Thanchanok (Ing) Iadpluem

Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Surat Thani, Thailand
High School:
St. Peters' Golf Academy (Cambridge, New Zealand)

Career: Has the sixth-highest scoring average (73.90) by a Tar Heel • Played 58 rounds over 20 tournaments • Shot par or better 22 times with eight rounds in the 60s • Career-low 6-under 65 in the second round of the Cavalier Regional Preview as a sophomore, which Carolina won and set the school scoring record for fewest strokes • Has five top-five finishes, including three in a row as a sophomore • Runner-up in consecutive starts last season in the Yale Invitational West (which UNC won) and the Chattanooga Classic.

2024-25: Second on the team in scoring average (72.60 in 30 rounds), the fourth-lowest in UNC single-season history • Started all 10 tournaments and had Carolina’s best finish four times, the most on the team • Shot par or better 15 times (which tied for the team lead) with five rounds in the 60s • Career-best 65 in Charlottesville, which equaled the second-lowest round in UNC history • Averaged 0.90 strokes above par • Finished second twice (Yale West and Chattanooga), fourth at Moon Golf and fifth in Charlottesville • Shot 71-65-75 for 2-under 211 at Virginia, 73-71-69 for 3-under 213 at Moon Golf, 67-67-71 for 11-under 211 at Yale West and 70-76-73 for 3-over 219 at Chattanooga • Carded a 69 in the first round of the ACC Championship • No. 59 in the final NCAA rankings • Academic All-ACC honoree and member of the ACC Honor Roll.

2023-24: Averaged 75.29 in 28 rounds over 10 tournaments • Started in two of UNC’s team titles in the St Andrews Links Collegiate and UCF Challenge • Shot a pair of 68s at St Andrews in Scotland and another 68 in the final round of the Gators Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. • Tied for fourth in stroke play at 4-over 148, which included a second-round 68 at the Jubilee Course • That 68 included seven birdies and set the course record • Won her medal match against Vanderbilt’s Charlene Chung with a 4-under 68 on The Old Course, the lowest round of the day among the four teams in the St Andrews Links Collegiate • Went 4-1 in match play • Shot 72-70-73 for a 1-under 215 as UNC won the UCF Challenge • Shot even par in the first round of the ACC Championship • Started in the NCAA regional and NCAA Championship • Earned Academic All-ACC honors and was a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Amateur/Prep: Played for Coach Simon Thomas at St. Peter’s Cambridge School in Cambridge, New Zealand • Won the 2018 Optimist International Junior Championship in Palm Beach, Fla. • Best rounds were 6 under at the 2017 Optimist International Junior Championship at PGA West in Palm Beach, Fla., and the 2019 New Zealand U-19 Championship at Millbrook Golf Course in Arrowtown, New Zealand • Twice finished fourth in the U19 New Zealand Nationals and was fourth in the 2022 Cambridge Classic • Eighth in the U-19 Nationals in 2022 and is a two-time Kaimai Girls champion • In 2017 she finished fourth in the IMG Academy Junior World Championship.

Personal: Born August 24, 2004, in Surat Thani, Thailand • Daughter of Sittichai Iadpluem (father) and Twanhathai Ketkaeo (mother) • Her father played soccer at Kasetsart University in Thailand and mother played inter-provincial basketball • Favorite course is The Old Course in St Andrews • Favorite golfer is Nelly Korda • Go-to club under pressure is her driver • Would like to play a round with Korda, Tiger Woods and Lydia Ko.