Patty Tavatanakit

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Patty Tavatanakit
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Tavatanakit in 2016
Personal information
Full namePaphangkorn Tavatanakit
NicknamePatty, Meow (เหมียว)[1]
Born (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationalityFile:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Career
CollegeUCLA
Turned professional2020
Current tourLPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour3
Other1
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 Championship3rd: 2024
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

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Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she graduated from Keerapat International School, a high school in Bangkok.[3]

Amateur career

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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

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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

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  • 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

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Professional wins (7)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour event (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 4 Apr 2021 ANA Inspiration 66-69-67-68=270 −18 2 strokes New Zealand Lydia Ko 465,000
2 25 Feb 2024 Honda LPGA Thailand 67-67-66-67=267 −21 1 stroke Switzerland Albane Valenzuela 255,000

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share (€)
1 18 Feb 2024 Aramco Saudi Ladies International 66-70-69-65=270 −18 7 strokes Germany Esther Henseleit 697,743

Symetra Tour wins (3)

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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

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 15 Dec 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational
(with United States Jake Knapp) 		58-66-65=189 −27 1 stroke South Korea Tom Kim and Thailand Atthaya Thitikul

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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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

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Chevron Championship CUT T26LA T64 1 T4 T41 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T5LA T34 CUT T26 CUT T27 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship 74 T5 CUT CUT T24 T52
Evian Championship CUT NT CUT T48 3 T43
Women's British Open CUT T7 CUT CUT T60 T63
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 1 0 0 2 2 2 8 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 4
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3
Totals 1 0 1 5 6 7 34 19
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2021 ANA – 2022 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2021 PGA – 2022 Chevron)

LPGA Tour career summary

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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 72.93 104
2021 18 16 1 0 2 10 1 1,393,437 6 69.83 11
2022 21 12 0 0 0 2 T4 429,664 60 71.75 90
2023 23 18 0 0 1 2 T3 497,303 57 71.45 71
2024 18 15 1 0 1 4 1 1,231,694 21 70.94 29
Totals^ 94 68 2 0 4 19 1 3,637,021 128

^Official as of 2024 season[12]

World ranking

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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]
2024 26 [19]

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Awards

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References

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