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Pagdanganan: Living a Dream, Inspiring Youth
Dante Navarro (Agence France-Presse) – October 21, 2020 – 1:39 p.m.
MANILA, Philippines – In addition to working to achieve her goals as a professional activist on the largest field in golf, Bianca Pagdanganan is doing all she can to inspire young people around the world, especially at home, to play the sport in which has been quite successful. an impact so early in his rookie season on the LPGA Tour.
“Hopefully, we can only inspire younger girls to take up the sport. I think that’s one of my goals as a professional golfer, ”Pagdanganan told LPGA.com. “It’s really fun. You get to learn a lot.”
The 22-year-old University of Arizona producer is enjoying the tremendous support she has been receiving, particularly in the social medal after her remarkable ninth joint finish in her first major championship, the PGA Women’s Championship in Pennsylvania two weeks ago, which she hopes to achieve. . Use as motivation to further improve your craft in your pursuit of golf glory.
“The support has been pretty crazy,” said Pagdanganan, who started in the sport at age seven out of curiosity about his father’s sport. “I see it a lot on Facebook. I get tagged in all these posts and I sometimes read the comments. You can tell people are excited to learn that there are more Filipinos on tour. “
Truly, with Yuka Saso doing his thing on the lucrative LPGA of Japan Tour, where he scored two early victories to lead the money derby, Philippine golf has become mainstream in the last decade or so with the local professional circuit. producing more youth. more dynamic players of mixed origins.
Playing sports, according to Pagdanganan, is not just about competing, but about “learning more about yourself and just developing your own character.”
Five tournaments in the LPGA, the ICTSI-backed ace has made some waves, most specifically with her driving prowess that has placed her at the top of the average distance rankings with 286 yards, four yards better than former leader María Fassi of Mexico. .
But she has always downplayed her immense power while emphasizing the need to improve in all aspects of the game to reach a highly competitive level.
“You start to realize that there are other parts of your game that you need to polish,” he said.
For now, you want to enjoy the feeling of being in some kind of limelight and living a dream (of playing on the biggest stage in golf).
“As a rookie, you just try to soak up all the experiences, you try to take things from the events that you played in and that you are about to play,” he said. “It makes you feel very excited to play more events and just know that you can live your dream.”
His next event is the LPGA Drive On Championship-Reynolds Lake Oconee, which begins Thursday in Greensboro, Georgia, where he hopes to achieve a better and stronger finish against some of the best experienced players in the world.
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