PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - While other golfers land lucrative contacts for playing in big tournaments, 11-year-old Ariya Jutanukarn's reward for reaching her first LPGA Tour event was an ice cream covered in chocolate sauce.

When the diminutive Thai teed off at the Honda LPGA Thailand on Thursday, she became the youngest golfer to compete in a major international tour event -- men's or women's -- beating American cover-girl Michelle Wie's record by five months.

The perky schoolgirl, who took up golf when she was five, is unfazed by the big event and is thrilled to be going toe-to-toe with the likes of Annika Sorenstam and Paula Creamer after advancing through a qualifying round earlier in the week.

"A lot of people are watching, there's a lot of pressure on me but it's a chance for me to get experience, play with the top players and show people what I can do," Ariya told Reuters.

"I feel very excited, just having the chance to play is amazing -- it's great to make history," added Ariya, who wears an oversized cap and a pink top emblazoned with the logo of her first sponsor, a local dried fish snacks company.

Even though Ariya is in the limelight this week, she expects her sister, Moriya, to make the step up to the big international golf circuit first.

"She's a better player than me," said Ariya, prompting Moriya to shake her head in disagreement.

"I really wanted to play against her here."

For now, Ariya is happy to play against the big girls, especially her idol, Sweden's Sorenstam. She dreams of emulating the 10-times major winner and says golf's riches are of little interest to her right now.

"I know the other players are getting money for this but I'm getting experience," she added.

"That's a lot more important than money."

We can all learn a lot from this child's attitude, no matter what we are doing. Cynthia Curry of LifeSuccessforYou states, ' Most internet newbies start off wanting to compete immediately with the big names, bringing in $1000s on a daily basis.'

' Imagine if they had an attitude like Ariya's, where they valued the experience they gain as much as the money. Once you know how to promote one product on the net, you can promote many.'

Cynthia adds, 'Taking it slowly learning from the ground up, learning how to use the free advertising sites that abound, and also how to use blogs, PR and generate viral campaigns. This makes more sense than throwing money at PPC and other traffic generating tools that can incur big costs.'

'Once you learn these tools, you have them for life and can reuse them time and time again'.

'PR releases and blogging are free for the most part and are great at generating interest and giving credibility to your product and yourself.

Cynthia adds 'LifeSuccessfor You is part of the Roadmap to Riches opportunity and blogging and PR have generated huge interest in the business. This is all part of the education my team members receive.'

'I say good luck to Ariya and expect to see her in the LPGA Tour for a long time to come as her attitude and commitment is to golf and not the money, She's going to be around and will be very successful.'

'Applying this same attitude and commitment to your Roadmap to Riches business will also bring great rewards, try it and see.'

Cynthia can be contacted at cynthia@lifesuccessforyou.com or at

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