Phachara Khongwatmai

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Phachara Khongwatmai
พชร คงวัดใหม่
Personal information
Born (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 22)
Sporting nationality Thailand
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s)Asian Development Tour
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
Other9
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2016, 2017

Phachara Khongwatmai (born 3 May 1999) is a Thai professional golfer.

Khongwatmai became the youngest winner of a professional tournament when he won the Sing Hua Hin Open on the ASEAN PGA Tour in July 2013 at the age of 14.[1][2]

Khongwatmai played on the Asian Tour and Asian Development Tour in 2015. On the Asian Tour, he finished 64th on the Order of Merit, missing a 2016 Asian Tour card by one spot.[3] On the Asian Development Tour, he won the PGM CCM Rahman Putra Championship in March at the age of 15, becoming the youngest winner on that tour.[3] He also won the final tournament of the year, the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship to finish fifth on the ADT Order of Merit and earn his 2016 Asian Tour card.[3] He also qualified for the 2016 Open Championship by finishing sixth at the 2015 Thailand Golf Championship.[2]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2012 TGA-CAT Junior Championship[4]

Professional wins (10)[]

Asian Tour wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 5 Dec 2021 −10 (66-65-69-70=270) 1 stroke Thailand , South Korea Kim Bi-o,
Thailand

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2019 Sabah Masters Australia David Gleeson, India Aman Raj,
Thailand Pavit Tangkamolprasert 		Tangkamolprasert won with birdie on second extra hole
Raj eliminated by par on first hole

Asian Development Tour wins (2)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 21 Mar 2015 PGM CCM Rahman Putra Championship −20 (71-66-65-66=268) 4 strokes Malaysia Danny Chia, United States
2 27 Dec 2015 Boonchu Ruangkit Championship1 −22 (64-69-63-66=262) 1 stroke Thailand Thongchai Jaidee, Thailand Chinnarat Phadungsil

1Co-sanctioned by the All Thailand Golf Tour

All Thailand Golf Tour wins (7)[]

  • 2013 Singha Hua Hin Open (as an amateur)
  • 2015 Boonchu Ruangkit Championship^
  • 2016 Singha E-San Open
  • 2018 Singha Masters
  • 2020 Singha E-San Open
  • 2021 Singha Pattaya Open, Singha E-San Open

^ – Co-sanctioned event: Asian Development Tour and All Thailand Golf Tour

Other wins (1)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 8 Jun 2019 GolfSixes Cascais
(with Thailand Thongchai Jaidee) 		2–1  England − Tom Lewis and Paul Waring

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 2016 2017
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships[]

Tournament 2017
Championship
Match Play
Invitational
Champions T46
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances[]

Professional

References[]

  1. ^ Masuda, Nick (27 July 2013). "14-year-old becomes youngest pro-event winner". GolfWeek.
  2. ^ a b "Thai golf prodigy Phachara, 16, 'overwhelmed' by British Open spot". Yahoo Sports. 14 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Week 52: Fearless Phachara wins Boonchu Ruangkit Championship". OWGR. 28 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Phachara Kongwatmai". WAGR. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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