Patty Tavatanakit

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Patty Tavatanakit
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Tavatanakit in 2016
Personal information
Full namePaphangkorn Tavatanakit
NicknamePatty, Meow (เหมียว)[1]
Born (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 22)
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Symetra Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA InspirationWon: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 2021
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2018
Women's British OpenT7: 2021
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2017
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year2021
Rolex Annika Major Award2021
Symetra Tour
Rookie of the Year		2019

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.[2]

Early life[]

Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she graduated from Keerapat International School, a high school in Bangkok.[3]

Amateur career[]

She start playing golf during her teen years while at Keerapat International School, which had no golf team.[3] In 2014, Tavakanakit won the Callaway Junior World Golf Championship for girls.[3] 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.[3]

Over 2016–17, she played on the varsity golf team of the UCLA Bruins, winning seven collegiate tournaments.[4] 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.[3][4] In 2018, she was the lowest scoring amateur at the U.S. Women's Open.[3]

Professional career[]

Tavatanakit won three times in eight tournaments on the 2019 Symetra Tour, earning the Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year award.[5][6][7][8]

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.[9]

On 4 April 2021, she won her first LPGA tour event – the 2021 ANA Inspiration – a major LPGA championship.[10]

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:[11]

Professional wins (4)[]

LPGA Tour wins (1)[]

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour event (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 4 Apr 2021 ANA Inspiration 66-69-67-68=270 −18 2 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko 465,000

Symetra Tour wins (3)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 13 Jul 2019 Donald Ross Classic 66-70-64=200 −13 3 strokes Chinese Taipei Ssu-Chia Cheng 33,750
2 21 Jul 2019 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic 69-67-65-67=268 −20 7 strokes United States 26,250
3 1 Sep 2019 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge 70-65-70-62=267 −13 Playoff South Korea 33,750

Major championships[]

Wins (1)[]

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2021 ANA Inspiration 5 shot lead −18 (66-69-67-68=270) 2 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko

Results timeline[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration CUTLA T26LA T64 1
U.S. Women's Open CUTLA T5LA T34 CUT T26
Women's PGA Championship 74 T5
Evian Championship CUTLA NT
Women's British Open CUT T7
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary[]

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 3
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 3
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1
Totals 1 0 0 3 4 4 14 9
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2021 ANA – 2021 British Open, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2021 PGA – 2021 British Open, current)

LPGA Tour career summary[]

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Birdies
(rank)		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2020 14 7 0 0 0 1 T9 124
(67) 		84,923 92 72.93 102
2021 19 17 1 0 2 10 1 276
(19) 		1,393,437 7 69.83 11

^ Official as of 2021 season[12]

World ranking[]

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings for each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2018 237 [13]
2019 152 [14]
2020 162 [15]
2021 13 [16]

Team appearances[]

Awards[]

  • 2021 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year, LPGA Tour[2]
  • 2021 Rolex Annika Major Award[17]
  • 2019 Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year, Symetra Tour[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Merrell, Chloe (22 June 2021). "Thailand's Patty Tavatanakit ready for Tokyo 2020 challenge". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Levins, Keely (25 October 2021). "Patty Tavatanakit clinches Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors". Golf Digest. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Patty Tavatanakit". UCLA. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b Women's Golf (4 April 2021). "Major Win: Patty Tavatanakit Wins ANA Inspiration". UCLA Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year (2019)". Symetra Tour, LPGA. 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  6. ^ Doug Ferguson (22 October 2019). "Tavatanakit takes fast track to LPGA Tour". ABC News. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  7. ^ Zach Sepanik (5 September 2019). "Three wins help Patty Tavatanakit drive on to LPGA Tour". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ Women's Golf (2 October 2021). "Tavatanakit Named Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year". UCLA Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit - LPGA Results". LPGA. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit holds off charging Lydia Ko to win ANA Inspiration for first LPGA Tour victory". ESPN. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Paphangkorn Tavatanakit". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit statistics and results". LPGA. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit Wins the 2021 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award". LPGA. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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