Pavarisa Yoktuan

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Pavarisa Yoktuan
Personal information
Born (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 27)
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand[1]
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)China LPGA Tour
Professional wins2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipT37: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT29: 2019
Evian ChampionshipT44: 2019
Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Jakarta Women's team

Pavarisa Yoktuan (Thai: ปวริศา ยกทวน; born: 3 May 1994[2]) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Early life[]

Yoktuan was born on 3 May 1994. She started playing golf at the age of 9 years old. Hobbies include watching television series, sleeping and swimming.[3]

Amateur career[]

Yoktuan competed for Thailand at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and won a silver medal in women's team event[1]

Professional career[]

Yoktuan turned professional in 2012. She joined the China LPGA Tour in the following year. At the 2014 Wuhan Challenge, she won her first international title.[2] In December 2015, she finished tied for 32nd at the final stage LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2016 season.[4] She played on the Symetra Tour in 2018 season and finished third on the official money list to earn LPGA Tour card for the 2019 season.

In 2019, Yoktuan recorded her career-best LPGA Tour finish with a tied for fifth place in the Marathon Classic.[5] At the 2019 Women's British Open, she secured her best major championship finish with a tied for 29th place.

Amateur wins[]

  • 2011 National Team Qualifying 5

Source:[6]

Professional wins (2)[]

China LPGA Tour wins (1)[]

  • 2014 (1)

Thai LPGA Tour wins (1)[]

  • 2015 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship

Team appearances[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b ""ปวริศา ยกทวน" สาวไทยรายที่ 9 ลุยเวที "แอลพีจีเอ"". MGR Online (in Thai). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Pavarisa Yoktuan". China LPGA. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Pavarisa Yoktuan Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Talented Thai trio ready to follow in footsteps of Ariya and Pornanong on LPGA Tour". Bangkok Post. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "S. Korea's Sei Young Kim wins Marathon Classic". ESPN. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pavarisa Yoktuan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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