reality this weekend. The past three years my game has been off and on, but I feel like now it’s all coming together. I’m definitely a lot more confident this year and have matured. I’m excited for what this year has in store.”
As for this week, Angurasaranee tees up in the second event of the LET’s Aussie swing at the Australian Women’s Classic. The tournament takes place at Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club where the Thai star will be helped by caddie Prima Thammaraks once again.
“She is also a player and has played on the LPGA and Epson Tour,” Angurasaranee explained. “She’s just helping out for these couple of weeks as she has to play herself. But I’ll try to convince her to come out some more because we’re a great team and she knows my game so well. We practice a lot together. She’s got so much experience.
“I have no expectations this week. I just want to keep doing the best I can, hitting good shots. That’s why I play golf. I played here in 2024 and it’s a windy course. We’ll see. I think it should be fun and I’ll just follow the process and do what I do best.”
The Australian Women’s Classic gets underway in New South Wales on March 5. Keep up with all the action across the tournament on our socials – @LETgolf on Instagram and X and Ladies European Tour on Facebook and YouTube.
