Ariya Jutanugarn

Ariya Jutanugarn
เอรียา จุฑานุกาล
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Jutanugarn at the LPGA Kingsmill 2016
Personal information
NicknameMay
Born (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 28)
Bangkok, Thailand
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality Thailand
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
(joined 2013)
LPGA Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour12
Ladies European Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron Championship4th/T4: 2016, 2018
Women's PGA C'ship3rd: 2016
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2018
Women's British OpenWon: 2016
Evian Championship5th: 2019
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year2016, 2018
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		2016, 2018
Race to the CME Globe2016, 2018
LPGA Vare Trophy2018
GWAA Female
Player of the Year		2016, 2018
Heather Farr Player Award2016
Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award		2017
Rolex Annika Major Award2018
Thailand Professional
Athlete of the Year Award		2016, 2018
Fox Sports Asia
Woman of the Year Award		2016

Ariya Jutanugarn (Thai: เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, RTGS: Eriya Chuthanukan, pronounced [ʔēː.rīː.jāː t͡ɕùʔ.tʰāː.núʔ.kāːn]; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok.[1][2] She is the first golfer, male or female, from Thailand to win a major championship.[3] She became the number one ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings in June 2017.[4]

Family

Jutanugarn has an older sister, Moriya, who is also a professional golfer.[5] Their parents are father Somboon and mother Narumon and they have four older half-siblings through their father. The two sisters often play matches together and travel with their parents, who handle their business and financial affairs.[6] The parents own a professional golf shop at the Rose Garden Golf Course near Bangkok.[6]

Career

Jutanugarn qualified for the 2007 Honda LPGA Thailand at age 11, making her the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA Tour event.[2] As of early May 2013, she had played in three LPGA tournaments and four Ladies European Tour (LET) tournaments and had five top-4 finishes.[5] In 2012, she was winner of the American Junior Golf Association (AFGA) girl Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.[1][7] She turned professional at the end of 2012[8] and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2013.

Jutanugarn has an aggressive and fearless playing style.[9][10] At the 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, she led by two shots going to the final hole and lost by one shot to Korea's Inbee Park.[11] She placed 4th one week later at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore. A few weeks later, she won her first professional tournament at the LET's Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. The win put her on top of the LET Order of Merit (money list). She led the first two days at the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Virginia in May 2013.[12] She shot a 7-under-par on the first day.[13]

In a practice round at the 2013 Wegmans LPGA Championship, Jutanugarn injured her shoulder by tumbling down an incline while chasing her sister Moriya with a water bottle.[14] The injury required corrective surgery, which was performed in Bangkok.[15]

Jutanugarn finished T-3 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her tour card for 2015.[16] At the 2016 ANA Inspiration, she had a two-stroke lead with three holes left and closed with three bogeys to finish fourth.[17]

At the 2016 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, Jutanugarn earned her first LPGA Tour win and became the first Thai winner on this tour.[18] She went on to win the next two LPGA tournaments, thereby becoming the first player in LPGA history to win her first three titles in consecutive fashion.[19] Jutanugarn won her first major championship with a three-stroke victory at the 2016 Women's British Open.[3]

Despite a mid-season slump in 2017 where Jutanugarn missed five cuts plus one withdrawal in a seven-tournament stretch, she still managed to win her 6th and 7th Tour titles. Her second Tour title of the year was the CME Group Tour Championship, the last event of the year, where she won $500,000 after finishing the weekend with back-to-back 67s. In addition to her two Tour wins, Jutanugarn racked up three runner-up finishes, a third place showing, and a total of 10 top-10 appearances which saw her win $1,549,858 and bringing her career total to $4,583,332. This was the second consecutive season where she earned more than $1,500,000.

