Thai professional golfer
Paphangkorn "Patty " Tavatanakit (Thai : ปภังกร ธวัชธนกิจ; born 11 October 1999) is a Thai professional golfer who began competing on the LPGA Tour in January 2020. On 4 April 2021, Tavatanakit accomplished her first win on the LPGA Tour – the 2021 ANA Inspiration , a major championship in women's professional golf . In October 2021, Tavatanakit was named the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year for the LPGA Tour in 2021.
Early life
Born in Bangkok, Thailand , she graduated from Keerapat International School, a high school in Bangkok.
Amateur career
She start playing golf during her teen years while at Keerapat International School, which had no golf team. In 2014, Tavatanakit won the Callaway Junior World Golf Championship for girls. She was named the 2015–2016 Thailand Amateur Ladies Golf Association Player of the Year, having won the Asian Junior Golf Association Rolex Tournament of Champions and Ping Invitational.
Over 2016–17, she played on the varsity golf team of the UCLA Bruins , winning seven collegiate tournaments. Tavatanakit was named the WGCA and Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, WGCA First Team All-American twice, and All-Pac-12 First Team member. In 2018, she was the lowest scoring amateur at the U.S. Women's Open .
Professional career
Tavatanakit won three times in eight tournaments on the 2019 Symetra Tour , earning the Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year award.
Tavatanakit played her first tournament on the LPGA Tour at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in January 2020, finishing in a tie for 35th; she competed in 14 LPGA events during 2020.
On 4 April 2021, she won her first LPGA tour event – the 2021 ANA Inspiration – a major LPGA championship .
Amateur wins
2013 TehBotol International Junior
2014 TrueVisions Singha Junior #3, TrueVisions International Junior Championship, LA Junior Open, TrueVisions Singha Junior #9
2015 LA Junior Open
2016 Rolex Tournament of Champions , The PING Invitational
2017 Stanford Intercollegiate
2018 Silverado Showdown, Pac-12 Championship, NCAA San Francisco Regional, ANNIKA Intercollegiate
2019 NCAA East Lansing Regional Source:
Professional wins (7)
LPGA Tour wins (2)
Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour event (1)
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
Symetra Tour wins (3)
Other wins (1)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order.
Win
Top 10
Did not play
LA = low amateur
Summary
Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2021 ANA – 2022 Chevron)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2021 PGA – 2022 Chevron) LPGA Tour career summary
Year
Tournaments
Cuts
Wins
2nd
3rd
Top 10s
Best
Earnings$ )
Money
Scoring
Scoring
2020
14
7
0
0
0
1
T9
84,923
92
72.93
104
2021
18
16
1
0
2
10
1
1,393,437
6
69.83
11
2022
21
12
0
0
0
2
T4
429,664
60
71.75
90
2023
23
18
0
0
1
2
T3
497,303
57
71.45
71
2024
18
15
1
0
1
4
1
1,231,694
21
70.94
29
Totals^
94
68
2
0
4
19
1
3,637,021
128
^Official as of 2024 season
World ranking
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings for each calendar year.
Year
World
Source
2018
237
2019
152
2020
162
2021
13
2022
54
2023
72
2024
26
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional
Awards
References
Merrell, Chloe (22 June 2021). "Thailand's Patty Tavatanakit ready for Tokyo 2020 challenge" . Olympics.com . Retrieved 23 August 2021.
^ Levins, Keely (25 October 2021). "Patty Tavatanakit clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors" . Golf Digest . Retrieved 25 October 2021.
^ "Patty Tavatanakit" . UCLA . Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Women's Golf (4 April 2021). "Major Win: Patty Tavatanakit Wins ANA Inspiration" . UCLA Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year (2019)" . Symetra Tour, LPGA. 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
Doug Ferguson (22 October 2019). "Tavatanakit takes fast track to LPGA Tour" . ABC News . Retrieved 6 April 2021.
Zach Sepanik (5 September 2019). "Three wins help Patty Tavatanakit drive on to LPGA Tour" . Symetra Tour. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
Women's Golf (2 October 2021). "Tavatanakit Named Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year" . UCLA Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
"Patty Tavatanakit - LPGA Results" . LPGA. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021."Patty Tavatanakit holds off charging Lydia Ko to win ANA Inspiration for first LPGA Tour victory" . ESPN . 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021."Paphangkorn Tavatanakit" . World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 September 2021."Patty Tavatanakit Statistics" . LPGA. Retrieved 27 November 2024."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 31 December 2018."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 30 December 2019."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 28 December 2020."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 27 December 2021."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 26 December 2022."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 25 December 2023."Women's World Golf Rankings" . 30 December 2024."Patty Tavatanakit Wins the 2021 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award" . LPGA. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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