Supamas Sangchan
Supamas Sangchan | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Aom (ออม) |
Born | Sukhothai, Thailand | 2 April 1996
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
Sporting nationality | Thailand |
Career | |
Turned professional | 2015 |
Current tour(s) | China LPGA Tour (joined 2015) |
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Ladies European Tour | 1 |
Other | 5 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
ANA Inspiration | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | T58: 2017 |
Women's British Open | DNP |
Evian Championship | CUT: 2017 |
Supamas Sangchan (Thai: สุภมาส แสงจันทร์; born 2 April 1996) is a Thai professional golfer playing on the China LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon and another bronze medal in the women's individual event.[1] In 2016, Sangchan captured her first Ladies European Tour title at the Sanya Ladies Open in China.[2]
Early life and amateur career[]
Sangchan was born on 2 April 1996 in Sukhothai, Thailand.[3] She started playing golf at the age of eight.[4]
Sangchan competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon and won the first ever gold medal in golf for Thailand in the women's team event with Budsabakorn Sukapan and Benyapa Niphatsophon. She also won a bronze medal in the women's individual event.
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Sangchan won a bronze medal in the women's individual event.[5]
Professional career[]
Sangchan turned professional in 2015 and participated in the China LPGA Tour in the same year. On 30 October 2016, Sangchan captured her first Ladies European Tour title at the Sanya Ladies Open in Sanya, China. With this victory, she won the qualifications to two major championships, the Women's British Open and the Evian Championship.
Supamas was in the top three of the China LPGA Tour Order of Merit for three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018 and was awarded entries into the U.S. Women's Open.[3] She made the cut at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open and finished with a tied for 58th place.[6]
Amateur wins[]
- 2013 Students of Thailand Championship, Queen Sirikit Cup, Philippine Junior Championship
- 2014 Philippine Ladies Open
Source:[7]
Professional wins (6)[]
Ladies European Tour wins (1)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 30 Oct 2016 | Sanya Ladies Open^ | 70-70-68=208 | −8 | 1 stroke | Caroline Hedwall |
^Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour
China LPGA Tour wins (2)[]
- 2016 Sanya Ladies Open
- 2017 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open[8]
Taiwan LPGA Tour wins (2)[]
- 2017 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open^
- 2018 Hitachi Ladies Classic[9]
^Co-sanctioned by the Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the China LPGA Tour
Thai LPGA Tour wins (2)[]
- 2015 6th Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship
- 2019 1st Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship[10]
All Thailand Golf Tour wins (1)[]
- 2014 Singha Championship (as an amateur)
Team appearances[]
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Thailand): 2012
References[]
- ^ Rutherford, Peter (28 September 2014). "Games-Team Thailand halt Korea's golden golf streak". Reuters. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Supamas wins maiden LET title". Bangkok Post. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Supamas Sangchan". China LPGA.
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- ^ "Korea's Lee Soyoung Wins Gold At Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". IGF. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "สรุปผลงานโปรกอล์ฟหญิงไทยใน "ยูเอส วีเม่นส์ โอเพ่น 2017" (ชมวิดีโอ)". VOA Thai (in Thai). 18 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Supamas Sangchan". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Late errors fail to deter Supamas". Bangkok Post. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "2018 Hitachi Ladies Classic Results". Taiwan LPGA. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'สุภมาส'หวด16อันเดอร์ประเดิมแชมป์แรกไทยแอลพีจีเอ2019". Komchadluek Online (in Thai). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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External links[]
- Supamas Sangchan at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Thai female golfers
- Asian Games gold medalists for Thailand
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Thailand
- Asian Games medalists in golf
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Golfers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Thailand
- Southeast Asian Games medalists in golf
- Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games
- People from Sukhothai province
- 1996 births
- Living people