Who are Atthaya Thitikul's parents? All we know about Siriwan and Montree Thitikul

Atthaya Thitikul is one of the contenders for the title at The Chevron Championship, the first major of the 2024 women's golf season. Thitikul is a player who has impressed everyone with her tremendous results since childhood

Atthaya Thitikul's parents played a vital role in her becoming the star she is today. In fact, Siriwan and Montree Thitikul were the ones who introduced their daughter Atthaya to golf as a way to improve her health.

Atthaya Thitikul's father, Montree, owns a carwash, while her mother, Siriwan, is a hairdresser. During Atthaya's childhood, the family lived in Ratchabuir, Thailand. Currently, Montree is 49 years old, while Siriwan is 46 years old.

When Atthaya Thitikul was six years old, a doctor recommended to her parents that they encourage her to take up a sport to improve her health, as she suffered from frequent colds. They decided to take up golf, and the results were not long in coming.

Atthaya Thitikul not only improved her health but also became a rising star in world golf. Just eight years after taking up golf, she won her first professional-level tournament, the 2017 Ladies European Thailand Championship on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

That victory made Atthaya Thitikul the youngest player to win a professional tournament, at just 14 years, 4 months and 19 days (she held the record until 2023). In that tournament, as in many others, her father Montree was by her side.

Atthaya Thitikul on his parents: "They are fully supportive".

Thitikul started making headlines at a very young age, not only in her home country but around the world. However, the young star has always been mindful of the role played by his parents in his results.

Following her 2017 victory at the Ladies European Thailand Championship, Thitikul had this to say for Thai media outlet Thairath Sports:

"When I was a kid, I never dreamed of being a golfer, but once I started playing, it was fun and I got to work out. Golf makes us so focused. When competing, you never expect to win or lose because it's a sport."

"Parents and family are fully supportive, never pressured and expected anything. My ambition is to play in a big event like the LPGA tour abroad once to gain life experience for myself."

Thitikul did not turn professional until three years later, in 2020. In just three seasons (2024 is her fourth), the Thai star has won 14 tournaments, two of them on the LPGA Tour and four on the Ladies European Tour.

She had previously won 22 amateur tournaments, held between 2016 and 2020. Highlights include the 2018 Women's Amateur Asia Pacific and the 2018 and 2019 World Junior Girls Championship.