Virada Nirapathpongporn

Virada Nirapathpongporn
วิรดา นิราพาธพงศ์พร
Virada Nirapathpongporn; วิรดา นิราพาธพงศ์พร
Personal information
Born	21 April 1982 (age 42); Bangkok, Thailand
Height	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Sporting nationality	Thailand
Career
College	Duke University
Turned professional	2004
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (2006–08); Futures Tour (2004–10)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships;
Chevron Championship	T21: 2003
Women's PGA C'ship	T74: 2007
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 2002-06, 2008
Women's British Open	CUT: 2006
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award
Honda Sports Award	2002

Virada Nirapathpongporn (Thai: วิรดา นิราพาธพงศ์พร, born 21 April 1982) is a Thai former professional golfer who won the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur.

Nirapathpongporn was born in Bangkok, Thailand. She attended Duke University, where she won the 2002 NCAA Division I Championship.^[1] She graduated in 2004 with BA degree in psychology. She was voted the 2004 Nancy Lopez Award as the world's top female amateur. She was also runner-up in the 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. In 2002, she also won the Honda Sports Award as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.^[2]

Nirapathpongporn turned professional in June 2004 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.

In late February 2011, Nirapathpongporn announced she would be retiring from competitive golf and moving back to Thailand after living in the United States for fifteen years.^[3]