Four Thailand aces re-join the ICTSI Ladies Philippine Golf Tour with Chamchoi Saraporn seeking to finally nail the elusive win in the ICTSI Luisita Ladies Challenge unfolding tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Luisita Golf and Country Club.

Chamchoi has posted a pair of joint runner-up finishes at Splendido and Wack Wack last April but is upbeat of her chances this week with a form toughened up by a series of tournaments back home.

Amolkan Phalajivin, who scored a breakthrough win on the country’s premier ladies circuit sponsored by ICTSI at Splendido last year, is also in the fold, raring to end a string of poor finishes along with compatriots Walailak Satarak and Pattaranakrueang Supakchaya.

The Thais are expected to spice the action in the P500,000 tournament organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. where Sarah Ababa is gunning for a second straight victory after turning back Chihiro Ikeda to score her maiden win at ICTSI Sherwood last month.

But Ikeda and Riviera leg winner and reigning back-to-back Order of Merit champion Cyna Rodriguez will not be around as the duo are still in the US vying in a couple of tournaments.

Still, Ababa and former leg winner Jayvie Agojo, along with Lovelynn Guioguio, Apple Fudolin, Lucy Landicho, Majorie Pulumbarit, Eva Miñoza and Lina de Guzman hope to provide the challenge and foil the Thais’ title bid in the event.

Others seeing action in the 54-hole tournament are Cristina Corpus of the US, England’s Sarah Henderson and Korean Oh Yeji.

Luisita is also expected to test the field’s shotmaking and putting skills the way it did to the men of the tour when it marked its return to hosting big-time tournaments last May.

The par 72 course has been in top condition despite the absence of 26 years with new owners, headed by Martin Lorenzo, undergoing minor repairs to keep its mystique and make it more challenging.

The course has also matured through the years but it is practically the same – challenging, unpredictable and the only golf course in the country designed by renowned golf architect Robert Trent Jones Sr.