{"id":49526,"date":"2026-08-12T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49526\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:34:11","slug":"australian-tour-pro-jessica-bang-on-life-support-after-brain-haemorrhage-in-thailand-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/49526\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian tour pro Jessica Bang on life support after brain haemorrhage in Thailand \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rookie Australian tour professional Jessica Bang is on life support after suffering a brain haemorrhage while preparing for a tournament in Bangkok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/travel\/travel-updates\/incidents\/bring-her-home-family-of-rising-golf-star-jessica-bang-issue-desperate-plea-after-prodigy-left-on-life-support-from-brain-haemorrhage-in-bangkok\/news-story\/d1b4a87a447bf34b85c02bdb1beaec12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Daily Telegraph reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 18-year-old collapsed in Thailand on August 1 and was rushed to Synphat Ramintra Hospital, where she underwent emergency brain surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bang remains in intensive care as her family seeks to bring her back to Australia to continue her recovery surrounded by loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fundraising appeal launched by the golfer\u2019s cousins seeks money to help cover mounting medical expenses and the cost of repatriation, which would require a specially equipped aircraft with intensive-care facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bang\u2019s uncle, Jacob Kang, said the golfer had recently become an Australian citizen, complicating her residency and travel insurance arrangements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen she turned 18, she chose Australian citizenship, which unfortunately made her Korean residency\/status and travel insurance situation quite complicated,\u201d Kang said. \u201cAs a result, her medical treatment and related expenses are becoming a huge financial burden for the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jessica-bang-hospital-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150907\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bang had established herself as one of Australia\u2019s most promising young golfers before the medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfnsw.org.au\/news\/2026\/rookie-bang-breaks-through-with-five-shot-win-at-moss-vale-qualifier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the Ford Women\u2019s NSW Open Regional Qualifier<\/a> at Moss Vale Golf Club by five shots, carding an eight-under-par 65 in the final round to set a new course record. She finished at 13-under, with a remarkable closing round featuring eight birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m so happy, I can\u2019t even put it into words,\u201d Bang told Golf NSW after her breakthrough victory. \u201cIt still doesn\u2019t feel real yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bang turned professional last November after a strong amateur career that included winning the Queensland Amateur title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her cousins said she had recently qualified to begin her rookie season in the WPGA\/KLPGA and had earned the nickname \u201cRookie Bang\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rookie Australian tour professional Jessica Bang is on life support after suffering a brain haemorrhage while preparing for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,19252,19253,19254],"class_list":["post-49526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-golf","tag-jacob-kang","tag-jessica-bang","tag-life-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}