Mirabel Ting has heavy heart ahead of professional debut | Golf Today | Golf Channel

Mirabel Ting has heavy heart ahead of professional debut | Golf Today | Golf Channel

OF THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE GOLF CHANNEL. MIRABEL HAS ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED CAREERS IN HISTORY. SHE HAD A SINGLE-SEASON SCORING AVERAGE AND WON THE ANNIKA AWARD AS THE NATION’S TOP PLAYER IN THE WOMEN’S GAME. >> PHENOMENAL. SHE IS MAKING HER PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. SO SHE IS A PRO NOW AND GIVING UP HER AMATEUR STATUS AND WINNING THE ANNIKA AWARD AND SO PRESTIGIOUS AND A FIVE-TIME WINNER FOR THE SEASON AT FLORIDA STATE. THAT IS SOME KIND OF CHALLENGING THING TO DO AS A COLLEGE PLAYER, AND SHE IS THE NUMBER TWO AMATEUR ON THE PLANET. WE ARE NOW PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY MIRABEL TING JOINING US FROM FRANCE GETTING READY FOR HER PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING YOU’VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. I KNOW YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOMENT. HOW ARE YOU MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY EMBRACING THIS OPPORTUNITY? >> IT’S EXCITING TO BE OUT HERE THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY REPRESENTING MYSELF, MY COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY MY FAMILY. IT’S BEEN AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS WEEK, SO I’M EXCITED TO GET TO BE GOING. >> MIRABEL, AS YOU TALK ABOUT FAMILY, I KNOW YOU’RE DEALING WITH AN IMPORTANT AND VERY DEEP LOSS IN YOUR FAMILY. THE LOSS OF YOUR GRANDFATHER WHO HAS MEANT SO MUCH TO YOU. GRIEF, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS BEEN A THING YOU’VE HAD TO NAVIGATE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFETIME. HOW ARE YOU EMOTIONALLY GOING INTO SUCH AN IMPORTANT WEEK? >> UM — I MEAN, IT’S HARD. UM — HE HAS BEEN SUPPORTING MY JOURNEY SINCE I WAS A KID AND YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE NINE HOLES. SO KIND OF LIKE TO BE HERE THIS WEEK, I’M EXCITED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GETTING THE PHONE CALL THAT I DIDN’T WANT TO TWO DAYS AGO AT THE AIRPORT WASN’T IDEAL, AND YOU KNOW, THE LOSS THAT I TOLD HIM RIGHT BEFORE I CAME TO THE EVIAN, I DID TELL HIM WHILE HE WAS STILL AWAKE, AWAKE, AND I SAID HEY,HEY, PLAYING AS A PROFESSIONAL AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU WATCH ME PLAY THAT WEEK, BUT IT’S HARD. LIKE, I DON’T KNOW. IT’S KIND OF LIKE A MIXED FEELING FOR ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO DO IT FOR HIM AND YOU KNOW, THIS WEEK IS ALL ABOUT HIM AND MY DAD. YOU KNOW, I LOST MY DAD PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. IT WAS HARD, BUT LOSING PEOPLE THAT LOVE ME AND WISHES ALL MY FAMILY MEMBERS WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN HARD, BUT I’M JUST EXCITED TO GET THROUGH THE WEEK AND PLAY IN HONOR OF THEM. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE PLAYING FOR MORE THAN YOURSELF THIS WEEK? >> YEAH. DEFINITELY. I’M DEFINITELY GOING TO PLAY — THIS WEEK WILL BE BIGGER THAN MYSELF. IT’S NOT ABOUT MYSELF ANYMORE. IT’S JUST BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY AND REPRESENT FLORIDA STATE AND DEFINITELY REPRESENT MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND MY GRANDFATHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY FIVE YEARS AGO. >> MIRABEL AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR JOURNEY, I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HELPED YOU GET THROUGH AND ON THE GOLF SIDE OF THINGS, LOTTIE WOAD IS COMING OFF A SPECIAL WEEK IS ALSO IN THE FIELD THIS WEEK IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEBUT THERE AT THE EVIAN EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MAJOR AND WHAT IS ANOTHER SUPERSTAR ALONGSIDE YOU. WHAT HIS LOTTIE MEANT TO YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY? >> YEAH. I MEAN, SHE’S A HARD WORKER. I THINK I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE PRACTICE AS MUCH AS SHE DOES. YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, SHE’S A STAR AND YOU KNOW, SHE MOTIVATES ME IN SCHOOL. WE PUSH EACH OTHER ON AND OFF THE GOLF COURSE, AND I WANT TO SAY WE’RE BOTH COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER DURING TOURNAMENTS AND WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND PLAY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TEAM SCORING JUST GETS BETTER AND IT’S WHAT WE ARE THERE FOR, AND YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN — SHE MOTIVATES ME A LOT AND IT’S KIND OF SPECIAL TO SEE WHAT REALLY THE WORLD NUMBER ONE DOES. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HER ON THE SAME TEAM HAS BEEN AN HONOR. >> MIRABEL, YOUR COACH, AMY BOND HAD AN INTERESTING QUOTE, AND I’M QUOTING HERE. IN MY 25 YEARS, SHE, TALKING ABOUT YOU, IS BY FAR THE BEST BALL STRIKER I’VE EVER SEEN. WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ELEVATED IN YOUR GAME THIS YEAR THAT HAS PUT YOU IN A POSITION TO PLAY IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND GO ON TO HAVE A GREAT CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL? >> I THINK COACH AMY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TALKING ABOUT MY BALL STRIKING AND SOMETIMES IT’S JUST LIKE A PLAYER AND I DON’T REALLY SEE THAT, BUT THE REASON THAT I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WELL RECENTLY IS BECAUSE OF MY PUTTING. IT DROPPED QUITE A BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS SEASON, AND YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN WORKING ON PUTTING AND WORKING WITH A DIFFERENT COACH, SO THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL FOR ME AND THE BALL STRIKING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS YOUNG. SO, YEAH. >> MIRABEL, SUCH A SUBLIME COLLEGE CAREER AND SO DECORATED IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND YOU’RE A COOL CUSTOMER UNDER THE BRIGHTEST OF LIGHTS. I’M JUST CURIOUS, THOUGH, AS YOU GET SET FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEBUT AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WHAT IS YOUR INTERNAL DIALOGUE AS YOU READY YOURSELF FOR SUCH A MILESTONE AS PART OF YOUR JOURNEY AND YOUR GOLF CAREER? >> THAT’S A HARD QUESTION. WELL, DEFINITELY, IT’S ANOTHER MUSCLE. YEAH, LIKE — I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING OF STAYING AS AMATEUR TO RECEIVE THE WORLD NUMBER ONE. I WAS ALSO THINKING SINCE I HAVE THIS CHANCE OF, YOU KNOW, GOING AFTER TO ACHIEVE ANOTHER MILESTONE AND PLAY IN A MAJOR AND BE THE FIRST TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL IN MALAYSIA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ME AND YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE PATH ON TO THE LPGA TOUR. >> IT’S BEEN QUITE A ROAD FROM MALAYSIA TO AUGUSTA WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE TO TALLAHASSEE AND NOW TO FRANCE WHERE YOU’RE MAKING YOUR PROFESSIONAL DEBUT. THAN

2025 ANNIKA Award winner Mirabel Ting joins Golf Today to share how she will have her late grandfather and father on her mind ahead of the Amundi Evian Championship in France. #Golf #GolfChannel #LPGA
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