Thangaraja improves his world ranking

Anuradha Abeysekera

Sri Lanka’s number one Amateur golfer N. Thangaraja made an impressive progress in the world rankings and improved 11 positions to be ranked as 37th best amateur golfer in the world as at September 27. With Thangaraha’s recent achievement he ranks third in the Asian region behind Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (first) and Cheng-tsung Pan of Thipe (second).

Thangaraja brought home many international titles in recent times and has become a rising star in the world Amateur golf scene. Particularly 2012 has already became a great year for the 37-year old Lankan golfer from the Royal Colombo Golf Club, reaching milestones in his golfing career.

Raja emerged winner of the 7th NRC Cup played in India early this year and shared the second place with Indian golfer Baisoya Honey in the All India Amateur Golf Championship.

Thangaraja won the Pakistan Amateur Golf Championship before he wrapped up the Sri Lankan Amateur title for the second consecutive time in this year.

Top 10 Asian Amateur golfers

1 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN), 2 Cheng-tsung Pan (TPE), 3 Nadaraja Thangaraja (SL), 4 Soo-min Lee (KOR), 5 Khalin Joshi (IND), 6 Andy Hyeon Bo Shim (KOR), 7 Poom Saksansin (THA), 8 Senapaa Chikkarangappa (IND), 9 Shun Yat Hak (HKG), 10 Anton Arboleda (PHI)