There cannot be a better way to open your LPGA Tour account than by winning a major, as Thailand's Patty (Paphangkorn) Tavatanakit achieved last weekend.
Her stunning wire-to-wire, two-stroke victory at the ANA Inspiration was a joy to watch.
It wasn't just the win, but also the stylish manner in which the 21-year-old star, known as Patty T on the circuit, achieved it on the Mission Hills course in Rancho Mirage, California.
No wonder she was all smiles after taking the traditional winner's plunge into Poppie's Pond as she moved up from 103 to 13 in the world rankings.
The US$465,000 (about 14 million baht) prize money will also be handy.
It was an impressive victory with Patty rarely looking like she would give up the lead in the first major of the season.
She left the rest of the talented field in her wake until the extraordinary late charge by Lydia Ko.
The experienced Kiwi came within two strokes of the Thai rookie after being eight shots off the pace at the start, shooting 62, the lowest final round in the women's major history.
Patty's performance was extraordinary to watch. The accuracy of her huge drives had television commentators gasping in admiration.
Her average drive was a stunning 323 yards, more than the best men on the PGA Tour. Judy Rankin said the driving distance and control by the Thai was "eye opening."
Her putting was also exemplary in the first three rounds when nearly everything seemed to drop. Throughout the tournament she made very few mistakes.
In the final round, always a knee-knocker in a major no matter how experienced you are, Patty admitted she was a little nervous at the first tee.
However, a brilliant chip-in eagle at the second which put her six strokes clear may have improved her mental state.
Throughout the final round, even though the putts weren't sinking quite so easily, she displayed remarkable coolness, easing to a four-under 68.
She received valuable advice from caddie Ryan Hogue, who had only been working with Patty for a week.
A former golf pro, Hogue was extremely impressed by Patty's composure, commenting: "She is very professional for a 21-year-old and definitely thinks more like a veteran than a rookie."
If she was aware of the charge Ko was making a few holes in front of her Patty did not show it.
After the round, she said she had "no idea" that the former top-ranked star had been chipping away at her lead.
"I just played my own game and didn't look at the leaderboard at all," she said.
It was probably just as well Patty wasn't playing in the same group as Ko because that surely would have created more pressure.
For Patty to reach this level has taken a lot of hard work. She made a big impression at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and only two years ago in this same ANA tournament she won the lowest amateur award.
Since then she notched three wins on the Symetra Tour.
Patty's triumph could not have been more timely.
Thai women's golf has made extraordinary progress in the last decade, highlighted by the success of Ariya Jutanagarn who was world No.1 in 2017/2018, winning 10 LPGA events including two majors.
However, Ariya's form has been disappointing recently and she has slipped to 29th in the rankings.
There have been occasional Thai successes with Ariya's elder sister Moriya playing very steadily and picking up her first title in 2018.
That was also the year when Jasmine (Thidapa) Suwannapura won her first LPGA title and went on to notch her second crown n July 2019.
But that had been the last Thai success, making Patty's win all the more welcome.
Of the other Thai golfers in the ANA tournament, Moriya performed well to finish in joint 10th place moving her up to 39th in the world.
Like many Thai golfers, Patty was inspired by Tiger Woods.
At the age of eight, she watched him win a tournament on TV and said to her father: "I would like to be like that one day.''
Well, you never know.
A final word from Rankin who made it clear during her commentary that Patty was someone special.
After the win, Rankin commented: "You can't see anything but wonderful things in her future."