With grit and unfailing determination ICTSI sponsored golfer Bianca Pagdanganan dishes on how she swings to win.
Bianca Pagdanganan is still in her LPGA rookie year and yet she has grabbed both gold and bronze medals at the 2018 Asian games and earned medalist honours at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament Stage I in 2019. This professional golfer is a rising star in the field and she isn't afraid to go all out every chance she gets. This must be why and how she became the first woman ever "to average 300 yards in driving distance".
In fact, Bianca is the only woman with "that kind of power" and "isn't afraid to use it," Karen Stupples, the Veteran English major-winner shares. But Bianca never took notice of her prowess until other players began praising her for how far she could hit.
What many don't know is that her skill stems from her love for the golf, which began at an early age. "My dad started bringing me to the driving range when I was seven years old. It all started out of curiosity. I just enjoyed watching my dad and thought it was so cool that he hit it far. Eventually, he gave me a set of plastic clubs to pique my curiosity. Once I started hitting things inside the house with my toy clubs, that’s when mom told me to practice outside and bring it to the driving range," she shared.
"When I first left for college, it was pretty tough trying to manage [my] time with everything (school, golf, workouts). But I believe this helped me with my transition to life on tour, especially with all the travelling that I do. I can’t really say that I’ve mastered it already, but it prepared me for the life I was going to live for the next couple of years," she added.
Since then, Bianca has made great strides in her training by dedicating four hours a day to practice. "There’s no other way to stay consistent but to continuously practice the same movement which you’ll be using through 72 holes".