In 2018, Jutanugarn won three times, including the U.S. Women's Open on 3 June 2018. On 18 November 2018, Jutanugarn won the season-long Race to the CME Globe and the $1,000,000 bonus. For the 2018 season, Jutanugarn won the LPGA Player of the Year, the LPGA Vare Trophy with a scoring average of 69.415, the Leaders Top 10 competition with 17 top-10 finishes and the LPGA money title at $2,743,949. She also set single-season records in rounds in the 60s (57) and birdies (470). She ended the 2018 season ranked number one in the world.[20]

In May 2021, Jutanugarn won the Honda LPGA Thailand in her home country. It was her first victory since 2018. After the win, she told media that she had considered quitting golf during her winless seasons in 2019 and 2020.[21]

Amateur wins (10)

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (12)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (10)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 8 May 2016 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic 70-69-63-72=274 −14 1 stroke United States Stacy Lewis
United States Morgan Pressel
South Korea Amy Yang 		195,000
2 22 May 2016 Kingsmill Championship 69-69-65-67=270 −14 1 stroke Australia Su-Hyun Oh 195,000
3 29 May 2016 LPGA Volvik Championship 65-68-73-67=273 −15 5 strokes United States Christina Kim 195,000
4 31 Jul 2016 Ricoh Women's British Open[1] 65-69-66-72=272 −16 3 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee
United States Mo Martin 		412,047
5 28 Aug 2016 Canadian Pacific Women's Open 68-64-67-66=265 −23 4 strokes South Korea Kim Sei-young 337,500
6 11 Jun 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic 67-70-65-69=271 −17 Playoff South Korea Chun In-gee
United States Lexi Thompson 		255,000
7 19 Nov 2017 CME Group Tour Championship 68-71-67-67=273 −15 1 stroke United States Jessica Korda
United States Lexi Thompson 		500,000
8 20 May 2018 Kingsmill Championship (2) 66-67-66=199 −14 Playoff South Korea Chun In-gee
Japan Nasa Hataoka 		195,000
9 3 Jun 2018 U.S. Women's Open 67-70-67-73=277 −11 Playoff South Korea Kim Hyo-joo 900,000
10 29 Jul 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open[1] 67-65-73-66=271 −13 1 stroke Australia Minjee Lee 225,000
11 9 May 2021 Honda LPGA Thailand 65-69-69-63=266 −22 1 stroke Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 240,000
12 17 Jul 2021 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
(with Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn) 		67-59-71-59=256 −24 3 strokes United States Cydney Clanton and
Thailand Thidapa Suwannapura 		279,500
(each)

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2015 Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic South Korea Kim Sei-young, South Korea Yoo Sun-young Kim won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2016 Marathon Classic New Zealand Lydia Ko, South Korea Mirim Lee Ko won with birdie on fourth extra hole
3 2017 Manulife LPGA Classic South Korea Chun In-gee, United States Lexi Thompson Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2018 Kingsmill Championship South Korea Chun In-gee, Japan Nasa Hataoka Won with birdie on second extra hole
Chun eliminated by birdie on first hole
5 2018 U.S. Women's Open South Korea Kim Hyo-joo Tied two-hole aggregate playoff
Won with par on second hole of sudden-death playoff:
Jutanugarn : 4-4-4-4=16 (E), Kim : 3-5-4-5=17 (+1)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 31 Mar 2013 Lalla Meryem Cup 69-67-67-67=270 −14 3 strokes United States Beth Allen, England Charley Hull
2 31 Jul 2016 Ricoh Women's British Open 65-69-66-72=272 −16 3 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee, United States Mo Martin
3 29 Jul 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open 67-65-73-66=271 −13 1 stroke Australia Minjee Lee

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2016 Women's British Open 2 shot lead −16 (65-69-66-72=272) 3 strokes South Korea Mirim Lee, United States Mo Martin
2018 U.S. Women's Open 4 shot lead −11 (67-70-67-73=277) Playoff1 South Korea Kim Hyo-joo

