Patty Tavatanakit

Patty Tavatanakit
Tavatanakit in 2016
Personal information
Full namePaphangkorn Tavatanakit
NicknamePatty, Meow (เหมียว)[1]
Born (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 24)
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
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 2021
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2018
Women's British OpenT7: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT48: 2023
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, Tavatanakit 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 Jenny Coleman 26,250
3 1 Sep 2019 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge 70-65-70-62=267 −13 Playoff South Korea Yujeong Son 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.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship CUTLA T26LA T64 1 T4 T41
Women's PGA Championship 74 T5 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTLA T5LA T34 CUT T26 CUT T27
Evian Championship CUTLA NT CUT T48
Women's British Open CUT T7 CUT CUT
  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 1 0 0 2 2 2 6 5
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
Totals 1 0 0 4 5 5 24 13
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2021 ANA – 2022 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2021 PGA – 2022 Chevron)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2020 14 7 0 0 0 1 T9 84,923 92 72.93 102
2021 19 17 1 0 2 10 1 1,393,437 7 69.83 11
2022 21 12 0 0 0 2 T4 429,664 60 71.75 91
2023 23 18 0 0 1 2 T3 497,303 57 71.45 71

^ Official as of 2023 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]
2022 54 [17]
2023 72 [18]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Awards

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 results". LPGA. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  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. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Patty Tavatanakit Wins the 2021 Rolex ANNIKA Major Award". LPGA. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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