Thai professional golfer
Paphangkorn "Patty "Tavatanakit (Thai :ปภังกร ธวัชธนกิจ ; born 11 October 1999) is a Thaiprofessional golfer who began competing on theLPGA Tour in January 2020. On 4 April 2021, Tavatanakit accomplished her first win on the LPGA Tour – the2021 ANA Inspiration , amajor championship in women's professional golf . In October 2021, Tavatanakit was named theLouise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year for the LPGA Tour in 2021.[ 2]
Born inBangkok, Thailand , she graduated from Keerapat International School, ahigh school in Bangkok.[ 3]
She start playing golf during her teen years while at Keerapat International School, which had no golf team.[ 3] Callaway Junior World Golf Championship for girls.[ 3] [ 3]
Over 2016–17, she played on thevarsity golf team of theUCLA Bruins , winning seven collegiate tournaments.[ 4] WGCA andPac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year, WGCAFirst Team All-American twice, andAll-Pac-12 First Team member.[ 3] [ 4] U.S. Women's Open .[ 3]
Professional career [ edit ] Tavatanakit won three times in eight tournaments on the2019 Symetra Tour , earning the Gaëlle TruetRookie of the Year award.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Tavatanakit played her first tournament on the LPGA Tour at theGainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in January 2020, finishing in a tie for 35th; she competed in 14 LPGA events during 2020.[ 9]
On 4 April 2021, she won her first LPGA tour event – the2021 ANA Inspiration – amajor LPGA championship .[ 10]
2013 TehBotol International Junior 2014 TrueVisions Singha Junior #3, TrueVisions International Junior Championship, LA Junior Open, TrueVisions Singha Junior #9 2015 LA Junior Open 2016Rolex 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:[ 11]
[ edit ] Legend Major championships (1) Other LPGA Tour event (1)
[ edit ] [ edit ] Major championships [ edit ] Results not in chronological order.
Win
Top 10
Did not play
LA = low amateur
Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2021 ANA – 2022 Chevron) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2021 PGA – 2022 Chevron) LPGA Tour career summary [ edit ] 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[ 12]
Position inWomen's World Golf Rankings for each calendar year.
Amateur
Professional
† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire
Thailand
Lydia Ko
Albane Valenzuela
Esther Henseleit
Ssu-Chia Cheng
Jenny Coleman
Yujeong Son