1 Defeated Kim in a two-hole aggregate playoff followed by a sudden-death playoff: Jutanugarn (4-4-4-4=16) and Kim (3-5-4-5=17)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Chevron Championship T25LA T22LA T20 4 T8 T4 T61
Women's PGA Championship CUT 3 CUT T40 T10
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT T17 CUT 1 T26
The Evian Championship ^ T46 T9 CUT 36 5
Women's British Open T45 CUT 1 CUT T4 T11
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T11 T60 T53 T14 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T9 T7 CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T37 T46 T54 T24 T32
The Evian Championship ^ NT T19 CUT T28
Women's British Open T22 T10 T28 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  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
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 2 3 8 11 10
U.S. Women's Open 1 0 0 1 3 4 12 5
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 2 3 10 8
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 1 2 3 8 6
Women's British Open 1 0 0 2 3 5 10 7
Totals 2 0 1 7 13 23 50 35
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 20 (2018 ANA – 2022 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2016 British Open – 2017 ANA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Starts Cuts
made*		 Wins (Majors) 2nd 3rd Top-10 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T51 0 n/a 74.25 n/a
2011 3 2 0 0 0 1 T8 0 n/a 73.00 n/a
2012 4 3 0 0 0 1 T9 0 n/a 71.24 n/a
2013 5 5 0 1 2 5 2 0 n/a 68.55 n/a
2014 10 8 0 0 0 0 16 0 n/a 72.46 n/a
2015 29 17 0 1 0 4 T2 482,527 35 72.10 64
2016 28 27 5 (1) 1 2 16 1 2,550,928 1 69.87 3
2017 27 21 2 3 1 10 1 1,549,858 5 70.66 28
2018 28 28 3 (1) 3 2 17 1 2,743,949 1 69.41 1
2019 29 28 0 1 2 10 2 1,242,838 11 70.00 11
2020 13 10 0 0 0 3 T6 368,414 32 71.94 65
2021 23 20 2 0 1 7 1 1,260,430 8 70.08 15
2022 27 19 0 0 0 2 7 405,384 63 71.34 69
2023 24 18 0 1 1 5 2 923,884 30 70.80 35
Totals^ 228 (2015) 188 (2015) 12 (2) 11 11 73 1 11,528,231 22

^ Official as of 2023 season[22][23][24]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2014 106 [25]
2015 63 [26]
2016 2 [27]
2017 6 [28]
2018 1 [29]
2019 12 [30]
2020 21 [31]
2021 24 [32]
2022 73 [33]
2023 53 [34]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Royal decorations

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Lance, Christine (21 July 2011). "Meet the Girls' Junior Quarterfinalists". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Ariya Jutanugarn Captures First Major at Ricoh Women's British Open". LPGA. 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ariya Jutanugarn beats Lexi in playoff, grabs No. 1 ranking from Lydia Ko". Golf.com. Associated Press. 11 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b Baldry, Beth Ann (2 May 2013). "LPGA at Kingsmill - Teen leads by 2 shots after Day 1". Golf Week. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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  9. ^ Burke, Lynn (3 May 2013). "Jutanugarn Retains Kingsmill Championship Lead Over Lewis, Stanford as Wind Creates Tough Conditions". Daily Press. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  10. ^ Kurz, Jr., Hank (3 May 2013). "LPGA at Kingsmill - Teen leads by 2 shots after Day 1". Virginian Pilot. Norfolk, Virginia. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  11. ^ Young, Bruce. "Ecstasy and agony for Ariya Jutanugarn". iseekgolf. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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  30. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  31. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  32. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  33. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  34. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  35. ^ ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์เป็นกรณีพิเศษ (นางสาวเอรียา จุฑานุกาล) ราชกิจจานุเบกษา เล่ม 133 ตอน 19 ข หน้า 1 8 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2559

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Lydia Ko
Park Sung-hyun & Ryu So-yeon
 LPGA Player of the Year
2016
2018 		Succeeded by
Park Sung-hyun & Ryu So-yeon
Ko Jin-young
Preceded by
Lydia Ko
Park Sung-hyun
 LPGA Tour Money Winner
2016
2018 		Succeeded by
Park Sung-hyun
Ko Jin-young
Preceded by Race to the CME Globe Winner
2016
2018 		Succeeded by
Lexi Thompson
Kim Sei-young
Preceded by
Lydia Ko
 GWAA Female Player of the Year
2016 		Succeeded by
Lexi Thompson
Preceded by Heather Farr Player Award
2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Thailand Professional Athlete of the Year
2016
2018 		Succeeded by
Wisaksil Wangek
Incumbent
Preceded by
Lexi Thompson
 LPGA Vare Trophy
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ryu So-yeon
 Rolex Annika Major Award
2018 		Succeeded by